[jdm61]

I was going to say the same thing about Ferraris. Even the "cheap ones like the early Mondials and 308's cost a kings ransom to maintain. How would you like knowing that you had to do major supension component replacement the minute you bought the car. That is par for the course on the 70's and early 80's V8 cars. You can buy a VERY nice late 70;s Turbo or 80's M492 Carrera for the same or less and do a top end rebuild and still be ahead of the game. But Porches are like any other pricey hobby, just not quite as severe unlessyou get crazy like some of us do....lol. Try flying on for size. Standard rebuild and prop overhaul on my dad's Cessna 421 C is getting up pretty close to $100k. That happens every 1800 hours, which for us is less than every three years. Only good news is that it gets expensed. Try big game fishing while you are at it.....lol.