[mhoffman]

As much as I hate folks who use deceptive practices to sell stuff (I got bagged BIG TIME with a used Mercedes once, but that was 10 years ago and I may be almost be over it...), as long as you have the car, you might as well make the best of it.

Consider the following: $9000 is not an unreasonable price for a running 911; given its age, you would probably be thinking about some sort of engine re-build before too long; lots of folks upgrade the cam shaft anyhow, and this gives you a good opportunity to do an proper build to have the engine combination you want; once you are done with the work you will have the major possible problems already taken care of.

I am not trying to make light of your situation- I'd be pissed too, but you might as well take the car you have and make it the car you want. A lot of the work needed that you have outlined is work needed that has been done by most of the folks here- maybe not all at once and immediately after purchasing what they thought was a "solid" car, but they are fairly common issues that occur sooner or later.

Meanwhile, post the seller's name and maybe what comes around will go around before to long for them.

As much as this situation sucks, they are still really neat cars and if there is any way for you to get the car back to a condition where it is "the car you always wanted" the essentials of that are there in that car...

Just trying to be helpful.

Matt