I've had Butters, my 81 coupe for more than a year now. We jokingly refer to him as "Butters - da UBER BEATER" as a reflection of his $3,500 price tag. Tell you what, though, this is the best $3,500 car I've ever owned... Not just a daily driver, but also my work car. I've rolled well over 18,000 miles for work on this car in the last year. Other than a voltage regulator issue on the last trip (to Sacramento), the car has run perfectly. Even with that, we limped home safely. The cool part is that my company pays me mileage. At 53 cents per mile, even with me buying the fuel, this car has paid for himself plus the engine freshening/headstud replacement that we had done when I first purchased the car. So... the 53 cents per mile now goes into "future repairs." You know what those are? Well, I was thinking about corner balancing, new torsion bars, yada yada... You know, stuff I "need"!
My job takes me to alot of interesting places, most within driving distance of Medford, OR. A 25 year old 911 is not everyone's idea of a great work car, though it is most definately mine. Working is not always fun... But driving a 911 for work does make even a crappy day a whole lot better.
Thought I'd share this trip I'm on now with you guys and gals.
Oh and the picture is the LAST trip where the voltage regulator decided to throw out 16 to 19.2 volts... Thanks to smart Pelican's, I wired up the voltage meter to the clock circuit. Everytime the voltage spiked up, I turned out fans, a/c, blower motors, heater blower motor, rear window defroster, etc., to drop the voltage. it worked - drove about 300 miles home that way... Rebuilt alternator/new regulator now installed.
angela
