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They are not costly to fix if they have been kept up on. But you can drive them forever without putting any money into them. Then they become needy, and costly to maintain. They have more systems than your average air cooled, and that means more stuff to deal with that also happens to be more complex.
These are well built and engineered cars, that can rack up absurdly high mileages with a good PM schedule. They like dry garages for the rubber and electrics. They like to be run on a regular basis, and exercised. In many ways, they are like Italian classics that seem to run better the more you drive them, and the harder you drive them, as long as you are smooth. You also need to run the AC and all the electrics.
They have a fuse panel that looks like it would run a jet airplane. They have vacuum activated controls for the HVAC system, which does work when working. Some have 32 valve interference motors, and all have the worlds longest production timing belt, which also drives the water pump. Power steering. Radiator. Much of what modern Porsches have was pioneered in the 928.
Again, a lot to neglect, if you elect to rectify it all at once after purchase. Not too bad to maintain, if kept up on, and not impossible for a decent home mechanic to tackle, but strange and foreign to many air cooled specialists. Remember, there aare a ton of 911s out there everywhere. Not very many 928s, and proportionately fewer good mechanic to work on them.
Lots of pretenders though, and they can actually make a good car worse just by wrenching on it.
IS that any more clear ?
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