[Dave Colangelo]

I have a 78SC, and I run with a few 930 guys. I have spoken to them at length about the cars as I do want to get one, one day. Here is what I have gathered.

They are amazingly powerful there is no question there. The maintenance is more, not per say more often but larger in quantity. There simply are more moving parts that have to be cared for, that is true for all turbo engines. That being said the SC with its CIS has plenty of its own issues. I have never seen a bad condition 930, every one I have ever seen either in person or for sale has been in great shape as any one that owned them cared for them and did it right. This plays out nicely as in many cases they seem to need less work but that tends to be because of how well they were cared for.

IMO it boils down to use. If you are a suburban rally car driver (as I like to call my self) making the best of the back roads by your house, and the drive to the grocery store, the SC will give you more than you will know what to do with. I would genuinely be afraid to unleash 350HP on the back roads by my house. That being said im sure it would be a blast.

I know many people that drive them very often just like there SC's in the end of the day a well cared for car will work, that's that. It all comes down to application, you would not use an F-16 to crop dust(with in reason), and you would never fly a small prop plane in to battle. Though they would both function for the task, the right tool is the right tool.

Regards
Dave