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Originally Posted by 450knotOffice

But yea, the air cooled cars are completely trouble free. Always have been. Right? Hmm. Well, most every 3.2 I know of, including mine, needed a top overhaul because of worn valve guides at 120,000 miles. Expensive repair. The head studs are a known issue with SC's. Oh, and lets not forget the cam chain tensioners in the air cooled engines that would fail without any apparent warning, destroying these very expensive engines. It took Porsche 20 years - from 1964 to 1984 - to finally come up with a viable solution. Twenty years!! So yea, those air cooled engines have always been, ahem, bullet proof. Yeaaaaaa.

This. Funny how these threads always attract the fanatics that think Porsche development peaked with their 1984 Carrera. I love the older cars but there's also something to be said for a newer model that is faster, handles better, is more comfortable, has working HVAC, and just as much charm as my long hood. Oh yeah, and just as cheap as said Carrera to purchase.