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I've heard writers when asked about taking up the profession say if you have a choice don't do it. Writing is demanding work, and if you don't have the compulsion to do it, you won't have the drive needed to keep at it and be successful. I think the same is true of the 928, if it doesn't continuously eat at you not to have one, buy a Camry and cheaply toddle along with the rest of life not thinking about cars.
If the lure of the 928 has grabbed you, then I have two opposing views; buy the right car, the best possible condition and exactly what you want, vs, buy one, nothing educates you on what you like and what you want, like owning a 928.
I know I have learned a bunch, and more importantly vastly changed my opinions on a number of things, but what is weird is that I am not sure how my present knowledge would change my past actions. I've seen ONE 928, the recent non sunroof 85 Euro 5 spd, that I "might" buy vs my US 83 non sunroof 5 spd I bought almost 5 years ago. I have "some" regrets on not buying two other Euro's, but both were automatics with sunroofs, one before I found my US 83 that was a "good" condition daily driver CHEAP, and a couple years ago an 84 at a very good price and excellent low mileage condition. That's three 928's in 5 years I wish now I had bought, but only one raising the question of it vs my 83, and maybe two more that I think might have been fun ( a GT in a cheap forced sale, and nice 86 5 spd).
Know what you can spend. Don't let a cheap price lure you in, buy as nice as you can.
Don't look for places to spend money, especially right away. Have someone expert in the 928 look it over, do a PPI or most of one, then dig into the car as much as you can and do all the grunt jobs. Make the car "safe" to drive and drive it some before dumping in serious dollars. After driving the car six months your priority list may radically change, and if you have already spent your money on potentially non essential bits your kind of stuck.
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