[74threeliter]

I have and have had Honda's and thought like you "oh it will run with very little maintenance... Wrong!". The engine blew a head gasket @120k miles and was never the same even after being rebuilt professionally so I sold the crx.

Had my 74' with the 'bulletproof' 3.0 engine - did all the maintenance myself and still running strong with 195k miles! Took it to the shop 'once' to have them tell me, "be sure to clean all electrical connections and the frequency valve will stop acting up".

Now the 3.0 got pulled out and a 3.6 went in so I can put the 3.0 in the 71'.
3.6 with nearly 20k miles later running better every time I update it (last item was the Steve Wong chip).

Porsche parts are more expensive than Honda parts but like mentioned earlier porsche parts are better candidates at being rebuilt since they are built with better quality.

The design of porsche parts are simple, practical and engineered to last period.

Like the ad says 70% of porsches still on the road. With that said I wonder what the percentages are of other makes not just Hondas. I still ride my shadow spirit 50k miles and wife has an accord. But when she asks me on Saturday mornings can we take a drive... she's not talking about the accord.

So my story is, if you like working on cars this is a great marque and will NOT be at the shop. Most young gen's are wallet mechanics and you need to ask yourself what category do you fall in?

a) wallet mechanic
b) self-doer

ps - I work on my own house also regardless of the task I want to be involved. You get what you put in as "manbridge 74" mentions. I work in a cubicle 50 hrs/wk.