[porwolf]

As anybody can see from my list of prior Porsches below I had quite a few years of experience with them. All of them except lately my '79 SC had been daily drivers that took me around town and to a lot of places in the the Western United States. All of them except the '79 were bought used anywhere from 3 to 6 years old and were prior daily drivers to other people. I do have mechanical skills and practice and like to do my own repairs and maintenance. But the most involved job were valve adjustments on my cars, and once an overhaul of my '68 carburetors. I have never done an oil change because of the possible mess and and oil disposal challenge. Also I always had good relations with independent, competent, Porsche garages. There the most expensive garage job done was a clutch replacement. I also had a glass-out paint job done on my '72 after a stupid accident that was my fault. I did all the disassembly and reassembly. Came out excellent. Never had real problems with engines or transmissions. Throughout all those years I never felt that a Porsche is more expensive to maintain than any other car. All my Porsches have been extremely reliable and never let me stranded, so far.