Question about a 1986 Porsche 928 with a 4.7 liter V8?

[justsome_guy16]

I have my home paid off and about to have my student loan paid off. Thinking about buying a 1986 Porsche 928 with a 4.7 liter V8. How expensive is it to maintain a car like this and can it be done by the home mechanic. I am planning on doing all the maintaince myself.

 

[C7S]

You can do the maintenance yourself. It is very easy.

People say the mid engines Porsche Boxster is hard to work on, but I do everything myself on my Boxster. It is simple.

Porsche charges lots of money for service. Mostly in labor. $133-150 per hour depending on location. Parts are not that expensive. The labor is what is expensive.

Any mechanic can work on it.

You can get a nice one of these cars for $10,000 so it should be very easy to afford. Insurance is cheap too if you have a good record. I paid $384/6 months or $64/month full coverage insurance for my $10,000 2000 Porsche Boxster.

I still have $20,000+ left in student loans and pay $650 in apartment rent and I can afford a Boxster so a 928 should be even more affordable.

You cannot get a car loan for a car that old so you will likely have to buy it in cash. Watch out for rust issues. For $10,000, you should get a good one with no problems.

 

[abir1]

Maintenance Is No Issue, Unless You Have The Right Tools. And In My Experience, Porsche Is An AMAZING Car. If You Live In Atlanta, Heres A Porsche You Might Like,
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[DreBojangles]

Well if you're a good mechanic and you have a lot of patience, it shouldn't be too bad. Parts can be expensive but if you do all the work yourself you will save a lot. Make sure you get the nicest one you can afford because if you get one that hasn't been taken care of you'll just spend all of your time and money fixing it. And make sure you take very good care of it if you do get one. In my opinion a non-turbo 944 would be a better idea for a first Porsche

 

[AleisterCrowley]

Um, thanks again c7s for the view from planet dingbat, but wtf have you been smoking? A 928 requires specialist knowledge and tools, and they suck down gas like I down bourbon. They suffered from a design flaw that brought many of them to an early grave, and more than a few were owned and worked on by people that frankly, shouldn't have. There were fine cars when they ran, but they have never been a cheap or easy car to work on, like any other high priced GT car.