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Sibze 09-29-2011 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 1336699)
The 911. Then when I take it in for it's first service, I'll weep.

Ya I'm not arguing that the Porsche will cost more. Just saying if they both cost the same on every level. I'd have a Porsche right now lol

shadoquad 09-29-2011 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1336589)
Oil changes aren't that bad, and warranty is warranty. If it had CCB's, it would not need brakes done for quite a while.

Oil changes are hella expensive, but there are far less of them. And true that on Ceramic Brakes. However, if anything breaks that is not covered by warranty, whoa nelly.

And if you're planning to track, it may be too much. A local guy sold his 911 for that reason. The Z's not as fast, but it's relatively cheaper to maintain for track thrashing.

370Zsteve 09-29-2011 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1336854)
Oil changes are hella expensive, but there are far less of them. And true that on Ceramic Brakes. However, if anything breaks that is not covered by warranty, whoa nelly.

And if you're planning to track, it may be too much. A local guy sold his 911 for that reason. The Z's not as fast, but it's relatively cheaper to maintain for track thrashing.

Any parts coming from Europe are hella expensive. Anything. The $ to € conversion is a killer - parts for my Benz make me weep. It's the reason I went back to Japanese.

Sibze 09-29-2011 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1336854)
Everything but Z's are a waste of money

:p

shadoquad 09-29-2011 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sibze (Post 1336878)
:p

:rolleyes:

b1adesofcha0s 09-29-2011 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 370Zsteve (Post 1336876)
Any parts coming from Europe are hella expensive. Anything. The $ to € conversion is a killer - parts for my Benz make me weep. It's the reason I went back to Japanese.

When you have to overnight parts from Japan, they fetch a premium a week before Race Wars :bowrofl:

370Zsteve 09-29-2011 08:38 PM

Top Secret, baby! :bowrofl:

ImportConvert 09-30-2011 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1336854)
Oil changes are hella expensive, but there are far less of them. And true that on Ceramic Brakes. However, if anything breaks that is not covered by warranty, whoa nelly.

And if you're planning to track, it may be too much. A local guy sold his 911 for that reason. The Z's not as fast, but it's relatively cheaper to maintain for track thrashing.

How often would you drive the 911? I wouldn't DD it. Oil changes on my car are $130 a piece. I would imagine the 911 is between 2 and 400, and includes a full going over by trained techs. If you can afford a $85K+ car, $200-400 on an oil change isn't the end of the world. It's more like 4-6 tanks of gas. Now when you consider that 3K mile oil changes are a thing of the past (My current DIC read-out estimates for my car that the next change is due at 16K miles based on driving conditions, etc. It has 3500 on it now.)

Basically, oil-changes happen once a year unless tracked. $500 a year price to play? Cheap.

Tracking a P-car, though, I agree with is expensive. Tracking ANY $85K+ car is expensive. If it weren't, a lot more of us would do it. Kindof like being in shape. It takes WORK, or everyone would have a 6-pack set of abs and squat 500+

shadoquad 09-30-2011 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1337535)
How often would you drive the 911? I wouldn't DD it. Oil changes on my car are $130 a piece. I would imagine the 911 is between 2 and 400, and includes a full going over by trained techs. If you can afford a $85K+ car, $200-400 on an oil change isn't the end of the world. It's more like 4-6 tanks of gas. Now when you consider that 3K mile oil changes are a thing of the past (My current DIC read-out estimates for my car that the next change is due at 16K miles based on driving conditions, etc. It has 3500 on it now.)

Basically, oil-changes happen once a year unless tracked. $500 a year price to play? Cheap.

Tracking a P-car, though, I agree with is expensive. Tracking ANY $85K+ car is expensive. If it weren't, a lot more of us would do it. Kindof like being in shape. It takes WORK, or everyone would have a 6-pack set of abs and squat 500+

IC, I agree. I said Porsche oil changes are expensive, but far less frequent. Basically the same thing. It seems like a lot to pay for one, but when you're only getting one instead of 4-5 annually, it's not bad.

ImportConvert 09-30-2011 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 1338290)
IC, I agree. I said Porsche oil changes are expensive, but far less frequent. Basically the same thing. It seems like a lot to pay for one, but when you're only getting one instead of 4-5 annually, it's not bad.

Yep. Now tracking the car would definitely be expensive compared to tracking a 370Z.

Lug 09-30-2011 06:34 PM

3,075 lbs and 345 hp. 10 hp = about 100 lbs. so your mods would have to take you up to something around 365 hp to compete on raw acceleration with the bottom end 911.


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