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Your biggest concern will be miles or kilometers on the clutch. A clutch by nature wears, that is what makes it work. Normal driving, expect 40 to 60 thousand miles before it should / will be changed. Also, watch for oil leaks, particularly at the transmission seal area, which causes clutch to wear quicker.

Just think if you want to enjoy it, plan for changing the clutch around that many miles and know all you can about it, and have your savings account prepared for it. It is a pretty big job, but not awful, just most shops hit the wallet pretty hard for doing it. But it is inevitable.

So buy a car that doesn't leak a lot of oil, and has papers that tell you when the clutch was changed if ever. Good advice to any early Porsche buyer who isn't mechanically inclined, I think.

Any other advice out there?

Vern

72 911 Targa (Project) 74 911 Targa (Guards Red)

Never, ever, DO NOT ever, put brake old fluid from an opened can in the system, for any reason! It's hygroscopic and absorbs water, deteriorating the rubber hoses. You should have the system flushed every two years. This isn't expensive, as Porsches go, but have it done by a dealer the first time and have all the lines, etc. checked. There are inexpensive "do it yourself" kits available.

Consider joining PCA in your region. There you'll often find friendly people that will enjoy helping you with questions, as well as events, both competition and pleasure tours.

Consider Performance Products (

)and Pelican Parts ( )for help and on-line parts. And don't worry about the 'roos you should be able to out run them. We can here in northern Idaho, USA. ;-)

Vern wrote:

Thank you.... insights from experienced owners well appreciated!

Hi,

Joining PCA in yr are is a VERY good idea. I left it too long myself.

Alfa Club and Maserati aslo welcome novices at well run track fun days.

The Melbourne Porsche Club (PCV) will get very good rates for roo bars, but the chrome plating tends to abrade and the bar (unless greater than 8mm tube) to bend under wind pressure, so most of do not recommend them.

Mine is exactly your spec ($30k, daily, 3L).

Is a dream.

Have a ball - Andrew

you're good sports, Andrew... Me, I'm the wise ass that put the 'roo bar in the thread..... My baby sister lives in WA and drives a Holden Crew-Cab pick-up with a monster 'roo bar and a spot-light the size of a garbage tin lid located in the middle... She's a Barrister, so go figure...

2003 996 Cabriolet / Germany

The real answer is probably that either a vehicle owner has attitude, recieves esteem from elswhere, and does not care what others think or they are desperate for approval, and ... ...

A barro (which I am not) that drives a roo bar with a garbage bin disguised as a spot light ( yes, twisting yr words somewhat) probably does not rely on the roo bar to get attention.

One of the things I really like about P'Clubs is that they are comprised of two quite disparate groups (as above, maybe) and if you join the former you don't need to spend yr time JUSTIFYING your bloody purchase, which in my case (46yo bloke who owned more Holden V8's than hot meals - and working in Holden marketing for a time!!!!) is just a day car for thrashing around tracks. Very uncool (esp 4 a dad) to do stuff just for fun.

Strength to your (younger) sister's arm.

Andrew (Blue, 1980, 911 sc, familiar with Sandown, Phillip Island, Winton,Calder and Morwell Hillclimb) YO!