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cooling, and a stronger alternator.
My Porsche was ordered for California, the same place I was born. I like to think of it as knowing someone from grade school, losing track of them, and then meeting them later in life. Insert sound track from Harry Chapin’s Taxi;
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If I would recommend to club members to purchase a 928, I would stick with the 1987 to 1990. They are much more refined. Try to get one with all maintenance paperwork. All the newer parts and modifications were added some time in the 90’s. For maintenance, you can learn a lot from DIY-ers like myself, as nothing is impossible to repair yourself. There are many good repair shops in KC, if you’re not so inclined.
I do have a confession about this relationship. I own a second 1985 928S that has all the stock parts, so if I need to restore it back to bone stock, I can. Knowing that, I will slowly turn the wheels of time to 1985, but just not right now. Right now, this relationship works.
Everything that my car is defies a silky smooth 928 GT car. It’s loud, it growls and snarls, stinks, sometimes is unruly, but put it on a track and it’s happy and so very gratifying. It is a relationship that takes work, but has wonderful rewards.
I was first attracted to the 928, because I loved old the 60’s era American Muscle cars. Thoughts of them take me back to high school. My 928 has that old school V8 muscle and modern well penned graceful lines. For me, it is a win win relationship.
- Edward
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