I sold a classic 69 911E (First year for full injection) after storing it for several years. The car was a gem. The issue was the fuel injection needed some work to run properly. The cost of the repair with the challenge of finding parts was a nightmare. Even had quotes on going to a 3.6 with turbo flares, g50 trans and supporting mods. I just could not justify the cost. So. sold it to someone on the east coast. Several cars later, I have a 97 Cobra in the garage. I really think that for the money. The sn95 Cobras offer some of the best bang for the buck out there.
Thinking about selling my Porsche for a Cobra...
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Mack
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Interesting question, and I'm impressed by the quality of the discussion by everybody.
I'm certainly not a Porsche guy but the old ones get my respect, so a choice between a Termi or an old Porsche is a tough one.
I read you are not driving the Porsche because you are afraid somebody might hit it. I assume your first aim of buying a car is driving it. I can relate to that - being in Europe, wanting to import a Mustang from the US I really needed to think about what I wanted. I love 94-98 Saleens, but in the end I got a GT with Saleen wing and rims. Not a Saleen, not even a Cobra but "just" a GT.
Why? With the Saleen bodykit I would go mad driving it - my country is filled with speedbumps and high curbs. I would ruin the bumpers immediately and importing spares from the US would cost a fortune. Same with a Cobra - there's only a handful of Cobra's in the country so spares are hard to come by. GT's on the other hand: these bodyparts are available in the country.
I can tell you, I might not have a true Saleen but my car turns heads anyway. But I can drive around without going mad about damaging the car, and that makes it a lot more fun.
Good luck with your choice. If you have the option, keep them both. If you can only have one and you want to drive without worries: get the Termi.
I'm certainly not a Porsche guy but the old ones get my respect, so a choice between a Termi or an old Porsche is a tough one.
I read you are not driving the Porsche because you are afraid somebody might hit it. I assume your first aim of buying a car is driving it. I can relate to that - being in Europe, wanting to import a Mustang from the US I really needed to think about what I wanted. I love 94-98 Saleens, but in the end I got a GT with Saleen wing and rims. Not a Saleen, not even a Cobra but "just" a GT.
Why? With the Saleen bodykit I would go mad driving it - my country is filled with speedbumps and high curbs. I would ruin the bumpers immediately and importing spares from the US would cost a fortune. Same with a Cobra - there's only a handful of Cobra's in the country so spares are hard to come by. GT's on the other hand: these bodyparts are available in the country.
I can tell you, I might not have a true Saleen but my car turns heads anyway. But I can drive around without going mad about damaging the car, and that makes it a lot more fun.
Good luck with your choice. If you have the option, keep them both. If you can only have one and you want to drive without worries: get the Termi.
AzzLyp
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I hear you on that, and that was definitely one of my concerns with the Porsche. When the fuel injection starts to go - it's quite a pretty penny to get it going again. Test equipment is a must or you're just needlessly swapping out parts. I thought a lot about that in my decision.
It was a little bit more than it just getting hit. I actually drove it quite a bit, but not as much as I would have liked to. I drove it a lot for pleasure, even took it on a trip to Az and back from here in Cali and it drove like a champ. I was just putting small amounts of wear and tear on it here and there, not really good for a Porsche. It needs to be driven and driven daily. The driving I was doing with it was not really letting it get up to operating temps before I was parking it again. It was actually pretty shameful. I kept it good condition though. In the end, I decided to sell it and made a pretty good profit for it. Now I have an 03 Termi sitting in the driveway. I freaking love that thing! lol. It's just as fun to drive as the Porsche and it has the HP in stock form that I was gonna have to spend quite a bit of money to get with the Porsche. This thing turns heads too, not like the 911 did, but it is definitely turning heads and I think I'm pretty happy with my decision as I'm not missing the Porsche half as much as I thought I would be. The advice in this thread was great, too and I thank everyone for it.
