How much more expensive is a 1984 porsche 944 to maintain than average?

i found a 1984 porsche 944 with 80,000 miles "perfect in and out" for $3000





I am very tempted to buy but know they are more expensive to maintain





how much more expensive are they than average?





Thanks!|||there are no cheap porsche to maintain and the older the more routine maintenance it takes, exactly like any other car, except that a set of shocks are not 1000 bucks like a porsche. unfortunately those imported parts are expensive far beyond any toyota or nissan or american car, It this is a daily driver this would not be a good car, if you were like retired and just took it out for the sunny days for a little sunday drive, and then like to tweak on the mechanical stuff yourself it might work ok.|||Most stuff on a 944 is average.


Things like brakes, alternator, exhaust, headlight, fuel injection, ignition, etc., it the same as many other cars and still available at reasonable prices.


The engine and transaxle are no more expensive to rebuild than any VW really, because it is the labor and not parts that are expensive.


And actually there are lots of salvage parts available.


You might even consider picking up a parts car if you have room.





The only things that are a bit out of the ordinary are the clutch and torque tube.


Since the engine in in the front and transaxle in the rear, the clutch is also in the rear, and the drive shaft runs at engine speed. This requires a number of high speed and large diameter bearings that are expensive to replace, because the transaxle has to come out in order to do it.


If you do one, I suggest also doing the other, to reduce the number of times you have to drop the transaxle.


Together they can run about $800.


Do the timing belt about every 60k miles, and you should not have much of a problem with the engine.|||Two things. One it's a Porsche and no Porsche is inexpensive to maintain though there are ways to mitigate costs such as turning your own wrench and making use of the many parts vendors who sell at steep discounts. Second, the cars are getting old so a "perfect in and out" car is still going to have things that just let go due to age. I would factor in a maintenance/repair budget $1500-$3000 per year.





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