don't buy the porche unless you have lots of money to maintain it when
things go wrong......not to underestimate the cost of mainenance of the gsr,
but it is much lower than a porche.
"John Ings" <nodamned@spam.org> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:12:40 -0500, "Johnny" <farmer1969@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Hello folks...
> >
> >Let me warn you, I am not a car expert. Right now I drive a truck for
work
> >as a daily driver, but I am in the market for something sporty and fun to
> >drive for under 10,000 dollars. Living in a small town, I don't got
much
> >to pick from. I went down to our small used car lot today and they had
two
> >cars that appealed to me. One was a 1994 Acura Integra (GSR 5-SPEED) with
> >89,000 miles. Right next to it was a 1987 Porsche 944 (5-speed, turbo)
with
> >72,000 miles. The Acura was priced at $4995 and the Porsche was "a great
> >deal" at $5500. The salesman let me drive them both, and I enjoyed
both.
> >He told me the Porsche just had a service done 10,000 miles ago, and he
> >wasn't sure about the Acura. I've never owned an import. I really don't
> >know which car would be the better choice, I want to think the Acura
would
> >be easier to work on but thats a guess. Being as this is my "fun" I am
not
> >expecting a car with quartz reliability, but that Porsche sure did seem
near
> >mint for a car that old. Must have good build quality. Acura was just as
> >nice but wasn't as old. Any pointers that could lead me in the right
> >direction, it would help me out a lot.
>
> I can't tell you about the Porsche, but that GSR was due for a timing
> belt just about three years ago. Did it get one? If there are no
> service records, it would be wise to change it, and that's not cheap.
>
>
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