1995 Porsche 911 Turbo from North America - Comments

Clutch, CLUTCH, compressor.

The car is a money pit. Cheap interior, I have spent over 9000 dollars in 4 years of careful driving in maintanance and the clutch is horrible quality for being a high performance car.

I had a Ferrari - that was pure problems and really high maintenance that I could no longer afford. Decided to go for a Porsche 911 Turbo that it seem more of an everyday drive. But ended with something very much like the Ferrari, but uglier looking.

I really would reconsider buying any high end European car if you don't have the money to pay for really unrealiable sports cars. I had owned European sedans my whole life and decided to go for 348 that took me to the bank.

Almost 4 years ago I purchased a 2000 Acura NSX comptech tuned from the CFO of the company I work for. He was from Japan, and told me that my European exotic car love and problems would end with this car. The car had 11,000 miles. It was the only car he ever drove and he wanted a new one with the T-tops. I had owned the NSX for 3 years and 9 months, and it has only seen a service to get oil, currently the car has 48,000 miles and it;s the fastest and most relible car I have ever owned. The car has never had anything REPLACED, and still can do a 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. I have to say it's truly amazing, I would highly recommend it over a Porsche Turbo or older Ferrari. I still think Ferrari had its values such as beauty, but the Acura comes very close and is a worry free exotic beauty.

The 911 Turbo is not what I expected from a German car. Poor quality and maintenance is high for a car that is supposed to be different from Italian troubled exotics. My wife had had a 1998 SLK Mercedes, a very high quality machine, she will never get rid of.

Why would you buy something you thought was ugly?

It is possible to be rich, but not very bright.

Have to agree on the poor interior of the Porsche, dashboard looks dreadful.

Authenticity of the review is doubtful.

I don't think it's offensive or rude. It's just one mans opinion. If you like the car, then go for it. I live in Japan now. The Japanese have a pasion for automobiles as well. Cars are replaced every 2 years, or less. There are porsche 911's here as well. It's just a matter of opinion I guess.

I am sorry to hear of your Porsche woes. I have owned several of almost every model Porsche has made including numerous 911's. They have all been absolutely excellent cars and I still have 4 Porsches. I have raced then since 1986 and have won almost every series I've entered. The reliability has been outstanding, and I would not consider any other marque for competition use. I have heard that the nsx's are good cars, but they are not Porsche caliber, and will never be world class. Japan builds transportation for the masses, and does a good job at it. Maybe you were just out of your league.

You seem to have had the misfortune of buying a bad example. I´ve had no problem what so ever with my 993 Turbo.

Any old car can have lots of issues resulting from abuse by a previous owner, and I'd say the 993 turbo would get more abuse than most. City cars are always a worse buy in terms of wear as well. Rule is always pay a couple of hundred quid for a specialist check. Not some motoring organisation, they won't have a clue; contact your national Porsche soc - PCA in the US - and find out who they recommend for each particular series. Do this even if buying from a dealership. All 911s are good apart from the 996 series which is really just a BMW. Also, the Porsche guy you go to get work done makes a huge difference - lots of chancers out there, again, join PCA and speak to people and find out who they recommend. That way, you're less likely to end up bitter and disillusioned and jumping to wild conclusions about cars from any country or continent ... I've had European and Japanese cars, they all broke down at some point and I liked them all ... if reliability is your God, don't bother with a high revving sports car - an engine can be sporty or reliable, but not both. Get a high torque unstressed motor with a slush box and cruise around. No shame in that if that's what you want.

'Clutch, clutch, compressor'...? What does that mean?

In terms of this website which asks for specifics, that synopsis of problems means exactly nothing.

Clutch life is highly dependent on user behavior, and someone who cannot even elaborate on problems with his own car, but instead spends half of his words singing the praises of a different car is not credible.