The first couple of weeks I had the car the head gasket blew. I wasnt too happy.
I got that fixed and a week later the CV joints started clicking.
After that the air conditioner quit in the middle of summer imagine that.
After about one month of kinda reliable driving the clutch shattered bummer.
Got that fixed and yet again the head gasket blew. I didn't bother to fix it, I just gave up and gave the car away. I have had enough.
The car handles very good, but it needs more power.
The car is very very unreliable.
20/25 mpg decent.
"The car is very very unreliable", yet it is over 20 years old, has nearly 140,000 miles, and was most likely abused/poorly maintained by the previous owner...
Even if it was maintained extremely well by the previous owner, a car with over a 100k and that is more than ten years will more than likely need those type of repairs.
I've never owned a Porsche, but if all that you needed was a head gasket, some CV joints, an A/C service and a clutch, you are getting off far better than the average car owner of something with that age and mileage. Especially on the AC and CV joints - those parts of a car always need service at some point. They're the sort of parts that wear out just like tires, brakes, struts, etc.
If anything your review reflects a car most of us would consider relatively reliable and durable.
Try buying something like a Ford Contour with that many miles and you will see that your Porsche was quite a good car after all.
I guess I've been pretty lucky with my 944.
I have owned it for 17 years and done 190,000 miles taking it to over 260,000.
I have done all the servicing myself, and all it has needed is a new clutch at 200,000 and the air con packed up.
It has still got the original exhaust.
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