[rxter]

[quote name='porsche' post='56078' date='Jul 9 2008, 01:23 PM']Sooooo....consider "adopting" a pristine "late" 964 because the "red headed stepchildren" of the air-cooled 911s (e.g., 964s), are cheap, cheap, cheap (and ripe-for-the-picking!!!).



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What's considered pristine wrt mileage for the 964? Looks like they are around $25K up.

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[Chris Vais]

[quote name='porsche' post='56078' date='Jul 9 2008, 01:23 PM']Sooooo....consider "adopting" a pristine "late" 964 because the "red headed stepchildren" of the air-cooled 911s (e.g., 964s), are cheap, cheap, cheap (and ripe-for-the-picking!!!).[/quote]



I concur. I have a friend who has one, a cabrio. I find it to be a refined comfortable drive with great performance. The prices are in the same range as my 968 was when I bought it in 1996.



Everytime Excellence does a piece on an older "outlaw" 911 I think to myself what treat a lightened, pumped-up "outlaw" cabrio would be to drive.

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[porsche]

For example:



1993 964 Cabriolet

White with black interior and top

29,500 miles



ebay Item number: 300238530906

Link:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1993-Porsch...1QQcmdZViewItem



Appears to be a very nice example and located in San Diego.



If anybody would like me to take a look and arrange a "real" PPI, send me a PM.



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[flash]

lol - i suppose if you had to cave in and lower your standards, that would be a choice



can you tell i hate 911s?

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[Mark]

Before buying the last 968 I looked at and drove several 964s and 993s and figured out that in the last 20 years I had gotten to the point that I hated the driving position in the 911. Bought another 968. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[flash]

yup - that coupled with the commonness of the 964, and the overall lack of connection i want in a car ruled it out for me - it felt like i was having a wresting match and pushing a box, rather than the extension of myself i feel with the 968



i don't like the looks much either



clearly i am in the minority

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[TomS2]

as a year round car i think i made the right decision buying a E46 convertible. My reqirements were four seats, three pedals, ragtop. getting in and out of a 944 in a suit is a PITA, much easier in the BMW. same for getting my daughter in the back.



for a weekend toy I want/wanted an elise to replace my S2 but cant get a set of tires in teh back and dont want to deal with the neighbors and a tire trailer. so now i have to look at 964 coupes.

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[flash]

that is exactly the reasoning behind our choice of the E46 M3 convertible, recently moving up from the E46 325 convertible we had since 02 - both are manual transmissions though - wouldn't give that up - needed practicality



the 968 is purely toy for us

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