reliability of 911 90-94?

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xbit - 15 Oct 2006 04:39 GMT

I'm looking into getting a 1990-94 911

http://vista.pca.org/stl/911car2.htm

I love the body style, what a work of art! Are there any well known
issues that I should be aware of with this year range?

This review seems to state that the reliability is ok:
http://www.dealtime.com/xPR-Porsche_1991_Porsche_911

While this review states that there are some "Significant Problems" with
the Transmission & Driveline and Moderate Problems with the Engine:
http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Reliability.aspx?year=1991&make=Porsche&model=911

Also, if the above MSN review is true is the problem only in the manual
transmission and not the tiptronic? I'm 80% sure that I'll be getting a
stick but it would be nice to know.

Any type of info on the 911 90-94 would be great. Your experiences? your
thoughts?

Maybe I should just get another Karmann Ghia
(http://x-bit.org/ghia/71ghia) and stick a 2.7 porsche in it? :)

thank you.

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xbit - 15 Oct 2006 15:20 GMT

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hmm, after reading in the news group some I think I find the answer to
my questions. what a shame, too bad. the 911 that I was looking at was a
1991 C2.

--cut--

> Oh...you do NOT want an '89 Carrera 4....or any 90-92 cars. They had

other problems.

But not all of them had the major head leakage problem. Because of this
knock on them, many solid cars can be had very cheaply in this year
range (90-91). Just make sure the other fixes were done (flywheel,
distributer vent, etc). Incidentally, I was not aware that these issues
extended to the 89 C4.
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Guru - 15 Oct 2006 18:21 GMT

There were some significant engine and distributor issues with the 90-91's,
but the '92's on are pretty solid.

As with any preowned Porsche, have a good shop do a thorough pre-purchase
inspection. It can mean the difference between a good purchase and a "money
pit."

Regards from Texas...

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