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  • Economy

    Value

    5 out of 5 5.0

    A supercar for the price of a new Ford Focus - what could better that?

    Costs

    2 out of 5 2.0

    £1000 for a rear trailing arm! £750 for a new clutch! You'd better have plenty money in the bank or you'll end up selling your left kidney to some guy named 'Dr Ricardo' from Guetemala.

  • On the road

    Driving

    4 out of 5 4.0

    Porsche 911 driving equation :- Wet roads + bad bends x high speed = upside down in a hedgerow.

    Performance

    4 out of 5 4.0

    Ok, so there are a lot of cars nowadays that can leave the old porker standing, but if I wanted a wide wheeled, quadruple turbo charged nitrous oxide 16v injected engine strapped to skateboard, I'd buy one.

  • Living with it

    Reliability

    5 out of 5 5.0

    Has never failed me once (unlike words).

    Image

    5 out of 5 5.0

    Porsche 911 seen as either - a/. A tosspot with too much money. b/. A tosser obsessed with speed. c/. A driving connoisseur.

    Comfort

    4 out of 5 4.0

    The front seats are fantastic leather Recaros - the back seats - well let's just say I have a 3 year old boy whose growth is being stunted on any journey over 20 minutes.

  • Security and Service

    Security

    5 out of 5 5.0

    Comes fitted with a Porsche alarm system which is about as secure as a wet donkey jacket hung on blob of blu-tac. You're insurance company will want you to fit a Thatcham Cat 1 alarm/immobiliser, tracker, rottwieler strapped to bumper etc etc.

    Service

    5 out of 5 5.0

    Went to my local Porsche dealer and thought a lot of snooty nosed 20 somethings would ignore me - but shock, horror, they were great guys!

  • Problems and Ownership

    Problems

    Engine

    Indestructible (like Keith Richards - doesn't matter how much you abuse it - it keeps on going).

    Other

    The wife when she saw the bill for the rear trailing arm.

    Ownership

    Did you buy the car new?

    Used

    Would you buy the same model again?

    No

    Did you buy from the same manufacturer again?

    Yes