barrym Posted 1December, 2021 Report Share Posted 1December, 2021 just did this ... bought a repairable write off for 5k with body only damage - bolted on new body parts and reregistered ... on the road for $10k for an 09 diesel - lots of torque and fairly punchy off the line ... depends on the use case for towing as well as it has 3.5t capacity ... oh - and spares have been extremely cheap ... e.g. upper and lower front suspension arms & tie rods for $450 (just replaced them as a matter of refreshing the bushings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiller Posted 1December, 2021 Report Share Posted 1December, 2021 I have been looking for a 957 for the past few months and after a couple of no go’s mainly due to unrealistic sellers I have put a deposit down on a lowish Km highly optioned Turbo this week which is being inspected tomorrow. I was advised by a Porsche specialist to stay away from the diesels due to chronic oil leaks, yet have also heard they’re quite reliable. The fuel bills will be stupid with the Turbo but I only do a handful of kms per year so it’s not a big concern for me. 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 3December, 2021 Report Share Posted 3December, 2021 Yeah I'm in the same boat @spiller. Looking for a diesel but around a 2012 model. I wonder if the oil leaks apply to later models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiller Posted 4December, 2021 Report Share Posted 4December, 2021 1 hour ago, 3legs said: Yeah I'm in the same boat @spiller. Looking for a diesel but around a 2012 model. I wonder if the oil leaks apply to later models. I believe they do. The workshop owner was actually referencing a later model that needed around 10K thrown at it for an engine out service to repair such leaks. That was only one opinion, however. 3legs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 18December, 2021 Report Share Posted 18December, 2021 On 01/12/2021 at 11:55, barrym said: just did this ... bought a repairable write off for 5k with body only damage - bolted on new body parts and reregistered ... on the road for $10k for an 09 diesel - lots of torque and fairly punchy off the line ... depends on the use case for towing as well as it has 3.5t capacity ... oh - and spares have been extremely cheap ... e.g. upper and lower front suspension arms & tie rods for $450 (just replaced them as a matter of refreshing the bushings) Yes they can be extremely cheap and ludicrously exp the all too common tail shaft bearing … approx 5k from porsche or macgyver fix for less than a cpl beers and an hour or two .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 18December, 2021 Report Share Posted 18December, 2021 Picked up my bosses 05 Petrol V8 on Friday. In for the leaking coolant due to the plastic pipes fix. The replacement part (aluminium instead of plastic) was close to $1600 + GST...... spiller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiller Posted 18December, 2021 Report Share Posted 18December, 2021 My new to me 957 Turbo arrived from interstate yesterday. Two owner with a little over 100,000 km and optioned with all of the fruit including PDCC and panoramic roof. Previous owner spent quite a bit keeping it in shape. Will hopefully serve me well. SteveF, crsedge, hugh and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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