Should it stay or should it go !
 

My wife and I just bought another vehicle .. a Volvo V70 Sport Wagon with the 247HP T5 turbo engine, geartronic gearbox, fully loaded :D

This wagon HAULS A$$, even with 2 booster seats in the back for the kids :eek:

So the dilemma is this: I am now driving the Accord, the wife drives the V70, and that leaves the beetle sitting in the garage on jackstands gathering dust.

I probably will not drive it this summer as there is no need to ... What to do, what to do ... :confused:

Sandeep

Make your bug ready..and kick that accord out :laugh:

Wiebrand

Or.. get the turbo of that Volvo and make some nice engine for your bug :D

the T5 is surely a nice engine ! :)

A local company autotech put them to the limit :D

But it's nowhere as fun as a turbobug will ever be! I can promise you that!

Here is what will happen: you'll sell the beetle, then every morning you'll wake up regretting selling it, and you will miss it a great deal.

After the Boxer AG meet last night, I have made up my mind.

I'll finish the turbo engine this winter and have it ready to sell as soon as the roads are clear enough to drive.

In case you are wondering .... Bryan brought by his 911 SC to the meet ...

Sandeep

We will see how you feel about it when you have finished and drove your turbo bug ;)

You get regrets

Sandeep,

Yeah the SC is stylish and comfy, my wife likes the ac and power stuff too, but my turbo ghia destroys it in brute acceleration and wtf?! factor. I want to keep them both but im not rich :bawling:

I am sure you will think twice once you drive your own turbo bug, but if you still wanna sell it, I got my eye on some of your parts :laugh:
Lets hope it doesnt come to that.

Bryan

With your CIS setup, you could always turbo that ... :D

Sandeep

Sandeep,

True, but why not buy a real 930, at least it would hold its value over time, plus theres more than just a turbo that make a 930 special. It almost a shame to take a perfectly good 911 and mess with it, now if it were a basket case, then I would be right in there with my sawsall welding on flares and turbo-ing the thing.

Bry

Well said, i'd keep it as is, maybe a set of rims. That's it. Play with the Ghia.

If i were to buy one, it would be a '79 930. :D Almost did, bought the '52 split instead. Was a really hard decision.

Sandeep get the bug done, drive it, then make the decision.

Pete,

1987 black on black 930 with fikse FM/10 wheels is my choice, that was the first year for the G50 tranny.
That is one serious car, you cant just go out and buy one and expect to know how to drive it either, you gotta work your way up to it, with an SC maybe ;)

http://www.fikse.com/fm10.html

Bry

so i take it this is really about keeping the bug vs. going p-car. always a hard decision. if finances are an issue, just remember that aquiring the p-car is not the real cost. you will get eaten alive in parts costs (repair or mod), but you know that considering what you have on your bug.

no good call here. i have had several of both and like them for the many different reasons. the 914 is the only happy middle ground, but then you loose the jump seats (if that is important).

i hate to see anyone fall out of the GL community, but p-cars are always tempting. ditch the Accord and go p-car there.

. . . and insurance. I would pay more for insurance for a Porsche -- even on a 914 -- than I would for my Super if all aspects were the same including replacement cost. Canada may be different; I don't presume to know details like that.

Hi,

Yeah Sandeep ditch the Honda, get a 911 grocery getter. Theres room for a child seat in the back if that makes a difference ;)

My experience with Canadian insurance companies is that they refuse to insure older cars. Classic cars can get classic car insurance, which is based on appraised value, but this option is reserved for those people with squeaky clean driving records.

If your driving record is less than stellar, there is "facility" wich is a goverment run insurance and is very expensive regardless of what you drive.
In other words, insuring a 20 year old unmodified Porsche does not cost that much more than insuring a 30 year old unmodified Volkswagen in Canada.



Bry