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Second edition of a guide to bying Porsche's unkillable sports car icon and undoubtably one of the most detailed, even if it's written very much with US enthusiasts in mind. Well laid out and intuative to use the info here is east to digest and hugely informative. Cracking value for 303 pages, too. --Octane, September, 2009...Randy leffingwell has authored several Porsche books, but his Porshe 911 Buyer's Guide is one of our favourites for its accessible style and focus. It's titled as a buyer's guide, but the year-by-year coverage is still a great quick-reference for the emthusiast who dosen't own one of Stuttgart's sports cars. intorductions to each year detail the nitty-gritty - when the 911Cs received a new alternator, for example - and are nicely complemeted by thorough spec panels. For 911 shoppers, there's a broad rnage of topics to evaluate a particular model's significance, character, and shortcomings. There are examples from period reviews and lists of parts costs. leffingwell uses a five=point scale to rate acceleration, comfort, handeling, parts, availability, and reliability. Finally, a two-page spread for each year is devoted to common porblems and improvments on previous models. --Automobile Magazine, February, 2010
Randy leffingwell ahs authored several Porsche books, ut his Porsche 911 buyer's guide is one of our favourites for it's accessible style and focus on the American market. It's titled as a buyer's guide but the year-by-year coverage is still a great quick-refrence guide for the enthusiast who doesn't own one of Stuttgart's sports cars. Introductions to each year detail the nitty-gritty - when the 911 received a new alternator, for example - and are nicely complemented by thorough spec panels. For 911 shoppers, there's a broad range of topics to evaluate a particular model's signifigance, character and shortcomings. there are excerpts form period reviews and lists of parts costs. leffingwell uses a five-point scale to rate acceleration, comfort, handeling, parts availability, and eliability, Finally, a two-page spread for each yera is devoted to common problems and improvments versusu pevious models. --Automobile Magazine, March, 2010
Randy leffingwell ahs authored several Porsche books, ut his Porsche 911 buyer's guide is one of our favourites for it's accessible style and focus on the American market. It's titled as a buyer's guide but the year-by-year coverage is still a great quick-refrence guide for the enthusiast who doesn't own one of Stuttgart's sports cars. Introductions to each year detail the nitty-gritty - when the 911 received a new alternator, for example - and are nicely complemented by thorough spec panels. For 911 shoppers, there's a broad range of topics to evaluate a particular model's signifigance, character and shortcomings. there are excerpts form period reviews and lists of parts costs. leffingwell uses a five-point scale to rate acceleration, comfort, handeling, parts availability, and eliability, Finally, a two-page spread for each yera is devoted to common problems and improvments versusu pevious models. --Automobile Magazine, March, 2010
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This fully updated and revised edition of a popular bestseller takes a year-by-year approach to what a prospective buyer should look for when evaluating a 911. From 1965 to the present, the author examines problem areas on each model, details what to ask the seller, cost of replacement parts, updates and options available for that particular model. Arranged chronologically, there is a chapter for each separate model, giving critics views of the car on release, full car specs, performance ratings, making this an invaluable guide for anyone buying a 911.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
For 2nd addition, expected less errors
4 Oct 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book gives a good set of specs for each year of car, however, it seems like it hasn't gone through a careful review. I noticed a lot of inconsistencies in the specs for example. Very similar models with same engine and weight are shown to have drastically different 0-60mph times for example. The descriptions of different year models and changes from prior years are confusing and not self contained (one description will reference another year, which in turn reference other years, and so on). The mechanical problems page for each model is cluttered and hard to follow, again referencing other pages. Overall its not too bad but could be really improved with some good editing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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8 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback
I purchased this book after reading about it in a classic car magazine, I am truly puzzled as to how they were able to highly recommend this book. They claimed that if you are in the market for a classic Porsche this book is a must have. I disagree, I didn't find it to be all that informative and much of what he has in there can easily be found on the web. While there is some good information in there, much of it is just duplicate/reptitive info.
Each type of Porsche 911 (internal Porsche model #s 830, 964,993 etc., etc.) is covered with about 5 pages for each year of each type/series. Including a 2 page picture of the car. Around the picture of the car the author has various callouts pointed out for each year. Sounds in-depth right? Wrong, because all he basically does is repeat the same info in paragraph form over and over again for each yr and may add something specific to that year. But after reading the same paragraphs over and over again, I quickly lost interest in trying to pick out the little parts that weren't already stated 5 times before.
And the pictures with the callouts really bugged me. The 2 page picture of the car at an oblique angle (back right rear angle) is cut right down the middle with the front half being on the right page and the left page has the back end but the dividing line by the pages really wrecks the photograph and distorts the car's look. I hope if there is a 3rd edition he puts the picture on 1 page so you get an unobstructed view of the car.
More picture gripes... He also has pictures of the motor, wheels etc like on the cover but they are the same pictures over and over for each model year. More space wasting.
It seems like this would be a fairly simple book to do well and to do right and I have seen many books of a similar nature for other cars that does in fact do it right. Within 10 minutes of cracking the book open, I felt like, wow this guy just basically filled up a bunch of pages to make the book feel more substantial to justify the nearly 28.00 dollar price tag (when I bought it at 27.99)
Unfortunately, this book did not turn out to be the tool that I had hoped it would be and I definitely would not recommend this book to anyone except maybe someone who collects books about Porsche and just wants to add it to the shelf.
Each type of Porsche 911 (internal Porsche model #s 830, 964,993 etc., etc.) is covered with about 5 pages for each year of each type/series. Including a 2 page picture of the car. Around the picture of the car the author has various callouts pointed out for each year. Sounds in-depth right? Wrong, because all he basically does is repeat the same info in paragraph form over and over again for each yr and may add something specific to that year. But after reading the same paragraphs over and over again, I quickly lost interest in trying to pick out the little parts that weren't already stated 5 times before.
And the pictures with the callouts really bugged me. The 2 page picture of the car at an oblique angle (back right rear angle) is cut right down the middle with the front half being on the right page and the left page has the back end but the dividing line by the pages really wrecks the photograph and distorts the car's look. I hope if there is a 3rd edition he puts the picture on 1 page so you get an unobstructed view of the car.
More picture gripes... He also has pictures of the motor, wheels etc like on the cover but they are the same pictures over and over for each model year. More space wasting.
It seems like this would be a fairly simple book to do well and to do right and I have seen many books of a similar nature for other cars that does in fact do it right. Within 10 minutes of cracking the book open, I felt like, wow this guy just basically filled up a bunch of pages to make the book feel more substantial to justify the nearly 28.00 dollar price tag (when I bought it at 27.99)
Unfortunately, this book did not turn out to be the tool that I had hoped it would be and I definitely would not recommend this book to anyone except maybe someone who collects books about Porsche and just wants to add it to the shelf.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Porsche 911: Know what your buying.
3 April 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
When your spending $20K+ on the purchase of a used porsche, it would seem prudent to verify what is being represented in the vehichle description. For example, Can you properly I.D. an Factory built wide body 911 ( Turbo or option 491) vs an after market modification? Do you know if that rear spoiler is factory or? Can you verify other options? Being able to properly decode the VIN# and locating the option codes would seem nessesary to acomplish an accurate verification. There is alot of misrepresentation in the early model porsche market and knowing what your buying is a must. This book does not address this subject very well.
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