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Brommers
89? Must try harder....
In a 60 or 70?
@Dammit
That car's going up in value if you hold on to it, if you can afford the current spend rate with a view that it will slow down considerably, then it will take a few years but you'll be at break even, if not already?
By comparison, my dad's 996 Cab needs a respray and has done for about 5 years, the reverse switch in the cabin has gone so it doesn't know it's in reverse any more (no reverse lights or PDC), the exhaust has an epic rattle because the cat bolts on one side were too rusted when some work needed doing so a semi-bodge was done, the suspension has gotten a bit crashy, and one of the cables in the hood has become unseated so it's still 95% watertight but it's a little bit unsightly (new hood is the only fix at the cost that you're well aware of). We've DIYed about 50% of the work ever done to the car including coilpacks and spark plugs which are a crazy pain in the arse on the drive way, I ended up giving up after 4 and got a local garage to do the last 2. I also did 50% of the water pump change, I just got stuck at the point of getting it out of the engine bay and getting the new one into the engine bay and needed someone with 996 experience to do that bit. I did the headlight washer on the driver side which was a surprisingly easy job. The point of all this is that my dad may have spent a lot less than you, but his car will never command decent money with all that work needing doing, no matter how much the values go up on good cars. If you want to make money on this car then you need to do the work, if you want to have fun, then just stop and drive it.