Ok, so here I am looking out the window at my beloved '91 940 turbo 130k and I am in a quandry. I really need to decide if she is worth keeping, or if I should bite the bullet and fix her for the long term. Here are the problems that I feel need attention:

1. The dopes at the place where I bought it buffed all the clear coat off trying to make it look shiny (hood and Roof mainly) then hid it by hosing it down and telling me it was just washed when I picked it up. They formerly light grey paint is oxidizing and turning an ugly mottled dark grey/black, and the hood is (I think) showing tiny dots of rust beginning to poke through. A complete paint job is in the works I fear.

2. It leaks a TON of oil. I am the bane of all my friends, they make me park in the street and one even has an old cardboard box with my name on it in his garage that he makes me carry out and slide under the car. sheesh. Flame trap on the way from friendly internet ye olde parts barne. I suspect rear main seal, engine is dry from the rear of the oil pan forward, and clean on top, excepting the breather, which is caked with gunk.

3. Exhaust is rotten from cat on back. Got both mufflers, tail pipe and rear hanger (must have been some carbon monoxide leaking into the engineering office the day THAT was designed) from friendly internet ye olde parts barne, but have since abandoned project because I got out there with my trusty sawzall only to find that humpy piece that goes over the rear has a hole in it too, and I can't find it anywhere....*sigh*...

4. Some rotating thing up in front of the engine just HOWLS at idle, but exhibits no other symptoms that would give me more of a clue as to which thing it is. Engine runs GREAT, aside from the leaking thing. It is loud enough to scare small children at 7-11, and I have been waiting for some sort of failure but six months of family ferry duty and no change.

5. It has recently developed a piercing SQUEAK that seems to come from just aft of the back seat that sounds like there is a wounded chipmunk trapped under it, and he yells every time I hit a bump. At first I thought it was some strange harmonic tuned to my wife's nagging frequency, but it seems to be just as strong during the occasinonal solo flight.

I love this car. As someone said in the "hate 900" post, every time I drive it I feel that I'm piloting something well beyond my true means. But by my calcs, I'm lookin at 1.5 large for the paint job, and another 1 large for parts and a lot of weekend time away from the kids to fix her right.

So if you have bothered to read this far, should I go with my head (and wifey's voice bouncing around within), krylon the hood, buy stock in Exxon, turn up the radio and drive it into the proverbial ground, spending the 3 large on a used vista cruiser? Or go with my heart and make her right again?

Any and all opinions greatly appreciated.