I did my brakes last year, so they should be good for a little while. At least in my car there is plenty of room to work inside of there. I will probably just take the hood off the car to do the water pump and timing chains cause it opens backwards from American cars and it will be even easier access without that in the way. But there is plenty of room in the engine compartment to get at all the bolts and things I would need to get at, unlike a lot of cars now. I've seen some that you can not access the plugs readily but mine are right there under a cover in an easy spot to get at. Everything is real easy to get at in that car.
I have cars where it's faster to drop the engine to work on it than it is to try to work around it.
It's actually pretty simple in a 911 - so long as you have a lift. Or, a VW if you have access to a jack. (A lift is still easier.)
I don't do much of my own work anymore, but I do love my garage. I have a lift and every tool you are likely to need. Seriously, to work on a 911 engine, just put it on the lift and pull the engine. (The engine comes out from the bottom.)
I don't have a cherry picker so I don't really want to pull the engine if I don't have to. I don't think I would have to. Even the exhaust manifold bolts are right there with easy access to them.
That's a good thing. Man, remember when cars were so big you could climb into the engine bay if you needed to? In my older pickup trucks, you can climb right up and then sit on the fender with your feet in the engine bay when you work on it.
In my new trucks - which are significantly larger than my older trucks, you can't even find any room to work in there.
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