944 turbo

[edh]

Lots of red cars on this thread - keep it up []

 

[Suffolk944]

Yes don't assume that if a Turbo has been modded that it has been molested. As others have said, in many ways they almost need a bit of mild modding (at least a boost enhancer) to make them so much of a better drive than standard. Your budget should get a good 'un of middle vintage imho. They are great fun and very different to any of the normally aspirated versions, am sure you will love it once you get one. []

 

[ukmastiff]

Ive read a lot re buying the 'best car you can afford' etc but just a thought , I have no excperience of Porsche ownership but have had a lot of cars since turning 17 like most folk , some very good ( never forget that classic sunbeam Ti) and some very very bad ( most of those by Rover) . It seems clear that dropping 2,000 on fixing up your cheeply bought 951 would be very easy indeed but you could of course spend £5000 on quite a good one and still pop bang wiz spend 2,000 on problems. Or you could but a cheep one ( like pixie) and maybe get lucky ( hopefully ditto for pixie) , or at worst spend 2 or 3 grand putting the cheepie right but be no worse off. If I wanted a fast car that looked good and wasnt likely to cause me any hastle at all I would have bought a Boxster with 60,000 miles on the clock for about 8,500 and I may still do for my day car. However at the mo I have hankering for an old girl who will accompany me to the odd car show or classic day out. Isnt a 944/51 being a cheep but georgous car part of the fun, from the stories you guys post it sure seems that way Just a thought , or two and best of luck with your hunt Mas

 

[sawood12]

The difference is are you spending your £2k on making up for the pup you've landed yourself with or £2k on normal maintenance items that have unfortunately landed in your period of ownership. There is a difference - and in anycase, if you buy a pup then you'll be looking at far more than £2k to get it straight in all likelihood. If you've hung around this forum for as long as I have you get to hear a few horror stories over the years. At the end of the day, a Porsche it may be, and there is no such thing as a cheap Porsche, but they are getting on now and alot of them have been abused over the years so you have to excersise caution. There are far more duff ones out there than good ones. And it doesn't just apply to turbo's, but all models of 944's, 924's, 968's, 911's etc. If you're handy with a spanner and Tig welder and fancy a project then go for it. But if you rely on paying someone else to turn the spanners then £2k doesn't stretch very far on a Porsche.

 

[Fat Albert]

ORIGINAL: edh Lots of red cars on this thread - keep it up []

Well that was the main Factory power and speed enhancement wasn;t it?[] I did an 80 mile round trip in mine to the Sywell revival LAA Fly-in on Saturday (Medical issue prevented me flying in) and I had an absolute hoot, it sat on the A14 at 90 leptons quite comfortably, and gobbled up the sweeping northamptonshire country lanes with relish. I paid £2,600 for mine and have spent around £800 on a service, MoT, Cambelt change, rear Tyres, armrest, Mirror glass and polish, lots and lots of polish! It only takes 3 hours to turn it back to Red now....

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Ive read a lot re buying the 'best car you can afford' etc but just a thought , I have no excperience of Porsche ownership but have had a lot of cars since turning 17 like most folk , some very good ( never forget that classic sunbeam Ti) and some very very bad ( most of those by Rover) . It seems clear that dropping 2,000 on fixing up your cheeply bought 951 would be very easy indeed but you could of course spend £5000 on quite a good one and still pop bang wiz spend 2,000 on problems.

Of course, there are cheap cars out there worth buying but they are very rare. The standard recommendation is to buy the car, pay for all the known faults to be fixed and then allow £1K on a Lux and £1.5K or more on an S2 or Turbo for the things you didn't spot. Think about it, add up sills at £1K per side, wings at £500 per side, respray to include the stone-chipped PU and badge panel, sort out the bit of rust around the tailgate pins, hell; respray the whole car whilst we're at it. New sunroof and tailgate seal, few bits of interior trim, gearshift is sloppy, need a wishbone and a 4-wheel alignment. Those fuel lines are looking dodgy, there's caliper corrosion and the brake lines are shot. The clutch might be the old rubber type, belts are due next year and water pump is original...... Ok, that's being very negative, of course. But, I'd guess that every car out there needs one or more of these jobs doing. The point is, you could be looking at many £000s if you buy the wrong car, but it'll be less if you buy one that's got evidence of at least some of the known weak spots dealt with. I wish people would understand that these are better cars than anything of the period, and most of the cars that have come along since. That doesn't mean that they are bargain-basement cars to own, just better value than most of the rubbish out there. Spending the money to keep them at their best is essential, and buying a good one is a sensible starting point even if it's overpriced.