Hello All-looking for a 944

[ewan221]

Potential 944 owner here

looking for a turbo or good solid S2, been getting great advice from Alasdair who is keeping me pointed in right direction

Would be grateful if anyone hears of any solid car out there to give me a shout

 

[Copperman05]

Hello, I dont have a 944 for sale but congrats on a superb choice of motor car. Of course I can recommend the S2 as a great all round car, and perhaps the turbo if you want ultimate speed + power and have deep pockets.[] Whichever you decide I'm sure you'll be happy.

Edd

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Where are you based? Guessing up in the Northern part of England, but it helps us to point you to local cars. []

 

[ewan221]

oops Im actually up in Scotland in Ayr but dont mind travelling if find the right car, have looked at a couple but all had rotten sills. As said luckily Alisdair has been advising me - its cars for me he has been asking about

 

[stever951]

My 944 turbo will be for sale soon through Promax. Give Andy a ring on 01296 714856 for more info.

1991 944 turbo S - Alpine white - white interior
Mileage 119,000
Quaife ATB torque sensing differential
M030 brakes
Stainless steel brake lines
Spec stage 3 clutch
Spec lightweight flywheel
Koni M030 adjustable shocks
Genuine 17" 968 CS alloys with Toyo T1-R tyres

Steve

 

[ukmastiff]

The S2 and Turbo may look the same but are 'very' different to drive as you may know.
It might be worth deciding which one you want out of the two , If you could say what you are looking to pay , I do keep my eye out and see a lot of them for sale as do many folk here.

Best of luck

Mas

 

[ewan221]

Hi Mas

my preference is a turbo but would consider a good solid S2. Basically saying both as I dont want to narrow the available cars too much, looking to spend about £6k for the right car

 

[ronald smith]

Hi Ewen,
Mine will be for sale very shortly. Its the 1989 S2 in my avatar- its very sound had a full glass out
respray about 4 years ago.Far too much to put in here- KWv3 suspension orginal cup 1 wheels of
correct size 7.5" front 9.0" rear- new porsche brake and fuel lines about £1400.
If you are interested PM me and i can send you all detail.
Cheers
Ron

 

[ukmastiff]

Ewan you would get an exceptional S2 for less than 6,000 or a very very good Turbo for that money at the moment so I look foreward to seeing what you end up with !

Dove Blue is a cracking colour by the way !

Mas

 

[wolfie308]

Crikey Ron, didn't know it was on the cards you were selling yours.

Ewan - I know and have driven Ron's and I would strongly suggest you check it out.....you'd have to go a long way to find a better example with a proper history and modest miles.

It is a long way from you, but then isn't the one you want always at the other end of the country?

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Mine will be for sale very shortly.

Typical. When you bought it I would have snapped it up first but didn't have the cash at the time. Now it's up again I'd bite your hand off but I've already got an S2. []

 

[ukmastiff]

If you are talking the 6 grand bracket then the redone on now on P.H 'could' be a gooden. The exhaust and suspension are expensive upgrades in themselves plus its a 1990 low miles . Of course it needs questions/checking.

Regards Mas

 

[ronald smith]

Hi Wolfie, Paul, James - thanks for the nice comments. Sorry Paul thats a couple of Beers i owe you.
It wasnt on the cards-but while at Le Mans Classic i bumped into an old pal with a Boxster which he
was selling and in the heat of the moment I decided to buy it- it was about 44 degrees centigrade
at the time.
Actually Paul I was going to ask your advice at evening track event on monday re value etc.
I wasnt thinking of advertising it for a coupleof weeks as coming to Silverstone Classic in it.
It was only Ewans thread that made me mention it.
Cheers
Ron
PS- I will still come to Porsche events in my inferior Boxster
PPS- thanks Mas yes its a lovely colour, from the code they seem to call it Dove blue some years and
Baltic blue others.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

PPS- thanks Mas yes its a lovely colour, from the code they seem to call it Dove blue some years and
Baltic blue others.

In my list LM5P is always Dove Blue and Baltic doesn't exist. [&:]

See you Monday!

 

[ewan221]

ORIGINAL: ukmastiff

If you are talking the 6 grand bracket then the redone on now on P.H 'could' be a gooden. The exhaust and suspension are expensive upgrades in themselves plus its a 1990 low miles . Of course it needs questions/checking.

Regards Mas

That actually does look very nice, is there anybody known that does porsche inspections ? As obviously a bit far away from me

 

[pauljmcnulty]

That actually does look very nice, is there anybody known that does porsche inspections ? As obviously a bit far away from me

Peter Morgan. I believe he has agents all over the country but I'd be interested to know whether that's right.

Inspections have their place, but I'm not sure how proportional they are. I had one on a Volvo 740 Turbo, as the seller suggested he'd reduce the price if the local Volvo specialist found any issues. As a result, I paid about £100 for a report that showed me it had a certain tread depth on tyres, lights worked, one door didn't operate the interior lights, that type of thing. Oh, and it needed all new discs and pads. £400 off the price, and I sold it after about 30K with one set of pads in between, I think near the end of my ownership, so that was rubbish. An MOT would have been as much use, an MOT with me getting chatty with the inspector and getting a good look around the car would be great. An inspection on any 944 might just be too depressing, as they are so over-critical to cover themselves.

Don't know where you are, or the car, but there are plenty of good indies who will give it a look over on the ramp for about an hour's labour if the seller will take it there for you. A bit of me wants to suggest that if the seller would agree to take the car for a local inspection he's probably pretty straight. [8|]

One thing to avoid is any of the inspection services offered by the major players, such as AA or RAC. They will have no knowledge of the potential problems on a 944. Better to get a local owner to have a look, at least most of us know enough to give an impartial view.

 

[ukmastiff]

I checked in the past and 160 plus vat was the 'cheapest' inspection I could find in the London area and that was someone who could have been hopeless for all I know.

I had an inspection done on a car I had bought (admitedly a free one ) by a rubbish Porsche specialist once and it was a joke ! , they actually missed some major stuff.
I took the same car to another specialist who found everything in the same time I.E a 30 min look over and as he showed me it I realised even I could have spotted it if I had a ramp.
The only indspection I would trust would be one carried out by a 'decent' Porsche specialist and there are some dodgy ones of those too !

If it were me I would ask all the right questions on the phone and get some high res pics of things that might potentially concern me. If I were to want to buy it then I would negotiate a price but only subject to a satisfactory inspection at a local Porsche specialist.
It might be worth finding out where in London he is as a forum user 'might' look at it for you just to get an initial idea , if they were nearby maybe they would find it interesting.
All just thoughts. I might be looking for an S2 for something at the min [] so you stick to looking for a turbo lol

Regards

Mas

 

[ronald smith]

Hi James- thanks for very nice comments - I will confirm you are not on a commission.
Simon just gave it a service- more of a check over for our Le Mans Classic trip and
while there changed the oil sender valve- new oil and filter.
Ran like a dream down to Le Mans and back.
Cheers
Ron

 

[ronald smith]

Hi Ewan,
I have sent you a couple of PMs not sure if you got them.
I am in Maidenhead Berkshire 30 miles west of London-if you prefer I will give you either
a Mobile or land line
I will try one more PM.
Cheers
Ron

 

[robwils]

You could send me some details if you like too.
I'm still looking and got my eye on one or two advertised.