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Well, picked up my recently acquired purchase yesterday, she is booked in with Andy Moss at SCS Porsche next Thursday for a thorough check over - wish me luck ! [:D]
She is a 1989 Turbo SE with 107000miles and extensive history, to say I am happy would be an understatement[;)]

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Looks nice, I remember seeing it on PH as it had been advertised a couple of times over the last year or so - I nearly viewed it myself. In the advert it came across as a well cared for car, nice colour too! Enjoy it [8D]
 
Its a nice colour? What colour/s is it inside?

A geeky point: a 1989 Turbo is a '944 Turbo'. The 220bhp 1988 Turbo was a '944 Turbo' and the 1988 250bhp turbo was a '944 Turbo S' in most places, a '944 Turbo Cup' in France and a '944 Turbo with Special Equipment' /SE here.

This is what caused the S/SE confusion. [:D]
 
Factory bridge spoiler? If so its a 1990 year turbo, although maybe registered in 1989. All 1989 year turbo's had rubber spoiler from factory.

Stuart
 
Thanks for all the positive comments, to answer some questions:

Yes, it was on Pistonheads recently, chap who owned it has replaced it with a very nice red 944 Turbo cabriolet,

Colour is Baltic blue, inside is cream leather (see pic)

I took it down to Andy Moss this morning to book it in for next week, he confirmed it has Koni adjustable shocks and big black brakes, would that mean it has the M030 handling pack? Andy will be taking a closer look at the full inspection next week.

Bridge spoiler was added in 2004

Looking through the masses of paperwork I have found a receipt for £575 for a reprogammed chip carried out my AmD in 2002 along with Dyno graphs before and after net result- 290.4 BHP at the flywheel and 287.2 lb/ft - I think that may be quite a bit [:D]

Is it a Turbo S or SE ? no idea, but it looks pretty[:)]

It's certainly a bit nippier than my old 944 S [:D]



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It is neither an S nor an SE. its a 1989 944 Turbo, or maybe a 1990 as Stuart mentioned the spoiler - I can only see one thumbnail for some reason.

M030 for a 250bhp Turbo is the dampers, anti-roll bars and bushes etc, as the 1989> cars all had the larger 928S4 brakes.
 
The black and linen looks very smart. I wondered whether itd be half blue, which would've been a bit much. I saw a blue car with a full Marine Blue trim the other week! It was like chocolate cake with chocolate sauce with chocolate sprinkles on top.
 
If it has the M030 package it will have the 'medium Black' brakes IIRC.

Just as well as the Big Black 928 GTS items have horrifically pricey bits (£200 for a brake disc, and around £80 for a pair of stock pads, or not far off £500 for a front disc and pad change in parts alone!).

It is a lovely colour. My first S2 had similar combination of colours, and I did love that combo. Enjoy, considering it looks as if you have an S specced Turbo or at the very least the M030 package.
 
Lovely example of arguably the best year 951 MRGT, thats an 89 944 turbo with M030 brakes, LSD, 250hp, 928 big blacks before they got even bigger, Adjustable dampers, stiffer springs, sports seats, no Cat' exhaust, but missing its CS forged rims, in a great colour combo.

Low miles and with a toeing eye cover which probably means its a minter [:)]

Congratulations

George
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Looks like nicely specked car, with the mo30 pack, the ten speaker up grade, big wing seats etc. it even has the same flip-front kenwood as mine. My car is 1990, but spec wise seems identical (other than mine had the bridge spoiler from new). Plus mine is a different colour way, obviously!

Should be a whole lot of fun. Enjoy!
 

ORIGINAL: andrew_churcher

Looks a cracker and good value. Those wheels in gloss black.....ooh yeah! [8D]
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The wheels are coming off [:D] I really don't like them and dont believe 18in wheels do much for her road manners, I have already sourced a set of replacements.

Thanks again for all your comments, unfortunately I dony know the original spec of the car as the label usually located in the boot appears to have gone walkabout. Anyone know if Porsche keep records of specific vehicle specs when new ?

Howard

 
They do, but there should be a duplicate of the sticker, stuck onto page three of your service book.
 
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