Previous fast cars?
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AnotherPITA
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2001 996 C2
Great car but Porsche paranoia got the better of me, especially the anxiety inducing 911UK forum posts, as well as my kids not wanting to sit in the vertical rear seats that made them feel like they were about to be fired out of a canon.
By comparison, my early 944 is like driving an old beetle that's had a front engine transplant.
Great car but Porsche paranoia got the better of me, especially the anxiety inducing 911UK forum posts, as well as my kids not wanting to sit in the vertical rear seats that made them feel like they were about to be fired out of a canon.
By comparison, my early 944 is like driving an old beetle that's had a front engine transplant.
Greenman986S
PCGB Member
Can't post a pic
But i submit my holiday rental c1996.....
But i submit my holiday rental c1996.....
Kongsodoken
Active member
Maybe £80K now but wasn’t that fast - the engine was in the wrong end
Greenman986S
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blade7
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I was well into RS Escorts, had around 12 from memory back in the 80's. I'll look for a pic of my last one, a MK2 RS2000 X Pack I had at the same time as my Cos.
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scam75
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Me too. Only the solitary Mk1 Escort but I reckon about 10 x RS turbo Escorts, S1 and S2. Also an Orion that I transplanted a turbo lump in to, and also a convertible with a transplanted turbo lump. I had a bright yellow Q plate with a 1.9 cvh, about 200bhp, it was easily the most fun. I then went mad with a 2.1 zvh and wide body kit on a S2 turbo, huge split rim alloys, over 300bhp and just undrivable really, torque steered all over the place! 6 injectors and Calibra turbo pistons. Definitely a boast in the pub car.....stage 3 Burton head, ah those were the days! A sapphire cossie, a V6 Probe, a V6 Cougar, Mondeo ST24. Oh a Fiesta RS Turbo too as well as numberous XR3i's, an XR3, and XR2 and an XR2i.
One solitary Vauxhall, a Cavalier GSi2000, was a good car actually, and a bin fire Series 1 944 lux long before the current 944. If I had any sense I would never have bought another 944 again after that shed on wheels, still I was young and I had a Porsche, that was all that seemed to matter with that purchase!
There will be more I have forgotten! Average time of ownership about 6 months, current car 15 years, I'm definitely slowing down!!
One solitary Vauxhall, a Cavalier GSi2000, was a good car actually, and a bin fire Series 1 944 lux long before the current 944. If I had any sense I would never have bought another 944 again after that shed on wheels, still I was young and I had a Porsche, that was all that seemed to matter with that purchase!
There will be more I have forgotten! Average time of ownership about 6 months, current car 15 years, I'm definitely slowing down!!
graham.king
New member
I ran this for 8 faultless years - every journey was an occasion with raw performance and that sound! Regret selling it now, but love my 944
blade7
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So regarding how my 944 turbo compared to my Cosworth, they both probably had the same amount of power. But although the Cosworth was only a 2.0, it was a 16v. And it had a bigger turbo that was mounted close up to the cylinder head, and I think the exhaust downpipe was bigger. Plus getting the turbo spinning up and then booting it gave faster initial acceleration that I've ever felt in my 944T, that may have been down to gear ratios though. And I reckon I could bang the T5 gearbox through the gears faster. The 944 turbo is around 15 mph faster, and better built. But it should be as it cost a lot more when new.
blade7
Well-known member
Seems like a cue to mention our current carsCurrently have a GRYaris which feels a lot like a 4wd 944 turbo
Tony
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