Service booklet?

[the_dr38]

I am sending my 944 s1 in for the oil leak to be sorted as it's dripping onto the undertray and then dripping all over the drive in various places - not good! I am also going to get them to fit the rad temp sensor. The problem is I want to ask for a full service too but although I have an extremely comprehensive white folder full of recipts, bills, respray, engine rebuild ETC, now that I've fully examined the documents, nowhere does there seem to be any official evidence of a proper service history and no stamps. I also have the grey leather Porsche booklet with the magnetic flap on it. Inside this is the 944 Owners Manual along with a pocket guide to porsche ownership, all of the old Tax discs plus a rather deceiving Porsche Service Booklet. However in this booklet is just a list of places to get your car serviced along with some maps. I now realise that in with the excited haste of buying this car (under the impression it was a higher model than it is), I have over-looked perhaps the most important aspect of buying a car. I'm sure this car has been serviced as it runs extremely well for a 20 year old car. I am just worried that 1)they are going to find loads wrong with it and it's gonna cost a bomb and 2)I cannot get a stamp because I have no booklet to stamp. Is it possible to obtain one of these from Porsche?

My next point is that now I've had the car for quite a while I feel that it's not quite as powerful as I first thought. The statistics I've seen say 0-60 8 secs (ish) and a top speed of 130(ish) which by todays standards doesnt seem great but this is still above average, but when all said and done on the road it just doesn't feel like it's really achieving this. Maybe a good service will help to restore this. Or maybe it's (already) time to look onwards and upwards. Naturally the next step would be an S2, but hey a turbo would be even better wouldnt it? Or maybe even a 968? I guess I am really at war with myself here about spending all this money on a car that I may change because I want more power.

Any thoughts on the service booklet or the upgrade?

Regards

Lloyd

 

[944 man]

It used to be. I last bought one in about 1995 and it cost £6 posted.

Simon

 

[robwright]

Look mate IMHO a car can have all the service history in the world but is only as good as it is right now. I service and repair mine myself so history doesn't come into it and plenty on here would probably say the same. I would say get the oil leak sorted, which is the right thing to do but keep all the receipts and job sheets for the work you have done. It is a niche market that you would ever sell the car on in and any serious 944 buyer would know whether the car has been looked after and how straight the car is. Don't worry so much about what has been done in the past just about what you do from now on. If you get someone to repair/service it for you just make sure that you choose well and make sure the quality is good. Like I said I do all mine myself so I have nobody else to blame. But I know the quality of the work. This 944 ownership can be daunting I know but as long as the car is a goodun and YOU look after her you will reep the rewards. I know I do every day with a big smile on my face driving to work.

 

[Diver944]

In reality it's the invoices and bills showing the work done that really comprises the service history, the service book is just a simple 'at a glance' view of what the receipts really mean. By all means get a new service book from your local dealer, but I would also get a folder with clear poly pouches and file all your recieps in date and mileage order for future reference.

 

[ukmastiff]

I cant agree with whats been done in the past not being relevent but thats just my opinion. Re the history , as I have found out the other day on visiting a car dealer , it is very easy for a shoddy dealer to buy a ' Porscche stamp' and stamp up a service book but its far harder and too much effort for them to print up various receipt and bills. As the poster above says if you have the actual bills anyone would be happy with that with or without the book , which is just an at a glance guide to the 'alledged history' Best of Luck

Mas

 

[the_dr38]

and what are your thoughts on the upgrade so soon? Just toying. But thinking aroun the 6k mark. So S2, turbo or 968?

 

[Copperman05]

ORIGINAL: sc0tty

Jesus, why do I even bother reading these posts...!! []

Because you have great patience with newcomers to the forum, you always think what you say through before opening your mouth and you appreciate that some people just want some advice...

Subtle and brick come to mind...

Edd

 

[edh]

Welcome back Scotty - I thought you'd been quiet recemtly.... [8|]

To the OP - if you know very little about these cars, but feel like you want a better one, I would avoid cheaper turbos and 968's, and go for the best S2 you can afford. Get it inspected properly (by Hartech or someone similar) and you reduce your risks. They are all old cars now - and compared with nearly all other classics are incredibly robust and reliable, but you can't run them on the same budget you would run a 2 year old Toyota... (I know which I'd rather drive [])

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: edh
... if you know very little about these cars, but feel like you want a better one, I would avoid turbos and 968's, and go for the best S2 you can afford.

Ahhhh!!!! A turbo owner says it like it is! Good lad edh!)

(With apologies for the slight edit.)


Oli.

 

[edh]

As I'm sure you will agree Oli - turbos are only for those aficionados who have reached a higher level of appreciation of "the Porsche way"
.
...one day, maybe sooner than you expect, you too may qualify []

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: edh

As I'm sure you will agree Oli - turbos are only for those aficionados who have reached a higher level of appreciation of "the Porsche way"
.
...one day, maybe sooner than you expect, you too may qualify []

edh - funnily enough, you're right; there is a history of senility in my family. My late paternal grandfather lost almost all of his marbles in his senior years, and my dear father is (slowly) going the same way.

I fully expect that one say I will also do likewise, but I'm hoping that is some years off. Certainly not sooner than I expect ... []


Oli.

 

[edh]

I that case there's even more reason for you to scratch the itch before it's too late.... []

 

[zcacogp]

An itch? I thought that a Turbo was a means of increasing the density of the inlet charge, not a nasty rash ... []

If that's the case then I certainly don't want one, thanks! []

S2's. For healthy, itch-free fun ...


Oli.

 

[appletonn]

ORIGINAL: edh

I that case there's even more reason for you to scratch the itch before it's too late.... []

Ed, I think it's been too late for Oli for a long, long time...[8|][][][]

To use an S2 metaphor, I think his cam chain (one of the many weak points on those Seat diesel-chasing S2 thingummy bobs[]) is due replacement....[][][]

Lights blue touchpaper and retires, a long, long, long way away.....[]

 

[zcacogp]

Insults?

From a beetle owner?

These I can cope with.

I just hope that when you retired after lighting the touch-paper you chose something respectably fast to do it in, as opposed to a slow, still-being-run-in beetle. >ChecksOutOfFrontWindow< My S2 is still there, so you didn't choose that ... [&:]


Oli.


P.S. Come on fellow S2 owners. It's developing into a decent scrap, and two of them have taken the bait now ... give us a hand! []

 

[appletonn]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp


I just hope that when you retired after lighting the touch-paper you chose something respectably fast to do it in, as opposed to a slow, still-being-run-in beetle. >ChecksOutOfFrontWindow< My S2 is still there, so you didn't choose that ... [&:]


Oli.


P.S. Come on fellow S2 owners. It's developing into a decent scrap, and two of them have taken the bait now ... give us a hand! []

It did cross my mind to use your S2 but i didn't want my Beetle to catch any Iron Oxide'itis off it...

Mind you, as yours dissolves, it should help bring its power to weight ratio closer to that of a 'full fat' 944 turbo?![][]

 

[zcacogp]

Nick,

Don't let anyone say you don't look afer your cars. Considering the state of the bodywork of your beetle over performance, handling or style (no pop-up headlights? No shame!) ... I'm sure there is a mini metro planning a shrine to you in automotive valhalla even as I type this!

Power to weight ratio - who cares? What matters is being able to access that power, and make brisk forward progress without needing to book time off work waiting for the boost to arrive. []


Oli.

 

[edh]

"methinks he doth protest too much"

have you ever driven a decent 944 turbo Oli?

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: edh

have you ever driven a decent 944 turbo Oli?

Is there such a thing? []


Oli.

 

[appletonn]

Ed, Oli is simply in denial (not the one in Egypt) and is afraid that once he has sampled the mind/gravitational field-altering effect of a good 944 turbo, then he will never be able to settle for his decaffeinated, watered down, slightly apologetic S2...


BTW, I really do love the S2, but don't tell Oli that, whatever you do!


Apologies to the OP too for the blatant and silly hijack! I think an S2 would float your boat, but I would get the geometry and suspension honed to perfection on the car that you've got and simply revell in the fantastic balance and feel of the car, before looking elsewhere. Once you get used to the performance of any car, it will no longer feel as fast as before - that can be a very slippery slope!![]