Comments on: First Drive: Porsche 944

By: Mats

Mats — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:41:17 +0000

The golden advice when it comes to 944′s: “Buy the most expensive one you can find.”

By: regnisfon

regnisfon — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:28:39 +0000

My dad has owned a few 944′s and I did find them to be quite an enjoyable car. I think the best one that I have driven was a 1991 944 S2 3.0, that thing was a blast! Definitely a car I wouldn’t mind owning at some point..

By: Andrew Baculy

Andrew Baculy — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:45:11 +0000

Dave Finch’s 944 DOMINATED SCCA’s GT2 class fo many years. I’m not sure if he wrecked it or if he is still going. Something tells me he was hit or something.

By: swade

swade — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:02:27 +0000

Hausfrauenporsche = housewife’s Porsche?

yeah, yeah, funny funny.

A lot of the rear-engines Porsche owners look down their nose at the front-engines Porsches, too, but whether the company would have survived the 80′s without them is an open topic for debate.

And….I can’t afford a 911 anyway, not yet at least.

Andy, a good 944 turbo will cost somewhere north of $15K here in Oz. That one’s almost worth it at that price.

By: Andy Rupert

Andy Rupert — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:31:24 +0000

A friend of mine is selling a 1985 or 1986 LHD Porsche 944 Turbo for $3500. Shall I ship it in a container to Hobart?

By: wilfried

wilfried — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:32:20 +0000

And I forgot this one: Ben Lovejoys very complete Nürburgring page.
Apparently he not only threw around a VW golf on the circuit but used also 944 & 968 for fun driving on that particular track.

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/index.html

By: wilfried

wilfried — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:23:15 +0000

Well, some useful info in english on this page: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/4786/index.html
Of course not your average houwewives car.

By: ctm

ctm — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:42 +0000

Haha! “Hausfrauenporsche”… Long time since I heard that name…

By: swade

swade — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:59:47 +0000

Thanks for the thoughts, gents.

I’m not looking towards building a track monster at all. I’m just looking for a fun tourer with a reasonable amount of grunt. I’m sure a stock standard 944 Turbo will provide that in spades.

As for not going the Viggen route again, this (and the Alfa) are all part of a long-term project to own and drive as many different old favourites as I can. I’m sure I’ll return to a Viggen as part of that in time (if there’s any left by then)

By: wilfried

wilfried — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:51:05 +0000

Mmmh, could have been a nice project, Saab teaching Porsche how to build a reliable turbo engine ? I bet Saab could have used some teaching by Porsche how to be profitable, how to build an imago and how to milk a cash cow (cayenne, boxster, …. ).