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porsche 944
My friend was looking at a Porsche 944 online for $3945 with 92K miles on it. What do you all know about these cars? It has to be a decent daily driver, and i think he may do some touch up work on the body and interior, but not go crazy... what do you all think?
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so 924 bad 944 good? It doesnt have to be blazing fast, i think they look good enough to make up for its lack of performance... looks like the handles are great!... and not to be rude but i did ask for opinions, i have already read up a lot about them and another link would leave me just as confused.
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My cousin has an '84 944. He paid $1k for it, and it is falling apart. Don't do that. Apart from that, there is high availability of turbo parts for the N/A ones, since there was a factory turbo I think 85+. But I will caution you from my experience owning and trashing many German cars, parts are expensive as hell. Imagine a ridiculous price to pay for any part compared to parts for your Mustang, and double that, and that is what parts for real German cars cost. However, since there are a lot of 944s laying dead places, junkyard parts aren't too bad.
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if he wants a porshe, try looking for a 914, those were the best handleing porshes ever made, and the turbo versions haul ass, i think you can pick them up fairly cheap too, but the 944 i think became the 914, but i'm not 100 percent sure, i could just be thinking of the 944 as the 914
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the way i understood it was that the 924 sucked balls and they made the 944... " the best handling production car ever"... thanx all i think hes made up his mind
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i donīt really know, i kind of get confused with all the numbers
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944's are horrible IMO. If you're going to get one...get the 944 turbo. Those turbos had some issues, though.
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i like the 944 body styles, especially if it's red... they just look fast, although i think my car is even par with 'em stock for stock, in the quarters, they are just well-engineered automobiles. and one in which i'd like to "test drive" one day :wink
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i wouldn't! at least i can afford to fix my mustang!!! porsche parts are outrageous in price & the labor will kill ya too!
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+1 porche parts are expensive as hell!!!!
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tell your friend to spend a couple more g's and buy a 928. i saw one for like $9,000, and nothing beats a german 5.0l v8 316-326hp engine. It was my second choice of car, and i ended with my 98gt.
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If you have the dedication, then a 944 is a fun car. I had a 944 Turbo. It was fun to modify, easy to make 400 HP, but not very reliable. The NA will be more reliable, but expect a 20 year old car to act just like a 20 year old car...
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You need a lot of love and a big wallet to run a 944!
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