944 Market

[JaseGT4]

There was an interesting thread on PH's about Malton which they picked up on and saw one of their 3.2's go up everyday by £50K I for one would not want to see you diappear as every post is informative and the cars you sell are of the highest quality after preparation. Plus you keep us on our toes

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Wouldn't want anybody to leave this forum! Wheels / tyres early turbos had 7 / 8 I believe with the sizes I quoted, think the later 250s had 7.5 / 9 with the bigger tyres. My 7/8s came off an '87 turbo.

 

[Shark]

Funny you say.. I've got a few spare sets of D90's.. early offsets from a 944S, late offsets from S2's and a Turbo set which are wider still, all different sizes!. Now I have just learned there are even D90's in 18" too! Yet to see a set though... EDIT: my bad...18" d90s do not exist. It was my misinterpretation of a post I read. No surprise really.. No 944's had anything any bigger than 16's as an option, not even the Cup cars had 17 or 18" wheels.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Quite prepared to leave the forum over this if my integrity is in question which would be a shame (for me) as I like it here and have met many nice folks.

Certainly not. Nice to have you here. []

 

[MartinRS2K]

Agree with other comments Mark, I'm happy to have you on the Forum and it brings another angle to our cars (the dealer and owner who is looking for cars to improve and sell on). The more knowledgeable people on here the better [] As good cars are returned to the market the prices increase and the reputation outside of the posters in this and other 944 forums goes up. This in turn helps keep the sale of 944's fluid and prices for good cars will increase. Also owners may be prepared to spend more maintaining their car if they see the value in the car increasing.

 

[T3rra]

Been following this thread, came in a bit late 5 pages to catch up on. There's car that are maintained dispute there value with some cash drops not far off buying another running 944. Turbos will hold there money and Increase with expenditure. There's many here who are devoted to there car will strive to keep them in tip top form despite there re sale value. Then there some who could have brought a 911 outright and others who have acumulated bills to and beyond the cost off 911 But the main thing is they have chosen the car for what the car is not the badge. A statements like or get a boxster that makes my advice be by the best porsche you can find for your given budget. These cars are on the rise, but it be a shame not to use them in hope they become an investment as your losing the biggest investment return you can get happiness. Iv covered over 20k in my 944 turbo over 2/3 iv owned it and there's times where I don't drive it for weeks apart. It's wasn't hard for me to get agreed valuation of 13k iv been told it would sell for 15k fairly easy. Mileage matters but not as much condition. When buy sensible

 

[Shark]

Thanks guys.. I do turn these cars around.. they are my passion, just look at this latest car here for example....it didn't just arrive looking like that..! I spend all day, nearly every day on them..[] [link=http://throttle-shop.com/sales/951Panther/index.htm]951 Panther[/link]

 

[MartinRS2K]

Proper photos to advertise the car. Saw it for sale and it looks very nice. I'm not a lover of the silver/black plates but the rest looks very nice. I need to get some pictures taken of my Turbo, but starting to wonder if I should keep it?

 

[simkin911]

ORIGINAL: Shark Thanks guys.. I do turn these cars around.. they are my passion, just look at this latest car here for example....it didn't just arrive looking like that..! I spend all day, nearly every day on them..[] [link=http://throttle-shop.com/sales/951Panther/index.htm]951 Panther[/link]

I do like this myself and I'm looking but it's outta budget. Bad timing prevented me getting in touch with PO a few weeks ago.

 

[Shark]

ORIGINAL: simkin911

ORIGINAL: Shark Thanks guys.. I do turn these cars around.. they are my passion, just look at this latest car here for example....it didn't just arrive looking like that..! I spend all day, nearly every day on them..[] [link=http://throttle-shop.com/sales/951Panther/index.htm]951 Panther[/link]

I do like this myself and I'm looking but it's outta budget. Bad timing prevented me getting in touch with PO a few weeks ago.

You wouldn't have bought it if you had gone to look at it. We sold it to the guy 4 years ago (he traded in an Amaranth Violet 993 coupe for it, which ended up it was costing us about 10k.. that's a 35k car now, we sold it for 14 back then!) It was very poorly presented, needed paint, wheels and seats recon. A private man would never have bought it. I told the guy that, he was lucky a private punter didn't travel 400miles to see that car or he would have had egg on his face and a big fallout. We travelled to London for that car 4 years ago, I remember getting it, it was one of the first cars that actually "scared" me.. such is the power, torque and hammer like turbo, then there's the twitching rear and spinning wheels in third..forget about wet roads in that car!

 

[simkin911]

I've had a few turbos including two with over 300bhp (one was Promax l2) - they were driven sensibly and in accordance with the conditions plus I often had a child in the passenger seat. I've never found the cars to be a potentially problematic drive (or at least one which demanded extreme caution). Perhaps I wasn't driving fast enough but then I drove as fast as I needed to!

 

[Shark]

That's the great thing about them. You can drive Miss Daisy if you keep your shifting below 3000rpm. The wife could potentially use it. Just be careful where you plant it past 3000 though, make sure it's pointing in a straight line and hold on. I'm not talking about Ford like torque steer, there is none of that.. It's the (poker straight) catapult thrust of huge potential energy of the power delivery. Takes a race driver to feel at home with that sort of power delivered in that way. To be honest, it's abit hardcore for me but nice to have..with great power comes great responsibility they say. I have had and driven near everything (bar very modern super cars). A quick and well set up 951 is the only car that thrills me. That's why I love them. I sold a ultra rare code o740 996 C2 coupe in speed yellow with sub 50k after I got bored after three weeks, in favour of a 951. Nothing is as exciting to drive as a real good 951 with around 300bhp in my opinion. Driving them is a different image too. That's said- I suggest a clean low mile 996 is the next car on your list to collect. Buy now. They are rock bottom. Less than a clean 944S2 ffs. They will appreciate very soon as folk wanting on the Pork ladder come to realise they can't even buy an old 3.2 or even a 944!. The 996 has bottomed out and will start going the other way in the next year or so as others models become far out of reach. They are a real nice drive, I love the sound and the smooth six. And the build isn't so bad.. Somewhere between Merc meets BMW quality.

 

[944 man]

ORIGINAL: Shark Funny you say.. I've got a few spare sets of D90's.. early offsets from a 944S, late offsets from S2's and a Turbo set which are wider still, all different sizes!. Now I have just learned there are even D90's in 18" too! Yet to see a set though...

You may find it helpful to learn that no Design 90 wheels have an 'early offset'. They were never fitted to 944S models (as they pre-date them), and the 944S was introduced for the 1987 model year, which was when 944s adopted the 'later' offset (nominal 52.3mm as per 924s).

 

[Shark]

That is odd, as when I tried to put s2 d90s on a 944S, the rears fitted fine but the fronts needed 7mm spacers as the inner rims were rubbing on the shocks. Without the spacer, the wheels wouldnt even spin with the steering wheel straight. Seized solid. Oh wait.. I think I took 16" phone dials off the 944S and needed the 7mm spacers for the d90s to fit.. Does that make more sense? I am positive.

 

[edh]

ORIGINAL: simkin911 I've had a few turbos including two with over 300bhp (one was Promax l2) - they were driven sensibly and in accordance with the conditions plus I often had a child in the passenger seat. I've never found the cars to be a potentially problematic drive (or at least one which demanded extreme caution). Perhaps I wasn't driving fast enough but then I drove as fast as I needed to!

+1 - mine was very civilised, even in the wet. (300hp, DPW, Vitesse etc..) You had to be doing something pretty daft to get it out of shape at road speeds. The S2 is more snappy in low speed (track) corners if you try to put too much power down. Poor wet handling points to either worn components, strange geo, or bad driving (full throttle through the middle of a wet bend for example).

 

[Andy97]

ORIGINAL: Shark ......That's said - I suggest a clean low mile 996 is the next car on your list to collect. Buy now. They are rock bottom. Less than a clean 944S2 ffs. They will appreciate very soon as folk wanting on the Pork ladder come to realise they can't even buy an old 3.2 or even a 944!. The 996 has bottomed out and will start going the other way in the next year or so as others models become far out of reach.

Try convincing my wife of that! I succumbed to pressure to sell either my 951 or my quattro, and sold the 951 about 4 years ago. I'm glad I kept the quattro but I should have been stronger and kept both!!! View on the 968? I fancy a Sport myself.

 

[simkin911]

The 968 is a good choice. I have a sport (with KWs) and really like it.

 

[Waylander]

nothing to choose between the sport and coupe as they have the same amount of "extras" normally just cloth seats without electrics this weight saving does not equate to a full tank of fuel. might as well grab a coupe bargain then set it up how you want it.

 

[Shark]

I'd have one over an S2, but a 951 over a 968.. real shame there was no 968 Turbo.. I would be all over that like a rash..

 

[simkin911]

ORIGINAL: Shark I'd have one over an S2, but a 951 over a 968.. real shame there was no 968 Turbo.. I would be all over that like a rash..

Not many made but they do exist - circa 16 Turbo S cars and ? 4 Turbo RS versions.