"Bandit" (2bandit)
02/16/2014 at 18:54 • Filed to: None
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
02/16/2014 at 18:54 • Filed to: None | 1
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I really really want an expensive to maintain, semi-unreliable, 1980s German sports car to be my winter beater.
J. Drew Silvers
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:03 |
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Pet peeves about car ads?
-When they say it's the same model that was in a movie.
-When someone says a Camaro/Bird has a "Corvette" engine in it.
Am I wrong for thinking the aftermarket support for the 944's isn't actually all that costly? More than a Honda, but less than a BMW?
Lazzris
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:03 |
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tom drove a 928 in risky business not a 944.
Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:04 |
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Keep looking. This car is way overpriced, and it's an early '85 model, which means it has boxy interior and questionable build quality. It's also a single cam that's pretty slow in any situation. I bought an '87 944S on ebay for $800, and it drove 3 hours to my house (badly). It needed some work, but I fixed it up and sold it for around $2600, and it ran like a dream. If you're going to spend the money, get a later model S or S2, or get a turbo, but be prepared for maintenance costs. If you'd like to know more about owning the car, let me know. I know these things pretty intimately.
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Bandit
> Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez
02/16/2014 at 19:08 |
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I'm in no position to buy another car right now, but one day I will own a 944. My dad had one back in the 80s and loves to tell stories of it. I have a neighbor that has an S2 in his garage and wants me to drive it when the weather gets better.
Blue 2000
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:08 |
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Simple, if you don't spend any money on maintenance it all of a sudden becomes cheap to maintain and extremely reliable... Sort of
Brian Silvestro
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:09 |
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You should get it! I always have so many 944s for sale around me, and I want one so bad.
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Bandit
> Blue 2000
02/16/2014 at 19:13 |
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And then the serpentine belt breaks and the engine magically blows up.
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Blue 2000
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:19 |
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That's when you blame the car for being cheap, and the previous owner for not warning you. See it's all about the blame game, but seriously I too want a 944.
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Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:21 |
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I'm actually writing up the story of my 944S as we speak. It involved driving home in a torrential downpour with no windshield wipers, in an interior covered in rat turds and a car that turned left when i accelerated and turned right when I pressed the brake. It was a ton of fun to drive because it was the first car I've ever driven with the transmission in the back and near 50/50 weight distribution. You'd be surprised the gems you find if you just look. The market has been pretty crappy for these cars, but I suspect that it will pick up when people realize what great cars they are.
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Bandit
> Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez
02/16/2014 at 19:24 |
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I can't wait to read it. Sadly in my area everyone assumes since there is a porsche badge on the front of the car that it must be worth a ton (sellers of ones with a blown motor are asking $2000).
jkm7680
> Bandit
02/16/2014 at 19:33 |
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It looks nice, if you have the patience to work on it you should go for it!