"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
08/03/2016 at 17:51 • Filed to: None
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"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
08/03/2016 at 17:51 • Filed to: None | 7
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I’ve been on a varied mission to either replace our family hauler with something more fun or just buy a cheaper older manual sports car. Today that saga ends.
I shook hands with a gentleman after an offer a little under his pretty fair asking price and will be picking up a 1984 Porsche 944 tonight. It was in really good shape but there were no delusions about collectability. Some 944 owners will tell you that numbers matching, original paint, and whatever else increases the value of their 944 but don’t know when the timing belt was changed. This one had a nicely done recent paint job, a transferred over set of nice seats, and a working dash put in place(meaning I’ll never know truly exact miles but my dash will work) and a recent timing belt change and shock and struts all replaced. No accidents, no rust. He guessed the clutch had been replaced but admitted it was a guess.
I didn’t want a collector, which is why I abandoned dreams of a 914 with more rust than paint. I wanted a nice driving stick to learn manual on that has just a bit of getup. I’m a little bummed that I don’t have much left to sort out but I’ll live. I’m sure gremlins will appear. It’ll leave me more time to worry about what is now my wife’s e34.
And I know its a bit cliche but the 944 does look better in person. Especially the fender flares.
Sam
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 18:01 |
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944's are going to go up within the next 10 years or so. Guaranteed.
64C10
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 18:08 |
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Mmmmmmmm. Telephone dial wheels. Nice find.
dogisbadob
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 18:10 |
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Congrats on the new Audi. The phone dials are cool.
Clemsie McKenzie
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 18:12 |
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I love 944s! They do look awesome in person. I think they just are lower and wider than people imagine.
Congrats on the purchase!
KatzManDu
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 18:14 |
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Congrats! I’m trying to do the identical; shedding a BMW 520d and winding up with something like this!
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Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
> Sam
08/03/2016 at 18:23 |
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I'd be happy if you were right and I think it'll be true for S/turbos, but I'd be surprised to see base models go up too much.
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> dogisbadob
08/03/2016 at 18:25 |
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Well, I was shopping VWs(924) for a while, so I'd say it's a step up.
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> KatzManDu
08/03/2016 at 18:26 |
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Good luck in the search. I thought about looking for an E21/E30 as I think the market for them has chilled a little but i really wanted a change.
RyanFrew
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 18:39 |
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I’d argue that $$ value is not necessarily indicative of whether a car is a classic or not. I have a ‘67 V8 Mustang and an ‘89 NA 944. Both cars are classics, neither one is expensive.
Edit: Congrats by the way! haha
DrScientist
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 20:20 |
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ive mentioned this before, but i prefer the non-turbo, non-s2 bumpers on these NA models. also, i hear the na’s are much easier to live with.
nice purchase! congrats!
and teledials too!
shop-teacher
> Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
08/03/2016 at 22:22 |
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That’s awesome. A 944 is a bucket list car for me. I need to get one before they get expensive