Gas station experience story...1979 ?
07-11-2005, 03:27 PM
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Call me crazy but in 1997. While I was in Ramstein Germany I bought a 924 Turbo 1979. That required leaded gas. Had the transmission shift pattern backwards, 1st was down second was up and so on. Just like the 944 it had flared fenders. I only had it for a year before I wrecked it. I know it sounds crazy but I still have the POV Registration and owners manuals.
07-11-2005, 03:36 PM
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Yep, it was a euro 931 with a snailshell trans. Someone added flares to it (or a CGT body kit). Pretty standard fair. You aren't crazy. If it was a 1980 model, it could have been a CGT, and in that case it would have had flares from the factory on it (and would be very desirable to have today).
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07-12-2005, 03:35 AM
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That sounds like a run in I had. I'm seeing lawyer, and as i hop out thisguy says "nice 944." I'm thinking cool, guy knows the car. Then he asks me, "Is it a four or six cylinder?" I'm thinking, buddy, its a 4, they are all 4's. He says he had a 6 cylinder, and i hauled ***. He smoked some other car and yadda yadda yadaa. Slowly back away, and exit...
07-12-2005, 03:57 AM
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I had some clueless typical Brooklyn-russian guy offer me $25K for my S2 when i was in NY to see my friend. I said "done deal" and everything was going in that direction until he saw the 180K mileage 
Coupla years ago i was talking to a guy who had a 948 back in the 80's. He insisted that it was a 948 and not a 928 and proceeded to tell me how Porsche gives the numbers in order of car superiority so there was no way a 944 could be "better" than a 928, there was no 928 whatsoever, it was a 948.
And i'm not even getting into the story about commenting on a 944 turbo at the gas station:
- " hey, cool 951"!!
- " it's not a 951 it's a porsche turbo"
-" well it's a 944, right??"
-" my dad said it was a turbo, why are you saying all these numbers?"
-" bah... i thought it was a ferrari, listen, these porsche turbos are so great, no need to change the T-belts or anything, totally maintanance free engines!!"
-" that's what my old man tells me too"
- "yeah, all you do is put gas in and drive them for years!!"
Coupla years ago i was talking to a guy who had a 948 back in the 80's. He insisted that it was a 948 and not a 928 and proceeded to tell me how Porsche gives the numbers in order of car superiority so there was no way a 944 could be "better" than a 928, there was no 928 whatsoever, it was a 948.
And i'm not even getting into the story about commenting on a 944 turbo at the gas station:
- " hey, cool 951"!!
- " it's not a 951 it's a porsche turbo"
-" well it's a 944, right??"
-" my dad said it was a turbo, why are you saying all these numbers?"
-" bah... i thought it was a ferrari, listen, these porsche turbos are so great, no need to change the T-belts or anything, totally maintanance free engines!!"
-" that's what my old man tells me too"
- "yeah, all you do is put gas in and drive them for years!!"