Gas station experience story...1979 ?
#1
Gas station experience story...1979 ?
So I was pumping gas in the Turbo ($35, and I didn't even fill the thing up all the way, highway robbery !), and I see this guy get out of the passenger seat of a Suzuki Aerio. I could tell he was going to talk to me. Here's how the convo went:
crazy guy: "I hope you never get a hole in your gas tank in that thing."
me: "What ?"
crazy guy: "I've got one of those, punctured my gas tank, gotta take a bunch of stuff off to fix it"
me: "You've got a 944?!?"
crazy guy: "Yup"
me: "What year ?"
guy: "'79"
me: "1979 ? It's a 924 or a 944 ?" (I'm very skeptical at this point)
guy: "944. First year they made them, it's a prototype."
me: "Cool man."
guy: "Now I have to take off the exhaust, suspension... to fix the gas tank. I hit something in the road" yada yada
Anyway, I just walked away after that. Ever heard of such a thing ? A 1979 944 ? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills !!
crazy guy: "I hope you never get a hole in your gas tank in that thing."
me: "What ?"
crazy guy: "I've got one of those, punctured my gas tank, gotta take a bunch of stuff off to fix it"
me: "You've got a 944?!?"
crazy guy: "Yup"
me: "What year ?"
guy: "'79"
me: "1979 ? It's a 924 or a 944 ?" (I'm very skeptical at this point)
guy: "944. First year they made them, it's a prototype."
me: "Cool man."
guy: "Now I have to take off the exhaust, suspension... to fix the gas tank. I hit something in the road" yada yada
Anyway, I just walked away after that. Ever heard of such a thing ? A 1979 944 ? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills !!
#6
My car was at a Car show and the same thing happended to me accept he had a 88 944 with cookie cutters, no sun roof and cloth seats. He paid 11,000 for it 8 months ago and he said he got a great deal. His never have a four cyclinder though
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#8
I've had someone at a gas station insist my 924 is a 944. Now granted, my car doesn't have any badging that says "924", just "Porsche" and the Porsche emblem following a repaint by a previous owner. My car has no GT body kit or anything else that would make it look like a 944, not even a spoiler. But the guy was insistent. I just walked away slowly backwards, same technique used when you meet a bear in the woods...
#9
i would have given him so much lip. I hate people who talk about our cars who have no idea what they are saying.
I had one guy come up to me in a meijers parking lot and tell me "Porsches are just like Ford Probes! They both have fuel relay switches in the back of the trunk"
to which i responded "NO! They actually dont, theres really nothing back there so dont compare my car to a ford probe"
then he said "Oh... well i just know some of these porsches have fuel relays switches like ford probes"
I had one guy come up to me in a meijers parking lot and tell me "Porsches are just like Ford Probes! They both have fuel relay switches in the back of the trunk"
to which i responded "NO! They actually dont, theres really nothing back there so dont compare my car to a ford probe"
then he said "Oh... well i just know some of these porsches have fuel relays switches like ford probes"
#13
There was a 924 for sale near me couple years back, so I called to inquire about it...
"Hello?"
"Hey, I am calling about the 924 you have for sale."
"The porsh?"
"Yes, the PORSCHE"
"Ok, it looks kinda like a 944 except the engine is in the front..."
"The engine is in the front on a 944 as well sir."
"No, they are in the back. I have worked on enough to know..."
"Okay. I guess my 944 is wrong then."
"You have a 944 with the engine in the front?"
"Yes sir, looking at it now."
"THat must be one crazily modified 944!"
"Hello?"
"Hey, I am calling about the 924 you have for sale."
"The porsh?"
"Yes, the PORSCHE"
"Ok, it looks kinda like a 944 except the engine is in the front..."
"The engine is in the front on a 944 as well sir."
"No, they are in the back. I have worked on enough to know..."
"Okay. I guess my 944 is wrong then."
"You have a 944 with the engine in the front?"
"Yes sir, looking at it now."
"THat must be one crazily modified 944!"
#14
Originally Posted by theedge
Takes all kinds to make the world go around, some hinder the process more than others.
Best thing I have read all day.
I had one guy come up to me in a meijers parking lot and tell me "Porsches are just like Ford Probes! They both have fuel relay switches in the back of the trunk"
#15
Originally Posted by bloodraven
There was a 924 for sale near me couple years back, so I called to inquire about it...
"Hello?"
"Hey, I am calling about the 924 you have for sale."
"The porsh?"
"Yes, the PORSCHE"
"Ok, it looks kinda like a 944 except the engine is in the front..."
"The engine is in the front on a 944 as well sir."
"No, they are in the back. I have worked on enough to know..."
"Okay. I guess my 944 is wrong then."
"You have a 944 with the engine in the front?"
"Yes sir, looking at it now."
"THat must be one crazily modified 944!"
"Hello?"
"Hey, I am calling about the 924 you have for sale."
"The porsh?"
"Yes, the PORSCHE"
"Ok, it looks kinda like a 944 except the engine is in the front..."
"The engine is in the front on a 944 as well sir."
"No, they are in the back. I have worked on enough to know..."
"Okay. I guess my 944 is wrong then."
"You have a 944 with the engine in the front?"
"Yes sir, looking at it now."
"THat must be one crazily modified 944!"
HAHAHAHA That's classic...