Am I the only one around here with a very early 924 NA?? LOL

I don't agree with that article at all, really...I daily drive my 924, and it gets great gas mileage, and has been quite reliable, and is comfortable on the freeway for long trips...I don't think it's a bad road car at all...it's just slightly underpowered, and the suspension just needs some sport shocks and sway bars, and it will handle quite well.

Here's mine:

 

No need to post those pics twice, lol...

 

924s produced after 1977 also were galvanized and won't rust. As far as the article is concerned hating the 924 is a pretty ignorant position to take and his article really does the car and the company a disservice. The Euro 924s were darn nice cars and with 125hp on tap in a relatively light body they're performance wasn't to bad for the late 70s, certainly better then a 914 or 912E thats for sure. As far as future incarnations of the cars go the 931 was always kick ***, and the 924 CGT was on par with the 911SCs. While the 924 may be easy to hate because it needed another 25hp, it handled famously and of course paved the way for some fantastic cars, the 931, 937, 944, 951, and 968, without it these cars would not exist. Sass needs to learn to have some respect of our water cooled roots, and get the hell off if *** engined high-horse.

 

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Compared to the competition at the time, the 924 was a nice machine for the money. The NYT "journalist" didn't make any mention of how the competition stacked up. Let's make a list to see what the 924 was up against. Here's a start, please join me:

Triumph TR7
Alfa Romeo Spider
what else?

 

Corvette, and Toyota Celica Supra come to mind...which were both big, heavy barges compared to the 924.

 

rx7

i had an 82 924 and after i got it running and driving-had been sitting 7 years- it was pretty cool. I would have bet it would be as fast as my 89 2.7n/a 944 at the time- lighter w/ less power.

 

What's wrong with either of those? I'd quite happily have either.....well maybe not a TR7, but a TR8 would be most welcome. The holes in the floorpan come in handy....

 

What an ill-informed peasant media hack. Why the attack on a nice little car which never pretended to be a 911, evern though it is much safer to drive for young drivers...
Mike

 

I actually LOLed quite a bit

 

It's easy to call the 924 a piece of junk in this day and age, when you don't have any personal tie to Porsche or any first-hand memory of driving and comparing one to it's contemporaries. I wasn't there so I can't be objective.

 

I'm wondering what options those would be?

 

Pretend Porsche? Thats crap. Porsche started development work on a front engined water cooled GT in the late sixtys. This think tank spawned the 928 but 924 was an exercise in this design. When Porsche engineers thought about this type of car they really worked hard. This car was a complete departure for the company, but they really stuck to their performance philosophy. There were lots of traditional front engined water cooled cars around on the 60s and 70s. Porsche desighned a top rate performance car that was reliable, accomadating, efficient and affordable. After millions of development dollars spent on this platform since the 60s, Porsche really made a special car by the time they got to the 968. Everything in detween was a success thus its long lived history. There have been lots of imitations out there(rx7, conquest,datsun z cars) but none are as well planed as the original 924 and its offspring. I still contend that privatly funded Porsche did more with less and really hit the mark.

Screw the new york times. Their circulation has drop dramatically recently because of **** like this - unfounded, biased, hypathetical conjecture.

 

Ahh, the 924. Am I the only one looking at the car in the article thinking hmmm, wish I could find a clean one like that today! Ha! to each his own. I have to give the 924 credit for my complete love affair with these German cars, the day my dad brought home a red '79 924 changed my life. The look, sound, feel of the cockpit like I'm in a race car, even that German leather smell, well.. it was all down hill from there. No more Camaro's, MR2's, or K-cars for me, it was on to Mid-Ohio to watch those 962's tear it up. So, I would personally consider the 924 a huge success, just come look at my garage!

 

The 924 deserves a better legacy that what the NYT is giving it. Bastards. I say we issue a fatwa!