FS: 1991 944 S2 Coupe, black/black, 141K miles - San Jose, CA
06-05-2013, 12:59 AM
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06-06-2013, 02:54 AM
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Karl, thanks for sharing your experience, it was very interesting to read that BaT played the largest role in your sale (I wonder where it was first spotted by the person who submitted it to BaT).
I hope you find a worthy replacement, and I also hope you still visit us here.
BTW, thanks for the magazines, I got to spend 2 afternoons reading articles about cars I actually like, and from a time near and dear to me. It was like a time warp!
I hope you find a worthy replacement, and I also hope you still visit us here.
BTW, thanks for the magazines, I got to spend 2 afternoons reading articles about cars I actually like, and from a time near and dear to me. It was like a time warp!
06-06-2013, 08:16 AM
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Karl
get the new owner on RL!
Also.. Would you mind sharing a range in which the price landed? I think it will help all of us to know what a really nice S2 can bring!
get the new owner on RL!
Also.. Would you mind sharing a range in which the price landed? I think it will help all of us to know what a really nice S2 can bring!
06-06-2013, 10:31 AM
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06-06-2013, 11:27 AM
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And by way of explanation to others... I was also selling parts (e.g. 944/951 workshop manuals, 16x8 & 16x9 D90 rims, etc.) at the swap meet.
I brought along stacks and stacks of magazines (90% with Porsche articles) from the eighties, nineties and noughties -- 944 reviews, the original R&T issue with Yellow Bird, the Christophorus issue on the 968 Turbo S, etc.
I initially asked $1/copy, but it became clear there was no interest amongst folks to buy them.
So at 10 am I decided to gave them all away free, and nearly all were taken.
This photo shows the point when ~50% of them were already gone...
I was delighted because they were picked up by fellow Porsche enthusiasts, and I got them out of my garage
Karl.
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06-06-2013, 02:55 PM
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Continuing the thread...
New owner checking in. Great dealing with the seller!
I put the 944 on the track yesterday at Thunderhill (90+ air temp).
The car was a pure joy to drive!
Picture of the car at the hotel in Willows: https://i.imgur.com/UqJRki0.jpg
I put the 944 on the track yesterday at Thunderhill (90+ air temp).
The car was a pure joy to drive!
Picture of the car at the hotel in Willows: https://i.imgur.com/UqJRki0.jpg
Karl I have really enjoyed reading your story, thank you for sharing.
06-06-2013, 07:47 PM
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New owner checking in. Great dealing with the seller!
I put the 944 on the track yesterday at Thunderhill (90+ air temp).
The car was a pure joy to drive!
Picture of the car at the hotel in Willows: https://i.imgur.com/UqJRki0.jpg
I put the 944 on the track yesterday at Thunderhill (90+ air temp).
The car was a pure joy to drive!
Picture of the car at the hotel in Willows: https://i.imgur.com/UqJRki0.jpg
06-06-2013, 11:14 PM
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New owner checking in. Great dealing with the seller!
I put the 944 on the track yesterday at Thunderhill (90+ air temp).
The car was a pure joy to drive!
Picture of the car at the hotel in Willows: https://i.imgur.com/UqJRki0.jpg
I put the 944 on the track yesterday at Thunderhill (90+ air temp).
The car was a pure joy to drive!
Picture of the car at the hotel in Willows: https://i.imgur.com/UqJRki0.jpg
11-19-2014, 03:09 PM
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+1 Agreed .... Kind-of-sorta ,,,, yeah.
Easy there big fella .....
The initial Toyotaesque/Wiedeking paradigm shift began at the tail end of the 964 production ramping up more so with the start of the 993 production and in full swing at the end of the 993 series. The 986 and subsequent 996 production strategies were largely held over from the 993 production practices.
The initial Toyotaesque/Wiedeking paradigm shift began at the tail end of the 964 production ramping up more so with the start of the 993 production and in full swing at the end of the 993 series. The 986 and subsequent 996 production strategies were largely held over from the 993 production practices.
Wiedeking's philosophical/profit margin revamp created the short cuts that led to IMS bearing, slipped cylinder sleeves, plastic interiors and cracked blocks of 986/996...
Long live the Pcars from the mid80's & early 90's like Karl's...
I hope to be alive in 2024 to see how many 986/996's are still running as well as our models.
What we give up in bhp/displacement and the skidpad is outweighed in longevity, dependability and of course, vintage cool.
Long live the Pcars from the mid80's & early 90's like Karl's...
I hope to be alive in 2024 to see how many 986/996's are still running as well as our models.
What we give up in bhp/displacement and the skidpad is outweighed in longevity, dependability and of course, vintage cool.
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