bloodraven

I am 19, and I LOVE my car, even though it isn't in the greatest condition...I saw one and fell in love...and haven't turned back since...if I ever acheive my dream of rock star...I want one of every 944 variation...and a carrera gt

Devia

On my second 944, love the beasts!

- Julie

JR Reed

The thing to enjoy about these 944's is just about anyone can pay cash for one, then have fun with the mods. They are stout cars that have a great daily driver record. My car is nearly 20 years old and still get looks as if it were a new 350Z or m3. The best thing though is telling people..Yeah, its 20 years old. For the uneducated they always think the car is new. Timeless design I say and I can send my $450 a month + 1200 a year registration+ Double insurance fees.. on mods for the car...or anything else.

I put a grand in the bank for a repair fund. If anything goes wrong with the 944 requiring me to take it in I can fall back on that fund. Usually though, I fix it all my self, with the help of this board of course.

Mighty Shilling

I want to continue my training to be a race driver, Hopefully sign on with Porsche once they begin a factory racing team again, and then own some kick *** cars. I don't know yet what I want, but I know it'll be nice.

Bill Coleman

How about an '89 951??? I've owned a 924 and 2 944s in the past and still love them, but due to garage limitations I'm limited to a single Porsche at the moment. I won't give up my 928 (nor would my wife let me), but if I could get something else it might well be a 951, preferably an '89. Of course a 930/993tt/996tt would be ok, too. And just 'cuz I'm dreaming, I wouldn't mind a Lotus Esprit V8tt either.

ian

I'm working on having every year of the 951 line....
I have had
Two 86's
one 87
one 88

maybe i'll throw a 89 in the mix, but then again I might try my hand a a 968 when the funds allow....

or there is alway my boxed fendered dream garage...

944 Turbo
E30 M3
Subaru 22b
Audi UR Quattro

Tom R.

I bet nobody else on this board can say they've owned the same car for twenty seven years! Not a hand me down, but a car I bought used twenty seven years ago.

Of course there were about twenty five other cars, not counting parts cars in that twenty seven years.

I had the same philosophy abuout women as I have with cars. Variety!! Try a new one as often as possible because when you hit forty your priority will change and a car will go from a toy to a tool. Then it is a question of how much fun you can have with a tool.

924Superwagen

There's just something that I like about the sports cars from the late-80's... I love the '24S. I've been looking for a 2nd-gen RX7... just like the one my aunt had a while back. I remember that car so well. The handling and the sound of the rotary engine was incredible. Then my other favorite is the econo-sports car - the VW Rabbit and Golf GTi's. I wouldn't mind having all three in my driveway... and it's financially possible since they're all over 15 yrs old.

As for cars before my time (I'm 19) I'd love to have an Opel GT, early 911 RS or SC, or a 914.

*edit: Oh and I could throw a updated Datsun 510 in the mix as well...

ERAU-944

i'll never sell my 944... i plan on making it a club racer some day, it'll also double as my foul-weather vehicle. (i'll either have a motorcycle, an S2 cab, or some sort of 911 turbo variant (preferrably 930 or 965)).

that said, i'll definitely be tracking my car asap (DE coming up in feb, saving for a helmet and entry fees). learning to control your car at the limit is just as important as learning how to drive it to the grocery store, there are always situations where you'll be able to use the awareness and vehicle control skills you learn from driving on a track.

also, as i've said on here before and someone has as their signature, my suitemate and i hypothesized one night: 'if you get deep into Einsteins theory of relativity, you can only deduce that accelerating keeps you from aging'

-Michael-

Bill

David,

I also am no longer a young dude, 48.

I have owned a 944 since 1987. Like diskzero, I am also in the position that I could get most any car I wanted. In fact, my wife continually is telling me to "just go out and get ANY new Porsche you want". I usually hear this after spending the day in the garage working on one of my old cars. She did not flinch, when one day I pointed to the window sticker of a GT2. But the reality of it is, two years ago I bought the car I wanted. An 1986 944 turbo with 67,000 miles. I love this car. I know the mechanicals inside and out. I know how to drive them. I love how easy it is to drive them fast. And how easy it is to make them fast. So to answer your question, when I grow up, I plan to be that 80 year old guy with the "cool old 951" If you aspire to have the latest, why not keep the older great car and have both. My phylosiphy is....there is nothing cheaper to keep than a paid for car. Currently I have 10.



Tom R,

I purchased my 1960 European VW Beetle in 1970. I still own this car today, coming up on 34 years. My 69 convertible Karman Ghia, 23 years. My early 85 944NA, 16 years. 90 Jeep Cherokee limited, 13 years. Etc.

Tom R.

Way to go Bill. another person with the car he bought when he was 15!

i need a bigger garage!

tifosiman

I was 13 years old when the 944 came to the US in 1983. I wanted one from the first time I saw the red one (84?) in 16 candles.

Now that I am an old guy, I have 2 almost new cars for daily drivers, but I love my 18year old 944 the most.

(but secretly I'd like to add a 911RS 2.7 lookalike and a 928 to my garage some day as well)

Tifo

Bill

Tom,

I was 14.

A special day I will never forget.

The night before, we went to visit my parents friends. As we pulled in, there it was, with a for sale sign on it. $100 dollars. HUGE money. I had saved $20 from a paper route, but out of the question, I did not even ask. When we left that evening, I told my dad "that is what I want when I get a car, a Slug Bug".

The next day when my dad got home, he called me and handed me an envelope. Inside was 4 new $20 bills. He said "son we need a project together". We spent many a weekend working/polishing/fixing that car. I was so proud, the only 14 year old kid with his own car. My friends used to come over and we would just sit in it. My dad was a special guy.

Yeah, I need another garage also

Tom R.

my 68 firebird was 375 with a sears top in the back seat. i was about to invest my life savings of 375 on a pound with some friends. it was a month before my 15th birthday (nov 15, 1976 to be exact eight years almost to the day before i bought a brand new 1985 rx7 gsl). i bought it from my cousin who thought he would fix the head gasket on the 350 2bbl and drive it to school.

i was walking to work and saw a freshly killed 68 lemans with 40k miles and a 350 2bbl. bought the car for 100 and swapped the motor.

needless to say after i bought the car i didnt have money to spend with my friends. where are they now???

i wanted to sell it last year when my wife was pregnant. my wife wouldnt let me. she and my mother ganged up on me and laid a whole guilt trip. that guilt trip cost about 2000 in new interior parts.

who would believe the car is worth close to 20k today. dont ask what i have into it.

Fishguy

cool, this is turning into story time!
more please! neat car histories. hopefully i could have my own that sounds as cool, someday

My goal here, is to learn to drive/race with this car, keep it stock and happy
Sure, i want a GT3, but I dont know how'll ill get there...

one step at a time.