MotorWeek tests the 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera

[herr_oberst]

Vintagy!

"The ignition lock is to the LEFT of the steering wheel, which DOES NOT adjust!"

[WPOZZZ]

Isn't that a CE and not an Anniversary edition?

[Steve Carlton]

Enjoyable- thanks for posting it!

[WPOZZZ]

Imagine, that 88 Carrera went for $50k back then and still goes for that much!

[masraum]

I miss my old '88. Now if I could only win the lottery!

I think that was the anniversary edition with the body color wheels.

[matthewb0051]

At the 6:00 minute mark...did that guy really have on red leg warmers???

Nice flashback

[chuckr]

Thanks, enjoyed that !
Love my 88 !
Nice to know it’s still worth close to sticker

[sc_rufctr]

0 to 60... 5.7 seconds. Still respectable.

[VincentVega]

Cool, thanks for posting. I grew up with Motorweek, still on!

[onewhippedpuppy]

John Davis is timeless, he still looks and sounds the same.

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by WPOZZZ

Imagine, that 88 Carrera went for $50k back then and still goes for that much!

It's not worth that much IMO... Theose were wonderful cars up to $30K before the classic car madness began... Neither a modern 911 nor a light long hood.. 50K, Gimme a Cayman S ;-)

That guy's voice / delivery has not changed but could not be more wooden !!!

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

0 to 60... 5.7 seconds. Still respectable.

When the Carrera model was introduced in 1984 Road and Track tested it. They proclaimed it the fastest production car sold in the USA. The fastest 0-60, 1/4 mile and highest top speed. With a whopping 200 HP.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

0 to 60... 5.7 seconds. Still respectable.

Yep. Stands a good chance of keeping up with the Honda Accord, at least until it gets into third gear...

[onewhippedpuppy]

"Sensations no car can, or ever will, match"

John captured it pretty well.

[MRM]

I have an 84 And the PO gave me a copy of that article with the car. If I recall correctly C/D claimed a 5.4 second 0-60. I spent a lot of time looking for other reviews of the same car. No one else ever claimed a speed quite that fast. Someone said something like Car & Driver might have gotten that as their absolute best time with a professional driver on a perfect course with a perfect takeoff with the perfect clutch dump. But all of the rest of the reviews seemed t have it inthe higher 5.4 second range, which was a full second quicker than an SC and incredible for the day.

[Steve Carlton]

I think my 2nd gear synchro will last about 5.7 days making those 0-60 times.

[aigel]

If you don't own the car, you probably can get one of those under 6s.

Nice report and spot on. The controls SUCK on these cars.

Remember what else was available in the US in 88 ... this was a special car indeed.

G

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I think my 2nd gear synchro will last about 5.7 days making those 0-60 times.

Even with a G50?

[Steve Carlton]

Dunno. I'm sporting a 915 with 2 second shifts to 2nd.

[javadog]

It's a well-known thing in the automobile magazine business that Car and Driver generally got better times than anybody else, simply because they beat on the cars harder to get the numbers. There are other factors, like the actual test weights in question, but that's the biggest reason.

For those of you think the G50 (Borg Warner) synchromesh was light years better than the Porsche synchromesh, let's just say that they were both capable of equally fast shifts when new, and a G50 transmission can be damaged as badly as a 901 or 915 by assuming that they are bulletproof and abusing it.