944S Boyeee: I have picutes of my 944S, check it out!

[overkill]

[944S Boyeee]

Overkill - that looks EXACTLY like mine - same color, same interior, same everything.

Except mine is in KLMS, not miles. All my guages are in Kilometres per hour. I don't even have the Miles Per Hour along with the KLMS (you probably have both, no?). My speed, distance, etc, etc - all KLMS.

Also, does your's have Ventiler (or whatever that word is) on the outside? Mine is only on the air filter, not on the door trim.

I also noticed in your interior that you only have 2 buttons on the console just above the shifter. They must be sunroof and what is the other one? I have 3 switches there. Mine are sunroof, power mirrors and "lock all doors".

Do you have anti-lock brakes or airbags? I don't.

I have the exact same stereo also - figure it all out yet??

I know U'R loving the car - how many miles on your's again? I have 124,000 KLMS (about 75,000 miles). Mine is an 88.

I know you have the bug already. The more you drive it, the worse it will get.

And finally - do you drive it in the snow???

[Panzer909]

Overkill, very nice car. Be sure to keep it that way.

944S Boyeee, his looks like an '87. Your third console button for power locks did not come out until the '88 model year. The same applied to airbags. Also, the "16 Ventiler" trim on the outside was an extra option - not all S cars had them.

Glad to see some other 944S statemen around; mine now has 135,000 miles as it is a daily driver - even in Pennsylvania winters - and runs like a top.

Long live the minority S!!!!!!

[overkill]

My guages both have klms and mph, also i have the two buttons with is for sunroof and mirrors. No ABS and air bag which is fine by me, because when I stick my momo steering wheel on it I won't have to go to dealer to get the CPU reseted. The radio.....I took out and replace it with a AIWA MP3 player. It was a pain in the ass figuring out which wire was what, because the previous owner had a system running out of the back and a extra signal booster. It was very sloppy so I cleaned it up and installed my system and havnt had any problems. Its nice Ill show you pictures another time. I have like 73,000 miles on it now. I do not and will not drive it in the snow. What bug do i have?

[16V 944]

Sweet ride! I have 2 months until I get behind the wheel for the first time! I'll try to get somepics then.

[overkill]

Cool, make sure you take care of her. The more attention(tune ups and maintenance) you give her the longer she'll last. More and more "S" cars are showing up!

[944S Boyeee]

The "bug" I speak of is the infamous "Porsche Bug". It is a virus that spreads thru the blood of anyone who just bought a 944/944S/951 etc. It starts out with a brain stem numbing caused by the feeling of the leather seats sucking you into the car. That is followed by the neurons in the brain firing in all directions once the key turns the car over the first time. The hearing sensors in the brain get an overload due to the wonderful, fulfilling Porsche "whine" generated from that tight, solid, "crafted by the hand of someone Godlike" 4-cylinder engine. Once the foot muscles feel the pedel for the first time, they somehow lock into the "Porsche muscle position" and everytime you're not in the car, that foot muscle will twitch with anticipation. The solid, small, responsive steering wheel will cause the hand muscles to pulsate with desire to grab said wheel with such force and conviction that you will leave finger prints in that leather-wrapped circle of life. Once the shifter is pulled the first time and the car lurks from 1st gear into 2nd, the bug has now infected over 40% of the drivers body!!!

Once the car hits 4000 RPM in second gear and the shifter is popped into third, the second stage of the "Porsche Bug" starts its' incubation. I call it the "hey, who just pushed my car from behind?" syndrome. As the car approaches 4000+ RPM's in 3rd gear, a mysterious jolt of power, torque, grunt and joy kick in. Now the driver is past the point of no return - the bug as burrowed itself deep inside the mind and body of the driver and only a *Porsche lobotomy* will remove it. (*Note - a Porsche lobotomy usually includes a "write-off" accident or perhaps a blown engine, although a blown engine has been known to actually increase the Porsche Bug's power, as it causes thoughts of even more power in the owner or sometimes a blown engine isn't enough of a deterrent as the bug will cause owners to ignore costs and simply replace or fix the blown engine - the bug works in mysterious ways).

Once the bug has control of the initial brain fuctions, it now is about 60% complete. Just when you think it can't get any worse (or better), the bug throws you for a loop - literally.........the driver hits his/her first corner!!!! OH NO!!! That feeling of invincibility and security the 50/50 weight distribution gives you is surpassed only by a threesome with Jenna Jameson and Britney Spears (and for our "alternative lifestyle" people out there......a feeling only surpassed by a threesome with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise or a threesome with Anne Hache and Ellen Degeneras for the lesbians Porsche drivers.....and don't forget the ladies - thus making it a feeling only surpassed by a threesome with a man who listens and a man who remembers to take out the garbage).

Now that the bug has engulfed most of the drivers senses, one would think it would weaken with time - au contraire my friend -the bug somehow causes other people that would never speak to you before to say things like, "Hey, nice car" or "What year is it" or "Sweeeeeeeet" - thus feeding the bug a steady diet of bravdo that only strengthens the bug moreso. This combined with a constant barrage of self-esteem boosting events keeps the bugs power strong. These events can include, but are not excluded to..... members of the opposite sex turning their heads to look in your direction, other people with "nice" cars (i.e. - anything German) following you to check out the car, less fortunate people (Corvette owners) giving you the evil eye, people at parties saying, "You own a Porsche - really - so, what was your name again?", and the infamous stoplight RiceBoy challenge (although some take this as an insult, but it really is a compliment).

That is basically the foundation of what the "Porsche Bug" is.

Other symptoms will include the owner just simply looking at his/her Porsche randomly out the window for no other reason than to "check if it's still there". Sometimes the owners will catch his/herself turning around in parking lots to look at the car as they walk away, sometimes so long that they walk into things or strain a neck muscle. The bug also cause the owner to visit Porsche forums at a frequency higher than normal for a mature adult human. The bug makes the owner desire any video, literature, stories, photos - even Hot Wheels dinkys that relate to the 944 series of the Porsche car. The bug makes owners "update the maintainence book" so often that the pages wear out. The bug causes the owner to actually enjoy shopping for parts, waxes, etc for the car.

There is one strange side-effect of the bug though - it causes the owner to have trouble telling people what kind of car they drive. When someone asks, "What kind of car do you have?" - the bug somehow will make the Porsche owner stumble their words or feel "guilty" about saying the word "Porsche". Some owners go as far as simply saying, "I have a sports car" or the less infected people will say, "I have a German sports car". Very weird side effect.

....and just when the owner is thinking he has the bug beaten and he/she is leaving the car for the day/night - that paramount "thud" sound that is generated by the closing of the German engineered door starts the cycle all over again until the driver can trudge thru the time it takes until he/she is back behind the wheel. Heaven forbid the car is put in storage for the winter, as this causes MASSIVE withdrawl that, sadly, there is no know longterm cure.

You have the bug Overkill and there is nothing you, or anyone can do about it. Except that you are now different than all the rest and live with it!! Embrace the bug - love the bug - enjoy the bug - feeeeeel the bug...........

........but never, never, NEVER doubt the power of the "Porsche Bug". It has not been fully researched and tested and it's long term effects have not been documented and as long as Porsche 944's run amuck - the BUG WILL LIVE FOREVER.

Be glad you have the bug - only a select few will ever feel it's intense power and lure.......color yourself lucky and enjoy!!!