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Can I pas up this car?
Locally on Cragslist is this 944 Turbo with 150,000 or so miles for $3,300.
1987 Porsche 944 5 speed TURBO Talked to the guy and he sounds pretty clueless but for real. Insists it's a real factory turbo. From the ad I thought it might be a regular 944 or a 944 with a fake turbo add on but it appears to be the real deal. Admits the car has not had much maintenence. Last timing belt change was ten years ago. A few dent but no rust. He says it's a strong runner and has a leather interior. I know the water pump is another issue.Anything else to watch out for? How bad upside down can I get in a $3,000 951? I'm thinking driver's ed, auto x and fun summer car. What should I do to it if I d get it? I'm not much of a wrench, but I have some friends who are. Maybe start a DE team?
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09-28-2009, 07:05 PM
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you can get upside down really fast with a porsche, especially a turbo. get a PPI. if it checks out good, some TLC will set it right for a bit of $.
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09-28-2009, 07:07 PM
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Go for it! $3K is cheap if it runs and drives well - and is in reasonable shape, otherwise.
Around here, you could sell something like that for $6K easy. The engine and body in the pictures is a Turbo. The maintenance will be a killer, but that's just part of the price of owning a Porsche. If you can do your own belt change and waterpump and stuff, it keeps the price reasonable.
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09-28-2009, 08:48 PM
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If the timing belt hasn't been replaced in ten years, I would not even risk it driving it home if I were to buy it. Better to pay for towing it home than paying the same buying price for a cylinder head job
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09-28-2009, 09:41 PM
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what's the VIN number?
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'88 black 951/944t tan seats (totalled) *original owner, 17 years '88 black 951/944t triple-black (sold!) '89 turbo-s (2.7, wolf3d ems, garrett dbb turbo, tial 46mm, etc. fast!) |
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09-29-2009, 09:17 AM
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A friend of mine bought it. He said that he wasn't sure it was going to make it home.
PS doesn't work, leaks all over, might be overheating, interior is poor, paint is garbage.. It's good that a built-up VW TDI engine is going to be its new heart.
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10-04-2009, 06:44 PM
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Thanks for the update. I eventually came to my senses and realized it wasn't the car for me, but I had a lot of fun thinking of what it would be like to tool around in a little hotrod 951. Sounds like this was a good one for me to pass on.
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