I had martini edition and friend of family had a 931
His 931 was well taken care of, and a concours winner. He had the cool checkerboard interior. It was about the same hp as a base 944 iirc.
When I got the martini edition, I was sick and tired of looking through rusty 911 floorboards and just wanted a car with heat and a defroster.
Instead, I upgraded to a car with a battery box that had rusted into the passenger footwell.
It more or less got me where I wanted to go, and the heat was marginal, like the climate controls. Changing the rear drum brakes was a pia because you had to break those big arse wheel nuts.
I liked the audi engine. It had the same timing belt as the 944 iirc, but didn't run the water pump? so it wasn't as stressed. Never had the snapped 944 belt worries.
It had the same pia rear hatch/ latch issues/ frame delamination issues. Excellent gas mileage. Tires were cheap due to reasonable size.
Would I want another? No. No love after driving the 944, and no love for that after driving the 951, and I never loved that compared to a 911.
I found myself lusting after the 911 with the rusted floorboards. Full circle.
just my humble opinions/ I can safely say, although I'm glad I got to drive one, I do not miss it one bit. Same with 944 na.
You couldn't pay me to drive around with those martini stripes. All show. No go.
