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Originally Posted by porsche4life
Dude get some sun shades for when it is sitting and get rid of that horrid rug.
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+1, good god!
Welcome and congrats. The 951 is a great car but it will require regular and constant attention.
When were the belts last done (date)? You mention they were done at 100k and the car is now 123k. The belts really should be done every 30k miles or three years to be safe. I'd highly recommend at least checking them if not replacing them. This is a definite on the list of "things every 944 owner should be able to do themselves". There are dozens of write-ups on this procedure and lots of people out there who can help you out (throw a t-belt party, you'll learn a lot).
The a/c probably has a blown compressor. The stock units tend to leak if you look at them funny. I've only ever seen two 951s with working air conditioning - one was my old one (and it only lasted for about six months before I lost the car to fire). And it took me three compressors, two new hardlines and about $200 worth of freon to get it that way over the course of several months. The other was a real garage queen and never driven. Unfortunately (and sorry for the generalization) most 951 owners these days are kids who are too cheap to spend the time and energy (and money) on fixing the systems, so they sit. Or (worse still, IMHO) they get a "delete kit" to eliminate the compressor and replace it with just a pulley because it allows them to pretend it's a race car (never mind the 40 pounds of evaporator and condenser assembly they leave sitting there, along with all the associated hardlines). So long story short, best of luck with the a/c system. I do recommend having it working - it makes a big difference in the summer AND during the rainy/misty season (the compressor runs with the defrost on in order to dry the air - it makes the defroster MUCH more effective).
Both the Huntley stuff and the Guru stuff are now obsolete (both have gone out of business). They both made decent 951 upgrade pieces but just something to think about if you decide to mod out the car going forward. Sounds like it's already what I'd call "lightly modified".
Love that red interior. That's a really nice one worth keeping fresh looking and clean (aside from the aforementioned pimp rug and that wheel - wtf is up with that?) But up to you. Personal preference thing I suppose. It does overall look to be pretty clean.
Finally (this is a must) - CHECK YOUR FUEL LINES. I lost my 951 (and many others have too) due to the inherent design flaw of the rubber fuel supply and return lines running from the passenger's side fenderwell directly over the blazing hot exhaust headers to the fuel rail. As you might imagine, this (along with the ethanol in the crap they call "gasoline" these days) causes deterioration of the fuel lines, making them weak and brittle. Please, please, PLEASE, PUH-LEEZE check or (better still) replace them preventatively. It takes less than 15 seconds to go from "hmm, what's that smell? Smells vaguely like gas" to full-blown inferno with the entire front of the car from tip to cabin engulfed in a fireball. Ask me how I know.
Enjoy your car - 951s are a special bird and take a special kind of person to own them and care for them. You'll find a wealth of resources here.