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911 v. 944
I've had two 911s, a '75 U.S. Carrera (stock) and a '74 U.S. Carrera (a bit butchered by a PO) that became an RGruppe/track day beast. After those I had an '83 944.
'75 Carrera - My first Porsche. Bought it used on a Friday afternoon and was on the track for my first HPDE the next morning. Incredibly agile. Once you got the hang of that "lift throttle over-steer" thing there wasn't a safe apex in town. It relocated to Germany.
'74 Carrera - Backdated to '73 RS LW configuration by a local builder (beautiful work, Dave), ~2100 lbs wet, cage, fuel cell, built 2.7 with 46 IDA Webers, etc.... A beast. Moved like a pissed off cat. Sadly, it was sold before sorting - and promptly blown up - "No sir, the engine was fine when you bought it. These kinds of cars don't come with rev limiters."
'83 944 - $2500 beater. By far, the most fun. I TRIED to push it too far. I TRIED to do stupid things with it. The darn thing would just do whatever I asked of it, with ease. Never had it on a track but I lived in SoCal, the land of many canyon roads. It provided some of the most driving fun I've ever experienced. This one even instructed me on the importance of timing belt maintenance - the hard way.
I'm looking for a suitable 944 NA right now.
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