1994 Porsche 968 Club Sport

[Mogsmex]

Lovely car, and a fantastic choice I had a speed yellow one about 12 years ago that I loved dearly

There great cars

[ChevronB19]

Beautiful. I had a 924S and always intended to move up to a 968 (of any variety, my uncle had a sport). Then life and racing got in the way.

The only thing I would say, from a safety point of view (and I’m only saying this based on the pictures, and no offence meant or intended), get a harness bar - more than 45 degrees drop from seat to mounting is a recipe for a broken seat and therefore (potentially) back in a heavy accident.

[stichill99]

Tyrells Classic Workshop last night on the 968 CS

[Leins]

unpc said:

Nice example you have there.

Back in the early 90s I went to buy one of these new but I mistakenly took my now wife who talked me into buying a newish 964C2 instead.

I now realise I bought the wrong car and probably the wrong wife . Front engined Porsches were generally better to drive than the 911 in those days.

Thanks, although the 964s are lovely too. An RS was my ultimate goal at one point but alas they’re well out of reach now. I certainly don’t feel shortchanged with this car though

Mogsmex said:

Lovely car, and a fantastic choice I had a speed yellow one about 12 years ago that I loved dearly

There great cars

Thanks Mogsmex, the yellow cars are very cool. This one gets quite a bit of attention as it is, I could only imagine a speed yellow

ChevronB19 said:

Beautiful. I had a 924S and always intended to move up to a 968 (of any variety, my uncle had a sport). Then life and racing got in the way.

The only thing I would say, from a safety point of view (and I’m only saying this based on the pictures, and no offence meant or intended), get a harness bar - more than 45 degrees drop from seat to mounting is a recipe for a broken seat and therefore (potentially) back in a heavy accident.

No offence taken at all, thanks very much for pointing that out. It’s years since I’ve been on a track, and it was only a couple of times anyway, and I’m not too au fait with the ins and outs of harnesses so I’ll definitely look into that

stichill99 said:

Tyrells Classic Workshop last night on the 968 CS

Yes, he seemed to enjoy that. I have to be honest that, as I don’t plan to track my car, a Sport or a CS with the lux pack like that would possibly suit me better. However, I specifically wanted one without the extras and it had to have the buckets. A bit silly really, but for me it’s part of making what a CS is all about

On the buckets, it’s a bit of a limbo-style performance getting in and out (I’m on the tall side), but once in they’re pretty comfortable albeit a bit snug. They’re a tighter seat than Inhad in my M3 CSL, but I do love them. The front end-point for the half-cage is actually handy as something to grab when getting out

One other small update that made me smile yesterday - the light on the key fob still works!

[Kawasicki]

I owned a 1991 944 Turbo SE, with the M030 pack. I‘m originally from rural Galway and drove it a lot around Ireland. It was amazingly competent, but could be tricky at the limit.

I actually drove a 968 CS and picked the 944, but maybe I made the wrong choice!

[JJJ.]

Kawasicki said:

I owned a 1991 944 Turbo SE, with the M030 pack. I‘m originally from rural Galway and drove it a lot around Ireland. It was amazingly competent, but could be tricky at the limit.

I actually drove a 968 CS and picked the 944, but maybe I made the wrong choice!

Some great B roads around rural Galway. I drove in the Twelve Pins area/Connemara and up to South Mayo a couple of times off season. Technical roads is the term some may use? It was education in trying to understand how and where a car performs or does not. Not to mention one's talent quickly becoming glaringly lacking!

Edited by JJJ. on Monday 11th March 15:56

[BrettMRC]

Brilliant looking car OP.

I remember these being so popular for years, then they seem to have vanished off the radar!

More pics needed!

[E90_M3Ross]

Nice car and looking forward to reading updates.

[Kawasicki]

JJJ. said:

Kawasicki said:

I owned a 1991 944 Turbo SE, with the M030 pack. I‘m originally from rural Galway and drove it a lot around Ireland. It was amazingly competent, but could be tricky at the limit.

I actually drove a 968 CS and picked the 944, but maybe I made the wrong choice!

Some great B roads around rural Galway. I drove in the Twelve Pins area/Connemara and up to South Mayo a couple of times off season. Technical roads is the term some may use? It was education in trying to understand how and where a car performs or does not. Not to mention one's talent quickly becoming glaringly lacking!

Edited by JJJ. on Monday 11th March 15:56

Yes, amazing roads, very three dimensional!

No matter what level of talent you have you can only push your luck so far.

Hope you really enjoy your 968!

[JJJ.]

Kawasicki said:

JJJ. said:

Kawasicki said:

I owned a 1991 944 Turbo SE, with the M030 pack. I‘m originally from rural Galway and drove it a lot around Ireland. It was amazingly competent, but could be tricky at the limit.

I actually drove a 968 CS and picked the 944, but maybe I made the wrong choice!

Some great B roads around rural Galway. I drove in the Twelve Pins area/Connemara and up to South Mayo a couple of times off season. Technical roads is the term some may use? It was education in trying to understand how and where a car performs or does not. Not to mention one's talent quickly becoming glaringly lacking!

Edited by JJJ. on Monday 11th March 15:56

Yes, amazing roads, very three dimensional!

No matter what level of talent you have you can only push your luck so far.

Hope you really enjoy your 968!

No 968 here sadly, missed the boat in 2006! I'll take it as a posi vibe for the future.

Edited by JJJ. on Monday 11th March 19:50

[rallye101]

Brilliant....went to buy one 22yr ago for peanuts but was too fat to sit in the buckets

[Leins]

Kawasicki said:

I owned a 1991 944 Turbo SE, with the M030 pack. I‘m originally from rural Galway and drove it a lot around Ireland. It was amazingly competent, but could be tricky at the limit.

I actually drove a 968 CS and picked the 944, but maybe I made the wrong choice!

I’m down in Schull, so similar great roads on the doorstep. I’m hoping to get this up to the likes of the Healy Pass soon enough once the current rainy weather gives us a break

A 944 Turbo is some car too, I’d be a big fan of those, especially an SE or a Silver Rose. However, the 968 CS was always the one for me, probably as it came out when I was a teenager and at a time when I was starting to think about driving

JJJ. said:

Some great B roads around rural Galway. I drove in the Twelve Pins area/Connemara and up to South Mayo a couple of times off season. Technical roads is the term some may use? It was education in trying to understand how and where a car performs or does not. Not to mention one's talent quickly becoming glaringly lacking!

I don’t need a technical road for my talent to be lacking, but once I’m enjoying myself I don’t mind too much!

BrettMRC said:

Brilliant looking car OP.

I remember these being so popular for years, then they seem to have vanished off the radar!

More pics needed!

Thanks Brett. I agree, it’s one of those cars that seemed more plentiful than they actually were. I think when people stopped tracking them and storing them away then things change. I plan to use this one a bit though, keep it well maintained and hopefully looking well but not be a garage queen. Given it’s on 111k miles I’m not going to worry about putting a few more on anyway

I’m not the best with a camera, but I’ll try get a few more up soon!

E90_M3Ross said:

Nice car and looking forward to reading updates.

Thanks Ross, will do!



I’m glad people like it, and it seems to get some positive responses out on the roads. Just need to sort the clutch out next

[Leins]

rallye101 said:

Brilliant....went to buy one 22yr ago for peanuts but was too fat to sit in the buckets

Cheers! Yeah, they’re tight and I only just about fit. Hard to get in and out of, as I’m 6”8, but once I do manage it I can get fairly comfortable. Reminds me a little bit of my old E30

I rarely quote Clarkson, as you hear most of them so often, but I agree with his “I can only fit in any car I want to drive”

[Leins]

The one that got away, back in 2012…



1992 964 RS, 60k mikes, LHD, €55k

I do have a thing for GP White, but before I managed to sort things to be able to do a deal on that one it was gone. Within a couple of years the asking prices had doubled, and look where they are now!

[poppopbangbang]

Leins said:

As always I've arrived at this thread somewhat late, but OP you have a beautiful, beautiful icon of a car there! Absolutely well bought, I have a huge soft spot for the 944 and 968 and I'm becoming more focused on getting one into the garage in the near future. You appear to have found an absolute corker of a car, may it bring you much enjoyment

[Drive Blind]

I'll never be in a position to own one but its one of the cars I remember Autocar raving about,,, reading the magazine as a skint student in the 90s

[Leins]

poppopbangbang said:

As always I've arrived at this thread somewhat late, but OP you have a beautiful, beautiful icon of a car there! Absolutely well bought, I have a huge soft spot for the 944 and 968 and I'm becoming more focused on getting one into the garage in the near future. You appear to have found an absolute corker of a car, may it bring you much enjoyment

What a lovely message, thank you very much. It’s one of those cars now that I feel a little bit of responsibility in owning, as they’re getting pretty rare now. I plan to both try look after it as best I can but also enjoy it too

Drive Blind said:

I'll never be in a position to own one but its one of the cars I remember Autocar raving about,,, reading the magazine as a skint student in the 90s

I’ve actually still got some of those reviews, from Autocar and Performance Car. I can’t remember it featuring in Car Magazine back then, but I shall have a look through and see what I can find and might scan them up here if I get a chance

[Leins]

Coupe of quick updates. Firstly, I have the car booked in for a clutch fluid change, so I’ll see if that makes a difference first before changing any parts like slave or master cylinders. I can see the brake fluid was changed not so long ago, but as RHD 968s operate with a separate clutch fluid reservoir I suspect no-one bothered changing that one. Fingers crossed it makes a difference

Secondly, something I didn’t really like was the red badge decal on the back, along with the Ring sticker. No denying this car has done a bit of track work in the past and has probably been around the Ring a few times, but those sorts of decals aren’t really my thing




Going, going, gone:




And new OE badge on in its place:




As an aside, one my son’s friends asked could he see the car, so cue two 6-year olds making race car noises from the bucket seats. If only the 4-cyl sounded quite so good in reality!

Anyway, I set them a challenge to figure out how to open the boot and if they did it in under 2 minutes they could share a pack of Haribo. They were amazed when I finally showed them the little pull handle behind the passenger seat, although one of them did ask why it’s there. (Of course they got the pack of Haribo anyway, but I did rob a couple! )

[Mr Magooagain]

Only just seen this Leins! That looks like much fun, congratulations.
All the best with it.

[jay-kay-em]

Much better