944 advice please

[wildoliver]

Right short term replacement for 964 daily driver is due to be a 944.

Now I can't afford a turbo cabrio which would be my first choice.

So looking at S2 cabs and turbo coupe's.

A nice pair of S2 cabs in classifieds, went to see one last night at hull just up the road, the owner was brilliant came across really straight and honest, and the car was lovely, theres another one at scotland.

Now my budget is a max of 6k, I can get a turbo for that much there is even a turbo s on ebay at the moment (needs some work) but I do feel I will get a better s2 cab for the money than a turbo, most of the turbo's in my budget are either old, high mileage, catd/c, or had a very hard life.

I drove the s2 and it didn't seem slow, had enough punch for a daily driver certainly, how much quicker is a turbo really, bear in mind I won't be tuning either really, they might get a stainless exhaust and K+N Panel filter from an economy and life point of view, but certainly won't be sticking new ecu's, superchargers, bigger intercoolers and turbo's etc.

Am I best off looking for and finding a really nice 944 cab and just enjoying it do you think?

[Big Les]

Get the cab - rarer, prettier and less likely to have been thrashed! And probably does everything you want it to do!

[wildoliver]

Must be honest your thinking like me, I'm not sure the word pretty fits the 944 cab, I do like it, but there are prettier soft tops conversions.

I will say I don't think the cab has aged like the coupe.

I do think it will be a nice 944 cab. It will make me happier and be easier to sell on I think than an iffy turbo.

Oliver

[diver944]

wildoliver said:

how much quicker is a turbo really, bear in mind I won't be tuning

The turbo feels MUCH quicker, but that's partly because of the way the power is delivered. For your needs, and keeping them standard an S2 is nearly just as quick. As with any older Porsche, buy on condition. Get the absolute best you can to start with to save money in the long run

[wildoliver]

Thankyou!

There is a possibility this one might end up a keeper, all depends what I replace the 964 with, a 964 replica is tempting......

[simkin911]

I prefer the coupe but the blue cab in Glasgow (on P/H) does look very nice and appears reasonably priced. Is this the one you like? I looked for ages before eventually buying mine 1 month ago and during this time seemingly nice cars @ reasonable prices just didn't shift - it's hard to work out where the prices are. I actually ended up buying one with much higher miles than I would have originally considered but it was in better nick than others with significantly lower miles. Good luck. ps - there's a nice 220bhp turbo in Edinburgh that seems nicely priced in gunmetal... if only I could justify two weekend cars....

[wildoliver]

I did look at the gunmetal one, and it looks very cheap, I just didn't get that good feeling you sometimes get when you speak to an owner though, you know what I mean?

Yes the blue one is one of the ones I am looking at, the other is the red one in hull.

Oliver

[simkin911]

Regarding the gunmetal one, it's just a couple of miles from me. I was interested in this earlier on this year but it was sold before I managed to get to see it (it was in Lanarkshire). I spoke to the (previous) owner several times and got a really good feeling about it... he had a wee collection of Porsches and was starting to sell them off. Low miles, well cared for, good history etc. Of course, as would happen, I bought my current car 4 weeks ago and the week after the turbo was up for sale again.... and this time in my own back yard! No idea why new owner is selling quickly though.

[wildoliver]

Simkin would you mind going and having a look at it for me? It is a circa 4 hour drive each way for me to look at it!

Although I could go and view both the grey one and that blue cab while I was up there.

Oliver

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

Driven both versions a fair amount. The S2 feels a "lighter" car, but is not in the same league as the turbo when it comes to performance. My car is just thumpingly quick in all the gears...just keeps pulling. For a 4 cylinder engine, its remarkable.

Turbo-lag not a problem, in fact, quite the life saver sometimes!

[simkin911]

Oliver, I'll give the guy a call and attempt to arrange a look over for this weekend on your behalf. I'd struggle to do it in daylight during the week (it's dark in Edinburgh just now - 7.10pm!). If you have any particular questions then let me know. [e-mail]
Cheers, Steven.

[wildoliver]

Just a general idea to be honest Steven, it is very much appreciated, if I can ever repay the favour!