[DiREW0LF]

I got a phone call from a friend of mine, he said my old 944 is for sale a few towns away at a used car lot. Last night I took a ride and sure enough there she was sitting among a sea of less interesting, beaten cars. After closer inspection it looks like the previous owner reinstalled a rear wiper which the arm was nasty and rusted. They must have railed a curb with the bumper because it had a poorly repaired crack (early 944 with Turbo look fiberglass bumper which had about 10 hours of work to make it fit properly with a factory 951 aluminum support behind it). There were some new rock chips which were starting to rust...

Inside, a poorly installed shifter boot/knob leather and the center channel speaker grill half popped out and two ripped seats.

Its sad because I doubt anyone will notice all the great upgrades the car has because of a newly aquired TMU title (true mileage unknown) so its hard to imagine any real Porschephile going near it...It has a complete 951 suspension, m030 sways, strut brace, stainless brake lines, FR Wilk Eprom upgrade, MSDS ceramic coated header, Borla catback, high flow cat, 951 rear splitter...among many other things.

Here are some pictures from before new assho...I mean owner got his hands on it. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif[/img]

   
   

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[josephsc]

Post it up on RL or Pelican -- you might find someone there who might be in a better place to appreciate the car.

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[rxter]

3 thoughts come to mind.

1) Gorgeous paint - really pops
2) Remember the good times - we can only control what is in front of us, not behind us
3) Parts car. Maybe this is an opportunity in front of you to do something good with the vehicle, looks like there are some nice bits left

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[PorscheDude]

Thats a shame.
Just let it go...

I'll have see if I can dig up pics from the new owner of my 944

3 tone paint and a made hood scope. He did put an LS1 in it though.
Sad part is, he did nit upgrade the brakes or grearbox.

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[Jamie '92 968]

Great looking car!

I just got word a few weeks ago that my old 944 was totaled in an autocross accident.
I'm just glad I haven't been subject to any pictures, let alone seeing the car in person.

I loved that car. Sold it 15 years ago and it seems like yesterday.

Funny how attached we get.

Jamie

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[DiREW0LF]

I just hope it sells quickly and I never see it again. I don't want to have it hanging around where I can see it getting run into the ground, or sitting on the lot wasting away. Maybe it'll get lucky and go to a good home or get turned into a track car.

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[Scott Collins]

I sympathize. My '87 944, which I sold in awesome condition, with many upgrades, was immediately neglected. Unfortunately, I would see it in the school parking lot because I sold it to a colleague.

Leather dried up and cracked, rims scuffed and dinged, paint neglected and no wax. It's now on jackstands in my buddy's garage. That car really was cherry, at least to me, and I never neglected any part of it and even at 111K miles when I sold it, it still looked great and handled even better. I even gave the guy lots of extras for the car, gratis, that I could have sold separately...

Nothing you or I can do about it. Only Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.

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[flash]

we all remember fondly certain cars from our past - from time to time i still think about getting another mgb and doing it up again - my last one was lighter by far, also quicker, and even cornered better than the 968

BUT one has to remember the things about this car that are different and might suit us better than the cars of our past

the mgb was very uncivilized and noisy - i had to keep the rpms up very high to have power, shifting was a complicated pain - it was tiring to drive long distance - it didn't have a lot of storage space - it lacked modern features - the 968 is a much more civilized car to drive, and a LOT easier to drive fast - the mgb was incredibly unforgiving and a LOT of effort - the 968 almost drives itself

apples and oranges perhaps, but a 944 is still just a 944 - it will lack a lot of things the 968 has, and in many respects will suffer from the same things as any older car - plus, now that you have driven a 968, the 944 will almost certainly feel slow

as we get older, we also tend to lean toward the comfort items too - a 944 would probably seem very primitive by comparison now - i know the cars are similar, but it is amazing at how different they can feel when you hop in them and drive them

that qualitative difference, in contradiction to the quantitative ones, which required that you drove the car to understand the concept, is probably why these cars didn't sell well - the differences on paper were not enough to get them out for a test drive - but once you drove one, you knew

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[PhilG968]

I had a 1985.5 944 that was in ok condition when I got it.
Then spent $20,000 over 3 years to make it a great car.
As Flash just said, I drove my 968 and had to sell the 944. Didn't get my $
back, but the guy who bought it continues to treat it right.
He's keeping her all original, and getting collector plates for it.
Thought I'd share a happy ending, I feel my money wasn't wasted.

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[rhudeboye]

That was a good read Wolf. Well written. I feel your pain. If only there were some sort of punishment for people that didn't appreciate and properly care for there cars. kinda like the ASPCA but for cars [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

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