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1988 Porsche 924 S

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MushyHeirloom
11/26/08

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Everything on this car will buff out.

These are actually the most common Porsches around here, though there's an utterly elusive 914 running around, and a once-spotted 928 that rolled by a week or so ago.
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Bret
11/26/08

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The '88 924s with the M030 package was a deadly stock class autocrosser back in the later 90's.

I think one of these would make a great Q-ship, simply insert 968 or 944S2 motor and make the Porsche guys uncomfortable at the track. My preference would be to insert one of the General's LSx engines and make everyone uncomfortable.
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jduffy13
11/26/08

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This is what the Dodge Daytona aspired to be. Read the reviews of the time in the Car Rags.

BTW that's not saying a whole lot.

This car suffered horribly from the Porsche repair costs issue. I believe timing belts ran $3,500 to $4,000.
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MushyHeirloom
11/26/08

@jduffy13: And now neither car is worth 25 large.
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Novaload
11/26/08

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That is some wicked sun fade on the hood. We don't get the chance to see that on the right coast--more like rust rash.

This car looks so--reasonable compared to the shiny bells, whistles, ground effects, bulges, wings, and flashy colors that were to come. From the front it almost looks like an old RX from some angles.

Put this in a museum as an example of at least one thing from the 80s that wasn't excessive and over the top.
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Cognitive Friction
11/26/08

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At a Porsche club day at Road America a few years ago, there were a few guys who had bought old beater 924/944's and turned them into track monsters.

They didn't look as nice as the other Porsches, but they certainly held their own on the performance end...and even if they spent $30k to build, that's still a lot cheaper than a new 911.
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mattmacklind
11/26/08

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I love phone dials, let me go on record with that. I'd love to get a gently used Boxster and retro fit them, such great wheels. The 924, not so much. My uncle had one (non-S) in the 80's, I thought he was cool but he was a secret agent (no bull) so he was cool with or without it. It was the fake Sears repair van with surveillance equipment that made him cool, not the 924.

I love 944's, and I understand the 924, but I'd take a nice CRX over it any day. Still a nice find. There's a white S in my hood that looks great, I'm just not sold on the model.
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ZZMarcus
11/26/08

@mattmacklind: YES. Phonedials are the perfect Porsche wheel. The twisted five-spokes may come close, but nothing compares to the gently flared, cocaine-dusted nostrils of the 80s Porsche rim!
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Murilee Martin
11/26/08

@ZZMarcus: I prefer the Chex wheels off the Isuzu Impulse.
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Al Navarro
11/26/08

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I would rather have this DOTS POS than a Cayenne, Panamera, Boxtster, or Cayman.

Yes, it's Al Navarro hyperbole day.
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Corvette_Thunder_Wheres my trophy for participating in Jalopnik?
11/26/08

@Al Navarro: I am very much in agreeance, hell throw in the base 911 there too.
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Al Navarro
11/26/08

@Corvette_Thunder:

I nearly did....
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racerx
11/26/08

@Al Navarro: I can maybe understand the reasoning behind others but the Cayman? It's great car. Now that you can option it with an LSD and 320bhp there is really nothing to complain about.
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Al Navarro
11/26/08

@racerx:

I know it's a good car, a friend in the Se7ens community who is a HPD instructor got an S this year.

I lumped it in for hyperbole, mostly. And I didn't know they added the LSD option. But mostly because I feel that most of the people who buy these things AREN'T my Caterham-owning, driving-instructor friend. They buy them for reasons that have nothing to do with performance.

Se7ens uber alles.
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layabout
11/26/08

@Al Navarro: I thought the Cayman was one of the only current Porsche's that hasn't got a bad reputation due to it's owners,still rarer than the base 911 which is usually driven by douche's.
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Al Navarro
11/26/08

@layabout:

In my neck on NJ, I see plenty of people at the wheel who are happy they could finally get that Boxtser with a hardtop!

Of course, I'm totally vehicular profiling here...
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Al Navarro
11/26/08

@Al Navarro:

"neck of"

SHEESH.
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brandegee
11/26/08

@Al Navarro: In my neck of NJ, people are happy they could finally put 22s on their Infiniti. I'm also profiling. But being honest, too.
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smalleyxb122
11/26/08

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It's not a bad looking car, but it will always be the uglier sibling of the 944.

I will someday own a 944, and I think the only reason I like the 924 at all is that it reminds me of the car that it begat.
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layabout
11/26/08

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The only 924 i really liked was the Carrera GT & that was still underpowered with210 bhp compared to the 944...

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racerx
11/26/08

@layabout: Even quicker is the 924 Carrera GTS which had 245bhp:

Also very cool is a Shooting Brake version of the 924 Carrera GT:

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layabout
11/26/08

@racerx: Also a 320bhp GTR... [www.924gt.com]
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A strolling player
11/26/08

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I tried to get my dad to buy one just like this off a shady used-car lot about ten years ago when he instead bought a very well cared for '93 SC400.

I don't know which one I'd have liked better. The Porsche's a Porsche, but the Lexus had much more power and was, I bet, much more comfortable. And that's back when the SC was basically a Supra, so I'm sure it handled reasonably well...

I'd take the Lexus, actually. Over a Porsche.

Damn.
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brandegee
11/26/08

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So the 924S was cheaper and faster (lighter) than the base 944. Hmm. No wonder Porsche was in fiscal trouble by '92...and why their lineup is so carefully sorted these days.

So the question is: this or a '89 Zenki 240SX?
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layabout
11/26/08

@brandegee: Its arguable that a Cayman S is better than the base 911. So nothing has changed.
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Armand
11/26/08

@brandegee: Careful lineup management is part of the reason Porsche is one of the world's most profitable companies, but I miss the way their bottom-of-the-line models were sometimes better than their flagships. I recently got to go for a ride in a friend's 914 with a 2.7 liter motor. With Webers and a loud exhaust, it sounds pretty epic, and it absolutely runs away from 911s of the same era. A 924 with the 968's 3-liter motor would be a cool sleeper; kind of a front-engine version of the 911-eating 914-6s.
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
11/26/08

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Anyone else's screen completely screwed up the last 18 hours or so? Makes it nearly impossible to read and comment.
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layabout
11/26/08

@The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Fine for me on Firefox3.
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layabout
11/26/08

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Why the hell did someone put those awful looking round relflectors on each corner. Still it's a tidy old VW.......i mean Porsche.
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