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1985 Porsche 944

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen our share of Porsches in this series, mostly 911s and 912s but with a handful of water-cooled jobs thrown in. So far I've been unable to find any 924s, but today we'll add another 944 to the lone '87 we've already got. I found this '85 parked on the same block as the '80 Volvo 244 and just around the corner from the silver '67 Porsche 912. More »

9:00 AM on Thu Oct 9 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,035 views, 67 comments

Latest by notfitforhumanconsumption: @brandegee: According to one of the Miata performance manuals I've read (used to have an MX-5), Mazda totaled two 944's more »

down on the street

1987 Porsche 944S

This series has included quite a few Porsches so far, with a 356, some 912s, a couple of 928s, a pair of 914s, and- of course- a bunch of 911s. But what about the 944? Porsche sold quite a few of them, and not all have been turned into $500 race cars. For whatever reason, I just haven't found any 944s in Alameda... until now.
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9:00 AM on Tue Jun 3 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,136 views, 61 comments

Latest by SweetZombieJesus: I have an 86 944 Turbo. It's love/hate. I've put 30,000 miles on it in 5 years. more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Turbo Madness Edition: 944 or 300ZX?

We're not exactly shocked to see the Lagonda administering a pounding to the Alfa Romeo Giuletta in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll; after all, the Aston Martin's CRT dashboard alone is simultaneously cool enough to move you to tears of joy and flaky enough to make your brain feel like it has angry birds fighting inside. Today we're going to ease back on the price of admission to Hell, with a couple of sub-$4000 cars that (if running) would give their owners excellent performance-per-dollar ratios. We did Cheap Turbo Hell a while back and now it's time for Slightly Less Cheap Turbo Hell!
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5:30 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Murilee Martin
5,625 views, 56 comments

Latest by dolo54: doh! leave town for 1 week and miss this. I voted for the 91 300zx because, well, I own a more »

down on the street bonus edition

16 Ventiler, Denver Style!

We can once again thank reader Kitt for having her camera ready when she spotted another interesting street-parked Denver machine, in this case a fairly rare Porsche 944 cabriolet. Since the convertible was only made for two years, it's either a '90 or '91 944S; Porsche maniacs, please to use the German precision to tell us this automobile's exact model year.
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1:30 PM on Wed Nov 14 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,036 views, 31 comments

Latest by milo_carrera: @billboot: Given that I owned and autocrossed one for 2 years, and my lovely wife won two national championships with more »

racing

Team Fish Out Of Water Tells Their LeMons Story

It turns out quite a few of our readers were participants in the most recent 24 Hours of LeMons race at Altamont, and their stories keep coming in. Today we're going to hear from regular reader A.U.B.I.E., who was a member of Team Fish Out Of Water. Fish Out Of Water's Porsche 944 finished in 32nd place, and we'll let A.U.B.I.E. tell the rest of the story in his own words after the jump.
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2:00 PM on Tue Nov 6 2007
By Murilee Martin
798 views, 10 comments

Latest by whaxed: Hey all: The official Fish Out of Water write-up is here: [944spec.org] Don't think we can run at Thunderhill, but hope to see more »

racing

LeMons Ride-Along With the Team Santa Cruz Porsche!

We saw the in-car video from the Team Santa Cruz Porsche 944 in the comments of our Top 44 Winners of 24 Hours of LeMons feature, but (much as we like Jay-Z) the soundtrack drowned out the beautiful sounds of screaming engines, gnashing gears, and crunching steel. So, we asked Connor of TSC if he could make a no-music version for us, and he was kind enough to oblige. Check out their Driving While Awesome site for more LeMons action.

4:30 PM on Wed Oct 24 2007
By Murilee Martin
3,253 views, 23 comments

Latest by Heftyjo: @SRekauqh: +1 more »

classic ad watch

'Scuse Me While I Eat This Corvette!

Since Jimi Hendrix himself drove a Corvette, it's kind of ironic seeing a Porsche ad talking about snacking on Corvettes with a string-quartet sawing away at "Purple Haze" in the background. However, Porsche's utter lack of late-80s car-ad cheepnis is refreshing; no feathered hair, leg warmers, or tape-stripe "performance" editions. And a 5.7-second 0-60 time was pretty good for the era.

11:00 AM on Fri Aug 24 2007
By Murilee Martin
6,237 views, 32 comments

Latest by SweetZombieJesus: I've had an 86 944 Turbo for five years now. Every time I get done with a maintenance visit more »

custom cars/hot rods

Had Enough Yet?: The Porsche 944amino!

"Mindestpreis nicht erreicht" means "reserve not met" in German, and at 920 Euros currently, this Porsche 944 — modified with a pickup bed — is still thusly undervalued on eBay. It was created from a 1992-model 944, powered by the stock 2.5-liter inline four, with sheetmetal add-ons and a plastic bed liner. Still, the seller says it needs cosmetic work, including paint. No problem. The only question is, Could it be the spiritual cousin of this thing. [Thanks to David for the tip.] More »

1:44 PM on Mon Mar 27 2006
By Mike Spinelli
375 views, 3 comments

Latest by blalor: If it handled, I would totally drive that thing. more »