There really really isn’t! Thanks for watching.

U got a fans club we can send in our pics of our porsche 944

My 1987 944 N/A has only 68K miles in the original Guards red paint corrected by me at about 100 hours. It looks and runs great and people love it at car shows. It is a real blast to drive.

Yeh. Agree totally. It's so nice to hear someone say that. Very underrated cars really. They really do get under your skin. Thanks for a lovely comment and for watching. Cheers.

Oh wow! Brilliant. You'll get there I'm sure and it'll be worth it when you. There's more vids coming on this one, its not all be plain sailing. I documented the niggles that need fixing in another video and will do another update vid soon on how I'm getting on with the fixes! Stay tuned. Thanks for watching. Cheers.

Great cars indeed. Full of character you just don't get anymore. Thanks for watching.

The 2.7lt was so much ....hated at the time by the press and by those who wanted Porsche to go "upmarket".

I agree, I cover this very topic a bit more in other videos. Cheers, thanks for watching.

Ha ha. Brilliant. Love it. This is so true. Such a very underrated classic. Which means more of a value for money car for the rest of us I suppose. There is no substitute as Porsche used to say! Thanks for wathing. Cheers.

Yeh indeed. So much more character! Thanks for watching.

Good tips. It does live in the garage, I should have it clearer that what I meant was it won’t actually be 'garaged', i.e. it will still come out (not very often!) to be used and won’t just be moth balled. Thanks for the tips and for watching cheers.

Wow nice! I think an 928 may just be in the future. How does the 928 compare to the 944? Thanks for watching.

Wow, great comment. That's good to know. I'm clearly in good company then! They are super cheap. Interesting comment about the Capri though, that's still one of my bucket list cars, do you think it would disappoint? Have I peaked with the 944? I hope not! Thanks for watching. Another vid on this car coming in a couple of week time. Cheers.

@@damos_cars the Capri, I would describe as charming and charismatic these days, having said that, it's so very easy to 'sort' them as they are very much a slightly larger Escort. A 2.0 with updated brakes, stiffer springs, Weber and exhaust feels like a proper old school hooligan. 3.0 is lively and lovely, 2.8i feels the most modern as standard

Nightmare! Gah...!

A mint turbo 2k impossible

@@SAMMYJR00777 no. It was over 15 years ago.

Oh they really are fabulous driving machines. Love it!

Nice one, yeh great motors!

Ahh that's a bit of shame but great you have the M3. I still miss mine a bit. They are amazing sounding cars for sure. Thanks for watching. More stories to come on the 944!

Ah man! That's a shame. Yep as I say if you don't fit there's not much you can do about as that steering wheel doesn't shift anywhere! Thanks for watching.

@@damos_cars really enjoyed the video! Nice to see someone knowledgeable talking about a great car 👍

Thank you, that means a lot.

My wife has a 924s. And the wheel was in my lap also, at the Porsche swap meet in Hershey PA she found a much smaller MOMO. Steering wheel !! Better look and problem fixed !!!😄😄😄😄😎😎🇩🇪🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺

@@artmchugh5644 ooooh! I love a momo wheel, didn’t realise it made it easier to get in and out of thought! That’s great, you seen Casey putch’s 944s?

Wow, that's brilliant. Love it. Great that you kept it. Good move. Great that its being used now as a fun car. Good job. Cheers.

Thank you. Good luck with your search.

Ha ha, glad you got it sorted!

Yeh, also Caymans are not as rare. The 944 does a better job of making you feel special. Thanks for watching.

Ha ha good points. Cheers.

@@damos_cars and good point 944 Turbo V 911 Turbo....I owned a 944 Turbo S *silver Rose ( in 1990....and they were such a great car....but the suspension was too hard for UK roads...mine used to weave and dart all over the place on B roads. I even went back to PCGB and as a result fitted Yokohama AVS tyres which helped a little. Think we need a special club for people that owned Porsches in the 80s n 90s the first time around.... I also think we are mostly better drivers as those old cars were just you and the car!! no traction and stability etc etc. I went in a 3.3 Turbo 911.....1 sec lack of concentration and it was going to kill you if you were driving fast. Also 80s Porsche are all hand built and will outlast modern stuff..and do so!

Love it. They’re great aren’t they!?

Ah nice one. Yeh I do like a 968, definitely better built but there is something just a bit more special about a 944 turbo. The lag and subsequent rush of boost will stay with me forever.

Yeh, interesting. Not the Euro spec models unfortunately.

Oh wow! Nice, I like when things like that happen. My Dad had a 968 back in the day, we drove to Le Mans in it in 2004 and a few other Porsche meets. He's now longer with us but a few years back I tracked down the last car he owned (a 996 cab) and bought it. I owned it a for while (vids on the channel) but in truth it was a bit of a nail so it had to go. The S2 is a truly great all rounder. I'm trying to work through the niggles at the moment and a few project type vids are coming up going into detail on those fixes. Thanks for watching. Cheers.

Ah love it John! Amazing cars, great you're keeping it in the family.

Ahh, nice story. Probably the right decision. I ended up with a 911 that belonged to my late father. There's a story about it in one of my videos. It was also a bit of a nail to be honest! Sometimes as tough as these decisions they are the right decisions. Thanks for watching. Heres the vid: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNqIdKR42tWccmw.html

We did go through a blue period a while back...

@@damos_cars Black is better imho :)

I agree. It’s mostly by accident rather than design though to be honest!

Thanks for watching. Yep, they'll be more to come. Cheers.

Thank you! Cheers.

Thank you for some very wise and kind words! 😊👍

Love it, yes hope you didn't mind me using the screen grab from the article! It can only help with the PR and values around these great underrated cars. 20 years after buying my first S2 this one feels just the same. It's like coming home after being away for years!

Oh wow. Thank you. 944 as a first car is very good going. Pretty cool to have a turbo too! How's the 986? I did always hanker after the 3.2. I only got as far as putting the S Twist wheels on my first S2! Thanks for the comments, really appreciated. Couple more project update vids on the 944 will be coming very soon. Thanks for watching. Cheers.

yea i have to say, i am really enjoying the 986 i really am, it’s just a torquey nippy round the town type car , lots of low down torque so makes short journeys around town very pleasurable and a total different experience to my 944 turbo. just makes me wish i bought a 986 years ago! the flat six sound ever since i put in a k&n air pannel filter and remooved the snorkel is absolutely gorgeous! something the 944 doesn’t have unfortunately. but and it’s a big but, the 944 is my absolute favourite car and i have no problems driving it in the winter iether as you, i believe cars are made to be driven otherwise what’s the point! i never was a poser just a pure driver and love the older stuff. the nice thing about the 986 is it had some really unusual extras and just fell in love with the look of it . it had red not the cherry red but red leather with all the porsche silver extra interia bits . it has the full aero kit and the colour is just fantastic . it’s a beutiful blue that goes into different tones in different lights. my 944 turbo is guards red with original big winged half cream leather and cream pinstripe velor i just love the comfort of it. the boxter full leather seats are the top spec for that year but not a touch on the 945 recaros!! you really know your in something my speacial when you get in the 944 turbo. it still smells old too 😁 it’s fairly heavily modified engine wise now and still going, as i just didn’t want to have my all time favourite car being slower than the modern day hatches 😁 i wanted it to be my ultimate favourite so i took the plung on the slippery slope and i can tell you, i could have bought a few more 944s for the money i’ve spent on the mods and as with all old cars, it never seems to stop 😂 havnt drive it drive the 944 fir nearly 2 and half years and i’m missing it immensely now!!

Oh wow, nice Chris. Good to know I'm not alone. Do you think you'll ever go back?

@@damos_cars I am just about to start browsing to see what is available 🙂From memory I sold it for £11.5k at 89k. I also changed for a Boxster.

Oh wow, great feedback. Thank you. Sounds like a family heirloom in the making.

Hi Donal how are you and your family doing ? Hope the 951 is still going -really loved the trip to Silverstone all those years ago with the 2.7 :) My white S2 was the one featured in the Hagerty article

The removeable roof is an added bonus for sure. Little bit problematic. Overall great cars. Get one!

welcome back to the club, I didn't stay long though...

It’s a constant mind battle! Lottery win would solve it

@@damos_cars As soon as my two shares of GameStop come through baby....😅

Think I remember it Andy! Great you still have it 👍👍

@@damos_cars Your number plate looked kind of familiar. I don't have many photos from back then as it was pre-smartphone era. Did you do the Dyno day at Silverstone? I've got some pics from then and just noticed it happened on 7th May 2005 - that's 18 years ago today! Another bizarre coincidence...!

No but I remember it. I did a Morgan factory tour that I think was Titanic. The pics are still up on Ricks site if you dig deep enough: cannell.co.uk/

I think anyone who had a 944 in the early 2000s was on Titanic, great times 👍

@@damos_cars Yes seems like yesterday! Thanks for the link to Rick's site - lots of good stuff on there!

Thank you. Yeh the reversing camera sure comes in handy. The performance is ok. It won't set the world on fire. It's very progressive and controllable thanks to long throttle pedal travel. It won't tear your face off though and doesn't really have the best soundtrack. What it does have though, is superb drivability. This car pivots around you and handles really well. Especially if the suspension has been freshened up. Good luck with the search. Let us know how you get on.

Lovely story. Thanks for sharing. GT3 are fabulous cars. You clearly love your Porsches! I like the 996 but never got on with the driving position. Wonder if your 944 is still on the road?

Thank you! Appreciate the comment.

Yeh, they were very torquey!

Oh nice, bridge spoiler really freshened it up.

Yeh you’re right they did. I remembered this after I did the video. Thanks for pointing it out. It was a NA thing. Wonder why they didn’t do it in Europe? Thanks for watching.

@@damos_cars No RHD 944s had air bags and only US spec and possibly Japan had them.......

The clutch pedal travel has always been high for me. The travel in this old 944 seems even higher. I don't mind it that much though. The accelerator pedal travel is even longer but then I quite like that as it makes it easier to drive smoothly.

Yep!

yeh, E30 M3's are certainly very coveted! 944 was always in the shadow of the 911.

Good question. I like both. Would probably lean more toward the turbo as they’re generally better spec’d so more likely to have sports seats, air con and 10 speaker sound. The price of turbos have really taken off though so from a pure value for money point of view I prefer the S2. You get 80% of the turbo thrills but for 50% of the price.

Go S2, you get essentially turbo power without lag and reliability issues. Though if you went turbo, you could more easily add power for cheaper.

@@dylanriley2707 Great points, thanks for that. I think I’m going to try and find a turbo just for the ability to add power more easily/cheaply. A 944 with a swap also sounds interesting lol but I’m sure the build would be a money pit.

Dunno, not seen it on a UK 944. Would anyone ever use it? Never used non-distance controlled cruise on any car.

@@damos_cars my US car has cruise control. Fun to play with on longer trips.

Ahh! Jedi in my veins I have mmm. 😆

Thanks for commenting. I remember seeing leggy turbos in 2001 for 5k UK pounds. Sorry about the audio. We're a work in progress. All the best, cheers.

I no longer have the car but did digitise all records before selling and could not find the name you mentioned or anything in the history about the 4th cylinder. Hope that helps! Cheers👍

@@damos_cars thanks, was just wondering, never should of sold it!

That's like asking who's your favourite child! I'd go S2 to be honest. Turbo is a great car but has lag, the smoothness of the S2 around those twisty bends is what you need Rob. Enjoy. Let us know how it goes!

@@damos_cars Thank you for the answer. I just have a selection of mint 944 Turbo with LSD with lots of money thrown at it or 944 S2 to be assembled(same mechanic owns both of those). He is reluctant to sell the Turbo and I am not sure if I should pry or just go with the S2. Thank you very much for your opinion.

Imagine the turbo is twice the price of the S2 right?

@@damos_cars The Turbo is 140% price of the ready to drive S2, but the price difference is unimportant here for me as I'm sure I'm gonna spent some more on S2's maintenance, just would like to be happy with the car. I want to use the car for tourist rallies, regularity rallies, autocrossing.

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I noticed that. Looking at the seat tilt handle, the passenger and drivers seat seemed to have been swapped over. It is not uncommon for people who don't use the back seats much to do so when the drivers seat starts to wear.

Yeh that's so true! Never ever heard of an engine failure on a 944 actually. No, I sold it on a few years ago. Great fun at the time and I may well go back. We'll see!

I am after another 944 turbo or an S2 before the good examples get too expensive@@damos_cars