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| 1987 Porsche 944S |
This is the car I purchased after my '85 944 was wrecked. While that was a solid little car and would have served me well, I'm glad I got the S. The post-85½ interior for the 944 series is really quite refined when compared to the earlier design, and I think it makes for a wonderfully well-appointed grand touring car.
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Above are some of the first pictures I got to take of the car. The setting is just in front of my mechanic's shop in Framingham, Massachusetts. Regretably it has spent a lot of time there in its first year, as I'll explain elsewhere.
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This second set of photos was taken in May of '98, just before my first trip to Watkin's Glen. I'm hoping to take a another run of photographs when the leaves are turning this Fall.
I will probably try to pick up another vehicle to use when it snows. But in general, so long as there isn't already snow (and salt) on the road, I see no reason not to use this car year 'round. With appropriate tires, both of my 944's have responded to adverse weather in a very respectable and reliable manner. In fact, if I'm lucky I'll be able to find something like a GMC Jimmy, Ford Bronco, or Chevy Blazer that can be the foul weather driver and tow vehicle...
So hopefully I'll have the 944S back by late September (details here). Maybe I can make it to another DE event, though it seems a little foolhardy to risk something else going wrong now that I have a house to pour money into. But at least I could finally see some of the folks in my home region of the PCA, the Northeast.
Last Updated: 11 September 1998