Quoted: Do tell, have you ever found out the top speed of your cars? I mean, gone out and done it? 944s can and do leave for dead most cars with twice their HP because they handle amazingly well.
BTW, I know exactly how fast my old '44 would go.
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Define 'leave for dead' because neither will beat most modern minivans in a stoplight dragrace. Sad but true.
Sorry but 924's just aren't very fast cars.
In fact they're neither particularly fast or quick, which is what you get when you mate 2.0 liters of Audi fury pushing out 98 ponies at the crank.
Not that it matters one iota but I had my car up to an
indicated 110 mph (or therabouts) one night. It might have had a little left but I wasn't on the salt flats so I wasn't going to push it.
Yes 944's handled amazingly well for their time but they're not powerful cars by any stretch of the imagination.
Porsche indicated top speed was 137mph and some tests didn't even get that, of course later models got more power (S, S2, turbo) but the original 944 while a truly beautiful car to look at and a blast to drive just aren't that fast.
If you don't believe me go to
Rennlist.
I always liked the styling of 944's and I really enjoyed driving my 924 for almost four years despite the almost weekly thrill of wondering what was going to break next. In fact it's still parked in a field at my parent's farm in Alabama.
I'm sure it was a nice and well meaning gesture but a 25 year old 924 will not be a cheap or reliable car for a 19 year old waitress to own.