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Hi all,

I bought my first 944 on Monday in Scotland, its a 1987 2.5 Lux model and has a linen leather 944 Turbo interior. It looks great but has a list of issues from sunroof woes, electric mirror not working to possible clutch replacement. And all of that is enough until on my way home a gentleman decided to pull in too quickly after overtaking me and thus some panel damage.

Not a great start to my 944 journey, after eventually getting the said gentleman to admit fault and agree to pay for the damage I got home but was unable to open the drivers door of my car which was sorted with some wd40!

The funny thing was that due to the damage I had to go look for a repairer asap and found a guy only 30 mins away who has restored a 944 completely for a client. He took a look at the damage and was 100 cheaper than the best quote before that but the best thing was he knew someone who could help with the mechanical issues going forward and also had a guy who could sort out the interior for me {previous owner had not installed the interior correctly}. All in making my life easier going forward as it was looking like I would have to travel 1.5 hrs to someone before that. Also he told me that the respray carried out on the car 4 yrs ago was very good and was a glass out job was spot on.

This all made me feel better about my purchase... So its onwards and upwards and with a little help from many sources I'll get this car back to its best!

Mark

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/70NAj ... 5-h1338-no

Author:	woolie [ Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:53 pm ]
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Grr.... all my pictures are too big

Author:	Waylander [ Fri Nov 24, 2017 9:19 am ]
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You need to third party host them Get a free amazon S3 storage account and link to your pictures on there 5gb of free photo storage

Author:	Prophead [ Sat Nov 25, 2017 9:55 pm ]
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woolie wrote: Grr.... all my pictures are too big Or use ms photo editor to reduce the size

Author:	Pete82 [ Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:20 am ]
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my old one

Author:	morghen [ Mon Nov 27, 2017 12:27 pm ]
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pfoah ! that looks potent Those wheels fit the 944 very well..especially the 951.

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Author:	Pete82 [ Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:27 am ]
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Thanks, i've got to admit it was nice seeing how wide it looked from the rear along with the 80's style exhaust

Author:	Waylander [ Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:45 am ]
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27 years, now that is a long ownership. looks good though

Author:	Joycey [ Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:07 pm ]
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1983, 2.5 Lux Attachment: 35405008_10155340074736571_7626179480221908992_n.jpg [ 113 KiB \| Viewed 144782 times ]

Author:	JasonGibson [ Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:42 pm ]
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Looks great

Author:	MarkIre [ Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:44 pm ]
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Hi all, I bought my first 944 on Monday in Scotland, its a 1987 2.5 Lux model and has a linen leather 944 Turbo interior. It looks great but has a list of issues from sunroof woes, electric mirror not working to possible clutch replacement. And all of that is enough until on my way home a gentleman decided to pull in too quickly after overtaking me and thus some panel damage. Not a great start to my 944 journey, after eventually getting the said gentleman to admit fault and agree to pay for the damage I got home but was unable to open the drivers door of my car which was sorted with some wd40! The funny thing was that due to the damage I had to go look for a repairer asap and found a guy only 30 mins away who has restored a 944 completely for a client. He took a look at the damage and was 100 cheaper than the best quote before that but the best thing was he knew someone who could help with the mechanical issues going forward and also had a guy who could sort out the interior for me {previous owner had not installed the interior correctly}. All in making my life easier going forward as it was looking like I would have to travel 1.5 hrs to someone before that. Also he told me that the respray carried out on the car 4 yrs ago was very good and was a glass out job was spot on. This all made me feel better about my purchase... So its onwards and upwards and with a little help from many sources I'll get this car back to its best! Mark https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/70NAj ... 5-h1338-no

Author:	Prophead [ Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:37 pm ]
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MarkIre wrote: Hi all, I bought my first 944 on Monday in Scotland, its a 1987 2.5 Lux model and has a linen leather 944 Turbo interior. It looks great but has a list of issues from sunroof woes, electric mirror not working to possible clutch replacement. And all of that is enough until on my way home a gentleman decided to pull in too quickly after overtaking me and thus some panel damage. Not a great start to my 944 journey, after eventually getting the said gentleman to admit fault and agree to pay for the damage I got home but was unable to open the drivers door of my car which was sorted with some wd40! The funny thing was that due to the damage I had to go look for a repairer asap and found a guy only 30 mins away who has restored a 944 completely for a client. He took a look at the damage and was 100 cheaper than the best quote before that but the best thing was he knew someone who could help with the mechanical issues going forward and also had a guy who could sort out the interior for me {previous owner had not installed the interior correctly}. All in making my life easier going forward as it was looking like I would have to travel 1.5 hrs to someone before that. Also he told me that the respray carried out on the car 4 yrs ago was very good and was a glass out job was spot on. This all made me feel better about my purchase... So its onwards and upwards and with a little help from many sources I'll get this car back to its best! Mark https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/70NAj ... 5-h1338-no That's a total bugger hope it all gets sorted. Are you in Scotland? If so where abouts? I'm just outside Falkirk and have owned several 944 and have done pretty much all the work on them and am now doing repair, maintenance, and servicing on other members cars as well. If you get stuck or need some advice / help PM me and i'll give you my contact details.

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