1987 Porsche 924S $1400

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http://columbus.craigslist.org/cto/4801575620.html

I have no idea if I should be tempted or terrified by that one. Though I lean towards tempted.

Tempted, hell yes. If I didn't have a project I'd be scrounging up a trail to fetch it already.

that is a smoking deal.

Wheels are worth a grand, it has been listed for about a year off and on with the price slowly dropping down.

The wheels are the worst thing about it. I think I have 2 seats for it. It is tempting

I'm really drawn to the 924S for some reason. I don't like them better than the 944, but I think that I want one more.

Make sure that interior works for you. Most tall people find it a bit uncomfortable

I have quite a few phone dials if somebody buys it and wants to see the wheels to recoup some costs.

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Woody wrote: I'm really drawn to the 924S for some reason. I don't like them better than the 944, but I think that I want one more.

I 100% fully understand where you are coming from. I feel exactly the same way. No doubt the 944 is the better looking car, but there's something that draws me to the concept of the 924S. I can't explain it either. Is there a 12 step program for us?

When I was in seventh or eighth grade, we used to walk past a restaurant near my school. The family that owned it had two Porsches parked outside every day. One was an early 924, and the other was a 911SC Targa. They were the first Porsches that I ever got close to, and I must have looked over every inch of those cars. I was really drawn to the taillights of the 924. Soon, a third car showed up: a 924 Turbo. I was able to compare the two 924s (small "s") side by side. I really fell in love with the details on that car and it was probably the first time that I heard the word turbo.

I wrote a letter to Porsche and they sent me a brochure that I still have. I tacked it to my bedroom wall and it stayed there for years. It had pictures of a 924, a 924 Turbo, a brown 911 SC Targa and a 928. I never really warmed up to the 928, but I loved the smooth lines of the 924 and I still like brown Targas.

I was a little older when the 944 came out, and my next door neighbor bought one of the first ones. He would come home late every night (not long after last call). I'd hear him come tearing up the road in third, then double clutch and down shift twice, and then go flying up his driveway. I'd stay awake until I heard that car.

As I read more about cars, I came to understand how much better the 944 was than the 924. I wanted one very badly for most of the 80's, but I was in high school and they were way beyond my reach. When the 924S came out, I still couldn't afford one, but it was just a little bit closer to being a possibility.

I've never owned a 924 or a 944, but I probably will at some point. I came close around ten years ago, but by then, they were already old and being outshined by newer stuff that I could actually afford. Now I've kind of got the itch for one again.

So, that's my story.

I never really liked the wheels on the bottom three cars though.

The first 2 sports cars I fell in love with were my dad's bugeye and a flat bottom e type drop head that a Dr friend owned. That e type still is the sexiest car ever.

There's a guy near me selling an '87 924S for just under $3000 (pretty sure he's still got it, if anyone's curious). I was thinking hard about getting that right before I picked up my 944 last weekend, but his is in waaay better shape than my 944 is...

I'd still rather have a 924 Turbo, but I think parts are getting tough to come by...

You'd have to be a masochist to buy a 924 turbo. The S is much better in every way. The turbo is one of the worst cars ever built.

Call me skeptical, but I'm thinking there's a huge skeleton hiding in that closet somewhere. A rust free, relatively clean and good running 924S for that coin??? I'd think if it was all that, someone would have snagged it within hours.

Been for sale all year. I've thought about going to look at it but space is at a premium...

Loved my 924S. Great daily driver and quicker than the 944s. Kept is six years and sold it for more than I paid for it. The gear crunch in this one is a worry.

Argo1 wrote: Loved my 924S. Great daily driver and quicker than the 944s. Kept is six years and sold it for more than I paid for it. The gear crunch in this one is a worry.

Trans isn't that hard to do. Now clutch, t-belt, those suck!

I have a good used transmission out of a 1984 944 $250