![]() I don’t know if the window was rolled down for the photo, or if it won’t go up, but if it’s the latter, I imagine something from the Nevada desert may have made this car its new home. It looks to me like “TLC” includes a good chunk of the interior. The car “runs fast” but “needs TLC” according to the seller. The ad is light on both description and photos, so we’ll have to make some of our own observations. The 944 has the same problem as the SN95-era Ford Mustang when it comes to aftermarket wheels: If you don’t match the wheel offset to the width of the fenders, it just looks stupid. Its Guards Red paint is faded to a morose matte orange, it appears to be missing both exterior door handles (very common for VW/Porsche/Audi of this era they broke if you looked at them funny), and it wears a set of wheels from a newer Porsche that don’t fit well. Unfortunately, this 944 is not going to turn many heads these days. And the fact that it handled great and was no slouch on acceleration (for the time) didn’t hurt, either. More expensive than the entry-level 924, but more approachable than the 911 or 928, the 944 was the car you could almost daydream about owning one day. ![]() But both need some help to get back to anything like their former glory.Īlmost from the moment that it was introduced, the Porsche 944 was synonymous with yuppie affluence. Today’s choices are both renowned inexpensive performance cars, both great handlers, both with a strong following even today, and both turning the corner from old and affordable to legitimate classic. Puttering back and forth to work in something like that little blue Nova is indeed boring, but what about autocrossing it? Or driving it from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine using only two-lane roads? Or using it to visit every National Park in the lower 48 states in reverse chronological order? Not so boring then, is it?Īlright, I’ll put the soapbox away. Or those cars that you’re thinking about. That Jag is beyond my abilities.īefore we get to today’s cars, I just want to say a quick word about “boring” cars, a charge that was leveled against the Nova by a few commenters. I bet if the Jag’s engine were in one piece, the vote would have been tighter. First, let’s see which level of sedan difficulty you chose: It’s time for another Shitbox Showdown! Today, we’re looking at a couple of legendary sports cars, in anything but legendary condition.
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