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1990

one owner from new

bodywork and engine / running gear are pristine

full service history - and i do mean full as it has been correctly maintained and serviced through out its history!

bodywork - even though it will vanish when the car is sold to a new owner, this was one of the porsches sold with a lifetime body work warrantee... and my dad has made them honour.... its just had new sills, sunroof seals etc.... you think i can be a git... he is a time served engineer and they lost... :)

full mot

interior is original but tatty (Dash really needs to be replaced as it has split due to sun exposure)

11 months MOT

its my parents car - and they would, i think, take a reasonable offer of around £3500

oh - last thing - the colour is very unusual - like a turquoise blue - Porsche released one model in this colour per country.... its is stunning :)
(http://www.porsche-model-club-asia.com/ ... 18&scid=11 shows one of the models of this colour - it really was an unusual one)

current location is in south norfolk - PM me for contact details

That's one hell of a lot of depreciation. The going price for a 944Turbo in 1988 was $AU 130,000.

I do like the look of the older Porsches. I just can't afford one. (Same as the Lambo Countach, really.)

Does it come with a tow bar to take the bike to the track

Yep it has suffered from depreciation a tad!

But it can be caned - trust me - want to hear a giant cough - put your foot down hard in this and it flies

And iirc my dad started buying Porsches when he stopped riding triumphs - he fell off at <5 mph ;)

Mileage? Got any pics? Full history with Porsche?

Aladinsaneuk wrote:he fell off at <5 mph ;)

I fell off at <1 mph but it didn't get me a Porsche...

I will post more info tomorrow as I am over there to see my folks


And yes, it's a full porsche history

Thanks. Could be interested actually.

Interested to know interior, wheels, mileage, services (got invoices?), extra maintenance, stuff like that.

as i said - interior, though original, is a tad tatty

i think that there will be a full set of invoices

the wheels are in very good order - were last professionally refurbished a couple of years ago....

Sorry, I meant spec rather than condition. Is it tartan cloth or leather for example, which wheels etc. Pics will tell

Aladinsaneuk wrote:as i said - interior, though original, is a tad tatty

Aldi and Lidl often sell seat covers

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ok

just been over to see my folks and to upload some photographs

first off - some specific information that people have asked for.

The Car was bought new in 1990 from Lancasters Porsche in Norwich - it was serviced by them until they closed the Norwich showroom - cambridge was a touch to far for my parents. Fortunately a chap called Matt, who was one of the senior mechanics/engineers at Lancasters Norwich - he also declined to move and established a company called Autowerke - http://www.autowerkenorwich.co.uk/ since then all the engine and running gear has been serviced and stamped by them. Any bodywork that has needed attention - and there is a lifetime warrantee on the car so it has been checked over regularly, was done by Lancasters Porsche Cambridge.... the car has recently returned from them having had new sills and a couple of new rubber seals fitted to the sun roof. The car also received a new MOT inside the last four weeks.

the wheels were refurbished a couple of years ago - they look good :)

(Don't ask about tax - there is something that makes me smile about my mothers blue disabled badge being displayed in the car and the resulting lack of need to buy road tax!)

Mileage - 150,500 miles give or take

performance - about 40mpg on a steady long run - you cane it, you will see low 20's.... (Ask me how I know!) this is the full 3 litre flat four lump - and it really does shift

I described the interior as tatty - I did do it a disservice - the leather is all intact and everything works - BUT the dash is split..... purely down to sunshine. I suspect it would be a job that could be done over a week end, but these bloody things are very well made - so it would be complex i reckon!

so - my parents want £3500 - and I think they will get it - it has not been advertised anywhere as yet. Why are they selling it - well, my mother turns 70 this year and it is getting hard for her to get in and out of the car

I guess all I can say is this - I have owned a 944 myself and I loved the car - they are cheap too service and run for a performance car - this is a modern classic so insurance is cheap - if I did not have a small child, it would not be for sale - I would have it :)

Please PM me for their telephone contact details


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oh - the interior is full leather..... and is intact :)

the bodywork has only ever seen the genuine porsche shampoo wax etc

the paperwork that comes with the car is complete - every single bill and invoice....

I believe that the lifetime body warrantee is for the car, not for the first owner - I suspect that porsche UK may beg to differ, but I have seen the certificate that says it is for the car.... but on a car that is over 20 years old they may try that on.... caveat emptor on that one

I'm going to PM you chap

PM sent.... kinda. It's stuck in my outbox rather than sentbox... anyone know why?