Are you sure its a Porsche engine because I used to trade 924s and 944s and they all had VAG engines I have never heard of or seen one with a Porsche engine I think they are pulling your leg but there is always a first.

These cars are pretty bullet proof make sure the cambelt is changed regulary along with ancillary equipment, the steering column bearing goes and creates a rattle easy repair job ,the dashboard cracks along the top nothing much you can do about that except have it retrimmed and they suffer eventually with terminal rust so look out for body repairs in front of the rear wheels and inner front wings.

Edited by Collos25 on 27/01/2014 at 07:37

A 34 year old car which has done 1100 a year? raises some questions in my mind! Are you able to get a ful independent inspection on it? I wouldn't buy it without one. Here are some UK ones for sale www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/...4. Don't forget that the car may be cheap but the spares will costed around the price of the car when new, in general terms

The so called Porsche engine of 2.5 displacement in all 944s from 1986 was in fact produced by VAG along with the gearbox combined with the back differential apart from one or two outside Porsche badges they had the VAG stamp all over them.These cars in turbo trim would out perform just about all the rear engined Porsches who had to put lead weights in the front wings to try and get some sort of handling from them.Having had over hundred of these vehicles go through my hands I feel a lot of affection for them absolutely superb cars in their day they would do a good 280kmh down the autobahn in standard trim and still return acceptable economy.

The much later 3.0 engines were a mish mash derived by Porsche and made in an undisclosed foundry somewhere never achieved there promise and the production of cars was quietly stopped.

Edited by Collos25 on 27/01/2014 at 12:21

Well, I want a cool vintage car, Ive never wanted to buy a new car. Its about the coolness factor more than practicality, but I just wouldnt want it to break down if I took it on a trip. Otherwise for driving around town it would be sweet, theres 1000s of parts on amazon.com, and i could probably do alot of it myself. But if it breaks down on a road trip it would be the end of that trip/tons of wasted money, because no one would be able to fix it quickly. But this particular car is in amazing shape, so I wonder if it would stand up to the distance. Some people aer saying this car is bulletproof, and others are saying its gonna break down. So i dont really know who to believe. McLaren auto is a formula 1 dealership, they know what they are doing. The motor looks in way better shape than any that ive seen for sale.

Well said