Porsche 944 S2 inspection adrian crawford

http://www.911secrets.com Adrian Crawford is a Porsche dealer. Here he takes a walk around a Porsche 944 S2 and shows you why buying a cheap porsche is not always a good idea.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• porsche
• 944
• S2
• problems
• Inspections
• Adrian Crawford

[PorscheVideos]

Good call to use a 944 turbo for the track, super balance, strong, tuneable and easy to find the spares. Good luck with it. You should have some fun.

[PorscheVideos]

I like the Porsche 944,968 and 928 as well as 911. You can find them for ridiculously low prices, and get yourself a really interesting classic car. BUT this particular car was not cheap, The guy payed a low price then found that many serious problems existed, by the time I looked at it, real cost to him was far in excess of what a mint example would have cost him and still it was poor. My point, you can buy a sound one if you take care and avoid the money pits.

[paulhunter123]

hes not saying this cars really bad or anything, hes making an example of spending money on a car that you wont make back. He bought it for 2500 hes spent £1000s and its prob not worth what he paid for it! this is the point

[PorscheVideos]

@paulhunter123 Well done. That is the point. The sad thing aboout this car was the owner had bought it, spent a fortune & still has a poor example. If he had assesed this car more carefully he might have left it alone & been able to buy a sound one for far less than he has spent on this. And been able to enjoy driving a great car instead of signing cheques and waiting for the repair shop to finish. I am not knocking 944, not knocking doing up a car it can be fun, but this one was not economic .

[Crosisborg]

Dont listen to this guy. Any classic Porsche is worth saving. If you buy a Porsche for resale value then you dont need a Porsche.

[jojolemonkey]

Buying any used car you want, original paint, excellent interior, and no rust. Take off the oil cap and inside needs to be nice caramel color no sign of water. If the body and interior look like crap move on and pay a couple thousand more and save yourself the headache.

[Lillie1986]

I bought a 944 Turbo fairly cheap a few months ago. I got it to prep for racing so I just bought the cheapest I could find. As it turns out I managed to make the best cardeal of my life. The car is almost perfect and everything works. Ive only had two issues with it, the relay for the windowwinders broke, but thats a cheap fix. And the valvelifters are a bit noisy, but Ill deal with that this winter.

[ThePaulrmcadam]

What an ass, I would kill to have one of these......if the original motor is shot, a simple transplant will sort it even 2 JZ toyota engine will work. The 944 is a timeless classic!

[trisdoo]

@Crosisborg Your Absolutely right. I Agree with you 100%.

[TheGoGoSquirrels1]

I have a 1983 944 non-turbo sitting in my garage in need of plenty repairs. The only good thing is that it still ran but that was at least 2 years ago. It needs a lot, including sunroof and center console gauges to be installed.

[britgentleman1]

@subzerostorm yep he is a 911 specialist dealer.....and I agree with you! its only the 996/997s that drive well...my 944 Turbo cost me 6K and will give those a hard time....I see so many 911- not enough 944 (wel not nice ones) ...I had loads of 944s..love em.

[tnandori]

my porsche 944 i've dumped money into and it was well worth it i dont know what he means by a porsche isnt worth to restore

[BoomBoomStockings1]

I have a 1983 Porsche 944, non-turbo that needs a lot of work. It runs but it's missing interior pieces such as the gauges, center console, door panels, rear view mirror, sun roof, and needs the seats re-welded back to the car. I bought it for $1200 about 3-4 years ago but I'm unemployed now and can't do anything with the car. Trying to decide whether to continue to keep it or discard it. Any suggestions are welcome :).