Last weekend I met up with some guys from a Porsche message board that I read as well. Since my 944 is in storage, I went in the P5....

Guess which one is mine?



Check out some more shots if you're interested:
My pics from the 944 meet

Rennlist Forum thread (with more pics)

 

Excellent, what do the porsche boys think of the P5?

 

the blue one?

 

LOL thats great

 

You guys are silly! It's the red one!

 

Well, the P5 kind of got lost in the shuffle, especially since there were some sweet German automobiles in the lot. A lot of people did ask me about it though, so of course I had only glowing reviews to share. I met up with three of the guys beforehand to convoy for the ride up, and I had no problem keeping up with them on the off-ramps.

Dave's 944 ahead, with Andy in the side mirror:


Boxster in the rearview:


The funny thing is, my P5 is worth three times as much as most of the 944's there (certainly not the Boxsters or 968's), but I still drooled over some of the decked out cars.

Check out a few of them that were there. These guys are all autocrossers and do the big track events, so they're big on GO and a lot less on SHOW (though these cars do look nice!)



Dave '86 944 N/A... who needs a turbo? He'll beat much faster cars on any autocross track:

Guards Red/Black int., Black 16" Fuchs w/ RE-730s, '88 TS Sways, Koni Yellows (just rear so far), KFP pads, SS lines, Euro-Products Chip, MSD-6AL, Blaster 2, Paragon 8mm wires, K&N etc.


Damian's '94 968. The last in the line of the watercooled 924/944 series, and my favorite of all. This thing is comfortable, looks awesome, handles like a dream, and is fast as anything:

94 Slate Grey/Classic Grey coupe, K&N, MO30 sway bars, Cargraphic exhaust tip, Cargraphic strut tower brace, Prospeed red calipers, cross drilled rotors, ss brake lines, Prestige alloy pedals, Euro front turn signals, Turbo S splitter

Adrial's '89 944 turbo:

89 951 - 82k miles
Alpine white, Black Leather
Autothority short shift, SS brakes lines, 968 M030 sways front and rear, Delrin rear sway bushings, Bursch test pipe


Zoltan's '89 944S2:


I guess Zoltan's 944S2 is stock, but either way consider that the S2 has a 16v 3.0L engine. I'm pretty sure that's the biggest displacement for any 4-cylinder in history...


p.s. proof that the chickies like the P5 just as much as any Porsche:

 

The hood on that tercel looks like its gonan pop open LOL...I Want a porshe Nice car cool pic ..Jon

 

at least the p5 was cleaner than the tercel ,,,,,
can't date a women that doesn't like a clean car
B

 

Haha... those girls in the Tercel pulled up along side me and I just had to get a pic, but unfortunately that photo really doesn't do them justice. Incidentally, they returned the favor, so somewhere out there is a pic of me in the P5 taken from one of those new cell phones.

Here's a few shots of my 944, since it didn't make it to the meet.












All in all, the 944 is definitely more fun to drive than the Protege5, but it's a whole different animal. The clutch on the Porsche is heavy as all hell, there is no power steering, and sure as anything I can't fit three people in the back seat (though I have in the past.)

I'll have to admit though, as fun as the P5 is, there is no substitute for RWD for pure driving excitement--both the thrill of easing out the back end through a tight turn, and the sheer terror of 4-wheel drifts when the road starts to get wet!



Rock and roll,