What’s It Like Living With an Air-Cooled Porsche 911
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- What’s it like living with the car that adorned your wall as a kid? We asked Classic Motorsports Editorial Director David S. Wallens just that, as he reflects on the ownership experience with his air-cooled Porsche 911.
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Host: David S. Wallens, Editorial Director
Video by: Chris Tropea, Associate Editor
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I was surprised when I discovered that I actually preferred driving a 944. Much more modern feeling, the AC works great, and the small (theoretical) performance difference was unnoticeable on the road. Now have an 86 944 with 28k miles. This era of car was wonderfully simple.
Great video. I had a black on black 85 Carerra whale tale from 2004-2019. Modded the suspension myself, autocrossed it and ended up with 9” Fuchs on rear. It was a bad ass car. But it was small, I got into another hobby, and I sold it. I should have never sold it, would be worth 2-3x what I sold it for. But we are just caretakers of things. I loved the time I spent with it
I sold my 1987 Carrera in 2005 for $14.5k. Only one guy came to look at it, and he was from Germany and shipped the car back there.
If I still owned it I would have invested another $10k in maintenance and renovation, and another $20k in insurance and registration. And the A/C still would not have been adequate for life on the East Coast where I now reside.
The Air Cooled cars were great in their day, but their best days are passed.
You could not be more wrong. I have an ‘81 Turbo and it’s amazing. You put in an electric a/c that is now available and it’s climate controlled like a 2024 car. Easy. And you still get all the thrills. Also, the prices back me up. If their best days were behind them, the prices wouldn’t be anywhere near where they are. You should have kept yours.
As the kids say, that's a lot of 'cope' you got there. I just got my 3.2 (now 3.5L) back from Rothsport. ITB's, short gears, lightened flywheel, LSD, etc.
I've owned a lot of hot cars in my life, but nothing touches how fun this little 911 is. It absolutely rips! I had a couple Ducati's that were up there on the fun scale, but they are a different animal.
Oh, I live in S. Florida and the car has no AC. The car is so fun it doesn't even matter.
Very nice 911 and video. In 76-77 as a 16yr old with a dream job of parking the worlds finest rides at a posh club in Miami. Using a back parking lot far from the front door allowed boys to be boys and the new air cooled 911's of the day were awesome. The rumble of that flat six and the mechanical sound of the valvetrain, the squat of the rear end, the torque as you grabbed second.... Been in some fast cars but the 911 is the coolest!
Great video, I feel the same about my ‘88 Carrera. Your articles about your car and the purchase are what initially inspired me to buy my car back in 2017. Thank you. My late teen early 20’s children also love it. I’ll never sell it.
So happy that you still love the 911 David and happy I sold it to someone who loves it. Was that really that long ago you got it from me?
You drove Jeff Lane’s 911 !! His museum is insane . Love that place
A friend of mine has let me drive the several of the Porsche 911's he has owned. The front fenders keep you so focused forward while you are driving.
Excellent
just needs H4s!
I have owned probably 2 dozen 356, 912 and 911's including a 1982 930 Turbo up to a 1987 Carrera Targa, Guards Red of course. Loved them all but NONE of them had decent a/c or any kind of decent heat or windshield defrost capability short of killing me with carbon monoxide and even then you couldn't get windows to clear up or have decent heat on a very cold morning and once I hit a deep water puddle in the rain and the whole inside of the car instantly filled with fog, insane. The G50 of the 1987 Carrera was like shifting in molasses when very cold, much worse than the 915 transaxle.
Love that you have a roof rack.
Did you change the whale tail for a Duck Tail spoiler? I read your the article today in my latest edition of CM. Well written. I thought Lane Motor Museum was in Nashville. Maybe I read that wrong. Where you purchased it. I love these cars! God bless
Yes when I sold it to David it had a factory turbo tail. He added the ducktail
Great car.
Air cool life 😎
You could get SCs for like 10-15K in OK shape in 2010s; but these days good luck finding anything below 30K.
The cost to maintain one of these old ones, unless you know how to do it is prohibitive, if you use it as daily driver. They need constant adjustments and care, as they are like clocks. Specialized mechanics ask you 100+ per hour just to work on it, so better learn how to do the work yourself, if you don't have a large wallet.
Parts are easy to find but expensive... Again, this is not a car like others where you can enjoy it at a modest price... This is a car that has been over-inflated in terms of costs so everyone can make a huge profit out of it in terms of aftermarket sales.
Which is sad... There is a difference between classics and artificially gate cars just to make them inaccessible to create a sort of magical aura around them.
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couldnt put it any better myself and i dont even own a 911 or a porsche for that matter 👍
As a porsche owner it sounds like you are due for a valve adjustment.
Was? My fatass WB with under 50k miles still is, always will be! Lets Go!
does anyone recognize the insanity of the logic of identifying as caretaker for perishable commodity but neglecting responsibility for the natural world? the automobile is a scourge of humanity
Why???
The diesel truck that delivers your trinkets off Amazon does more harm than a classic car that gets several thousand miles per year at most.
Nice hammer and sickle, the symbol most representative of repression of the human spirit and many many lives lost due to disobedience.
@@rdargenio 9/11 was a demonstration of what rest of world thinks of USA. justifiable universal hatred. you're delusional
you're doing no favors to your cause, which is also a lost one. turns out being insufferable and sanctimonious doesn't change minds.
An engine rebuild at 130k miles on such a low HP car is OK? That’s laughable. Stop,making up excuse . I love them too, but let’s get serious. How much is an engine rebuilt on these ?
The engines on these car routinely go about 150k miles or more on a top end. A top end, pistons, cylinders,and heads runs around 10 to 12k. A full split case rebuild could cost as much as 20k but will then easily cover 150k miles and if the correct and best quality parts, ARP studs and such are used they can cover more than 200k with only regular service needed
Great video brother!
anyway i can get your email?
would love to send you something!