Young new dance partner--a 944 Cabrio, I wonder if the "old" 914 will be jealous Options

[PinetreePorsche]

Did it today. Picked up a v. nice all black '90 944 S2 Cabrio and drove it straight to a good 944 shop for timing belt replacement--on illegal plates! Sure steers different than my almost stock 2.0 Teener. Didn't goose it, as I don't know about the age of that belt, but guess it out-hussles the 914, but can't corner with it. Not sure I'll dance with this one for too long, but the $6.5 grand price made it worthwhile. And just about flawless! As the mechanic noted, speechless, I could flip it for double tomorrow, over 15g tuned and detailed. I'll use it for a season, 'till fall, and then decide if she's a keeper. I need it like a hole in the muffler, but I had to bite--won't get another crack at a real luxury GT car so cheap, even if it's just a fling. Guess my insurance will be up a bit. Haven't even put the top down yet. Should be out of the shop early next week.
Some of you probably wonder how I got the other half to approve. Sadly, Lost my wife to cancer 20 months ago. Hadn't planned to get even one, but have bought 3 Porsches in 18 months! ?Compensation? -I guess everyone always did say they're the next best thing to sex.
Y'all VA-MD-ers: this makes it hard to know what to drive to what event, but see you out there. And if the 9014 isn't ready to take to Hershey, maybe I'll drive this. Now to wire in an ignition kill switch. -Chris

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I could flip it for double tomorrow, over 15g tuned and detailed.

I'm gonna say probably not on that, unless it has like 20k miles. You can get into nice 968's cabs in the 12's right now. But, you might clear 2 G's if the clutch holds out for you. You should have the mechanic check your chain tensioner while its in there. A worn tensioner pad can be totally catastrophic. As in, start looking for another head and cams.

Another word of caution about 944 values, they go down every day. Every day they get older, people get more scared of them. Broken clutches are putting regular old "16 Candles" (remember the 944 in the movie????) NA's in the junkyard. Also, I know a guy that picked up a Boxster in the 12's. So now those are starting to look more attractive to the budget Porsche buyer. Either way Congrats, its a fun car. ALSO, sorry about your loss that crap hits close to home.