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Dennis · Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Holland

I need a fair answer here... Im fallen in love witht the great charmes of a porsche 924. Cant help my self anymore. There is a dealer in my town who has a porsche 924S for sale from 1982. Got about 180000 Km thats about erm... 10000 miles i guess.. Now im a real newbie with porsches, and the only thing i know out the car is that i really like the looks of it. Its a rather fair price i guess its 2950 Euros. Every1 is tellin me not 2 buy the car cause its expensive in maintenace.. Now is it? or just a expensive as any other car? Plz help me out here....
Greetz Dennis

gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

First of all the car you are looking at is not a 924S. It is a Series I 924 (produced between 1976-1985 for the RoW). It has a 125hp engine in RoW trim.

There was a version of the Series I 924 marketed as the 924S model, but it still had the 2.0L 125hp engine, and was infact a Series I 924, not a 924S with the 2.5L 944 engine.

The 924S was built for the RoW market between 1986-1988. It has a 2.5L engine from the 944, and early (944 type running gear) with the original 924 interior (the 944 and 951 got a new interior in 85/2).

Neil924 · Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 4225 Location: Canada

Dennis, make sure you do your homework!!! I got burned last year and I'm still paying for it. Run a check on the history, put it on a hoist and have a Porsche mechanic spend as much time with it as he wants. I fell in love with a 924 too and I have trouble looking at it some times just from what it cost me and knowing what it will cost me in the future.

Dennis · Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Holland

Damn.... So i aint no 924S... 924 is much cheaper to mantain isnt it? The car sale man said there was a 2.0i 5 cilinder in the car... But what is expensive? A car can cost me some money, but i dont wanna pump another 1000 in there per month...
Greetz Dennis, and regards 2 peepz answerin me

Dennis · Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 3 Location: Holland

Damn.... So i aint no 924S... 924 is much cheaper to mantain isnt it? The car sale man said there was a 2.0i 5 cilinder in the car... But what is expensive? A car can cost me some money, but i dont wanna pump another 1000 in there per month...
Greetz Dennis, and regards 2 peepz answerin me

924 turbo · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 10:52 pm Post subject:

It's a 2.0L 4-cylinder, not a 5-cylinder. The 924 is considerably (probably 50% or more) cheaper to maintain than a 924S. I couldn't tell you if that is a fair price or not, but 924's in the US generally sell for $1000-$2500.
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78 924 N/a · Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 769 Location: Pacific N.W.

You should get a Turbo, much more fun!

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1978 924 n/a