1990 Porsche 944 S2

This beautiful example of the S2 Cabriolet has been in the current owner’s care for the past two years and is only (reluctantly) for sale as he has lost his garage space to an older classic.

It has completed a total of 113,000 miles and has a superb service history. The current owner is one of those who isn't keen on taking a car apart and completing major works himself, but who likes to tinker and fix the little things that often get forgotten. With a new MOT, it is now a cracking example ready for a summer's worth of fun.

As the owner himself says: “I’ve owned many Porsches and this era was a time when these cars were so well engineered nothing comes close! Simply turn the heat control switch and the stiffness and sound make you realise these cars are special and no expense was spared in building them.”

The Guards Red paintwork is in very good condition, thanks, in part, to a recent high quality respray of the rear of the car following professional repairs to both rear lower wings and both doors due to minor scratching. The only mark is a small, barely noticeable scratch above the nearside front wheel. The panels all line up well with even gaps. 

The electric folding roof is also in very good condition, being wind and watertight and free of rips, holes and tears.

A previous owner worked for Motorola and wielded the power of his staff discount card to get a very nice Bluetooth head unit, reversing sensors and a neat LED light near the ignition switch fitted. These, plus electric seats and the non-original RS steering wheel that has been fitted (the original is available with the car) help lift the feel of this example from Germanic austerity to grand touring luxury.

Condition-wise all is good too, with no untoward wear, scuffs, cracks or other damage other than a small area of the carpet on the driver’s side, which is worn.

The seller advises that all of the interior works exactly as it should, this being a very well-cared for example.

The owner tells us that the car is in very good mechanical condition having just been serviced. It has also had a new clutch - including the release bearing, and both master and slave cylinders - fitted along with new camshaft timing belt, fan and power steering belts and a new battery in its recent past. The brake fluid has also been recently replaced.

It has been judiciously upgraded with the fitment of a Green Power cone air filter to help it breath more easily and, hopefully, liberate a few extra horses. That it also endows the car with a lovely induction rasp is probably purely coincidental…

There are just a couple of minor problems for the new owner to sort. The first is the 1990s alarm, which can sometimes take a couple of goes to arm but always works. The second is even more trivial; the exhaust baffles rattle a bit at very high revs. While perfectionists would probably want to sort both issues out straightaway, we’d probably live with them until they became overwhelmingly annoying.

The vehicle comes with a stamped service history book and a thick wedge of old MOT certificates and old bills. It also comes with the original sales invoice for £37,775.24, minus, of course, an allowance of £6,750 for his part-exchange Golf GTI cabriolet; the first owner was clearly living the yuppie dream, and is probably driving a Bentley by now...

In addition to the comprehensive history folder, this Porsche has an impressive online history having only failed two of the past 11 MOT tests; once due to high carbon monoxide emissions and once for insufficient windscreen washer fluids. Not bad for a car that’s fast approaching 30, is it?

Please visit the Gallery section of this listing where you will find over 80 photos including an display of the pertinent parts of this Porsche's service history.

Please note that if you complete an HPI check on this registration number, the system flags up that there is a write-off in the history. On discovering this recently, the owner hurriedly completed a full HPI check and found that, many years ago, this number was on a SEAT that was written off. Complete False Alarm. No need to worry about this car's provenance. A copy of this HPI is in the Records section.

The price of Porsche 944s is on the rise and starting to reflect that of its contemporaries in the Porsche range, so the guide price of £10-11,000 seems very reasonable to us. With a complete and fully documented service history, this is your chance to own a fast appreciating classic that would be happy doing double-duty as a show classic and high-days-and-holidays convertible sports car.

(Of course, the reserve for this car is set even lower than the reasonable guide price, which means you might just be able to snaffle a bit of a bargain...)

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