Living with a Porsche 944

I can’t complain really. I’ve had very little maintenance wise to do on TheHoff besides free the brakes every spring... Before the passenger window decided to go into rest mode - all the way down - I did actually manage to get in some backroad mileage on a lovely autumnal day.  I didn’t want to spoil the experience so I returned TheHoff to his quarters and enjoyed a good craft beer. The window could wait for another day. That day was today. I slipped TheHoff out of the garage - that burble is just intoxicating, ever time I fire up the 944 I smile ear to ear - and set to work removing the passenger door panel. It’s an easy task, just a series of screws and a few poppers and it’s off. With the door card off the innards are reasonably exposed. My plan was to lubricate the mechanism and sliders as I wasn’t certain yet the motor was blown. When I pressed the switch it sounded like a faint groaning was coming from the motor so I figured this was a case of being s...

This week I celebrated nine years of owning TheHoff. I had figured it was ten... not just TheHoff whose getting on... It’s been one interesting journey. When I read back on my own posts I surprise myself but I’m glad they’ve been useful  & entertaining for others too. Sometimes I need reminding of just how much I’ve actually done to this car over the ten years in my care. And it all brings a smile to my face. The Porsche 944 is such a great car. It’s good that finally they’re starting to get the kudos they deserve. What some guys are doing to theirs is truly inspiring. This summer TheHoff passed another MOT uneventfully and I even got some good drives in, reminding myself that if I didn’t drive it, it should go to someone who would. i just need to take more and better pics... The one thing that did go ‘wromg’ recently was the odometer gear stopped working. It’s a common fault - the one toothed gear shreds itself or as in my case just disintegrates. ...