This is my 36 years-old Porsche 944 S (1988) and I love it.
The 944 on my favorite mountain road.
I've been a fan of Porsches since being a kid, so I always wanted to own one.
The 911 were a bit out of reach (and got even worse), so I looked for the next best thing at acceptable prices - the 944. I kept an eye on the market, and I found an apparently nice one 300 km away. Hopped on the train with a one way ticket and returned driving a 944.
I also sold my motorcycle around the same time...
I planned to keep it for a few months, have a bit of fun, mark the "owned a Porsche" checkbox and then sell it, but I ended up enjoying the car so much that I still have it 11 years later, with no intentions of selling it even though 944 prices have been climbing since I got it.
It's not perfect, it has its scuffs and patina, but it's in pretty good condition.
It's a Zermatt Silver car (silver metallic with bronze-ish hues), without the sunroof, with black leather interior and not much more. I like to think that the lack of extras makes it lighter. Who needs air conditioning?
Black interior with the characteristic Porsche smell.
Porsche built about 13.000 units of the 944 S between 1987 and 1988, roughly 8.800 units went to the US market and the remaining 4.200 were allocated to the rest of world. While not the most the desirable version of the 944, the S version is still somewhat rare. In Portugal alone only 7 units were sold (mine is not one them, since it's originally a car from France).