LeMons Good/Bad Idea of the Week: Character-Building Porsches

At first blush, the Porsche 944 (and its Audi/VW-engined pseudo-predecessor, the 924) looks like an ideal candidate for 24 Hours of LeMons racing. You can find cosmetically challenged examples for scrap-metal prices in all regions of the country, you get respectable horsepower coupled with near-50/50 weight balance, and plenty of LeMons drivers have extensive 924/944 track experience. And yet, well, this race series has a way of highlighting the gulf that can exist between on-paper expectations and reality. Read full story » from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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