Josh Lewis

Mazda have been hard at work trying to get us to forget about the wonderfully bonkers Mazdaspeed3 that was on sale from 2007 until 2013. The first generation car was a fun and rewarding little turbo hot hatch, but then the second generation came out in 2010 and turned the world upside down. The updated 2.3-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder put 263 horsepower and 280 lb-ft of torque to the road. Or, well, it tried to anyway.

Sunday, July 4th, I spent the day washing my cars. Well, except for the ’97 M3, Its paint is so shitty that it would be useless to wash it. Anyway, my 17-year-old neighbor rolled by while I was washing my cars and asked if I knew a mechanic. I asked him what for, and he told me he needed to do some work on his first car. He worked his ass off mowing lawns and other odd jobs in the neighborhood and saved up to buy a 1995 Honda Prelude manual, but it needs a little work.

Back on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 11:23 in the morning I got a text from my dad that read, “How about this?” with a few pictures of a little red Porsche 944 S2. The odometer read 112,800 miles, and the interior looked insanely good. As a preface: I have always wanted a 944, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve talked to 944 and 944 Turbo owners about buying one. Years ago, between the years of 2005 and 2012 I toiled with buying one. I wanted one so badly.