erics944

I have to sell my '86 944. I need the money. Got a little crazy last year and bought just about anything I wanted. Now I have to pay for my wedding and need to pay off my debt.

So, I have been researching to find the value of my car, and I have found a wide range of prices. What is a reasonable asking price for my car? '86 944na, aprox. 59,000 original miles, automatic, no cracks in the dash or seats, no rust, plenty of life left on the tires, receipts back to 2000.

Scott at Team Harco

Sell the Exploder!

erics944

I would but, I owe more than it is worth.

Scott at Team Harco

Yep - I hate when that happens...

'88-924S

If you haven't put in more $ into the Porsche than it's worth than you either haven't had it long enough or you don't drive it enough!
I'd say $5000, maybe $6000 off the top of my head. For reference I bought my car with 41k orig. miles with perfect mechanicals and dinged exterior and wet rotted driver's seat from rain for $4k two years ago. I paid a fair amount but it wasn't a deal by any means. The 944 is more desirable and the auto trans opens up the market, but also closes it for others. The limited paper trail also hurts, people pay big bucks for the accurate history of the car, especially if it's from the sale date.
Just my .02 Good luck selling if you have to. I imagine you'd get a great response from autotrader.com.

erics944

I have had it on autotrader.com for almost a week now and haven't heard anything.

Dave

The automatic is the problem, it kills the value. It's been mentioned in a lot of posts that location is a deciding factor in the value of a 944 and I've added that the NYC area is at the expensive end of the range, a clean NA here can bring $6-7000 with a 5 speed but an auto won't go for much more than half that amount. There's a little used car place up the street from me, they have a VERY clean 924S automatic with 63k on the clock, asking price is $4900, it's been there for over a year and at that price it will be there for a while longer.

97xray

Sorry to say, Rochester isn't the best market for a local sale. I grew up in the Finger Lakes, and have friends that now work and live in Rochester.
I would bet you get 3 or 4K for it, and that sucks... but that's the market right now.

erics944

If i am unable to sell it in a couple weeks I may decide to part it out. Financially that is probably the best way to go.

Chris_924s

WAY too nice to part out.. did you try Rennlist classifieds??

The auto is a nice daily driver- I should know. It can always be converted to manual.

I would think 5-6K is about right.

Carrera51

Eric:
Sorry you have to sell it. My father-in-law may be looking for one. He lives in Canadaigua so he's close. I called him about it and emailed him the link to your autotrader ad.

Serge944

You CAN get 5k. But you will have to wait a very long time for the right buyer. Auto 944s are fairly hard to sell, and they are valued less than manual cars. Put it up for 4500 and work your way down from there.

Sasquatch

Ditch fiance, keep Porsche. Buy newer Porsche from money saved by not having wife and future sprogs.

Worked for me.

silverBean

Sasquatch, good thinking!!

Sasquatch

I must qualify this. I do in fact have a wife, but she loves Porsches as much as I do. She also lets me have any toy that my heart desires as long as we can afford it. And we will NEVER breed.