Otto Mechanic

That's a well priced car. My guess is it will not be on the market long. I would not be careful about checking service records at that price. I would offer $7000 and I'd mean it.

hacker-pschorr

Value threads are entertaining.

This Audi powered 924 sold for $8,470:
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Archi...24-COUPE-16033

This "S" reached a high bid of $6k:
https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/FL0...Coupe/5-Speed/


Then you have eBay completed listings:

$5,500:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-Porsche...p2047675.l2557

$6,100:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Porsche...p2047675.l2557

$12,865.43:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Porsche...p2047675.l2557


Is it a good deal? If the car checks out and you really want one.......that's the bigger question.

I hate the arguments: "You could get X for the same or less money" - who cares? You could make that same argument for any car. On that same mentality it's less than a new Kia....which would you rather have? I'll take the 924 over the Kia.

I think the 924 is the hidden gem of the Porsche world for people not caught up in the status of some other model. Lighter and simpler than the equivalent 944.....I've always seen the 924 (any version) the big brother to cars like the Subaru BRZ.

Offer him $6,500 and see what happens.

67King

Top one apparently did not sell, as it is back up on ebay with 0 bids at $4500. Second one is an electric car......not really a fair comparison. And I guess you got me on the 20,000 mile car.

Either of you want to buy a race car? Cost to do this car would probably exceed $70K. This week only, $69,995!

V996

That last one is probably the best, one of the lowest mile 924S's on the planet. Sometimes the cream of the crop can attract ridiculous prices. I'll admit I'd probably pay 10k for that if all the rubber was in new condition and it drove like new as advertised. I'd rather buy that than a 2013 Civic or something for sure, lol.

BoulderGeek

Speaking of "Is it a good deal?" this is the first six-figure plus 951 I have ever seen:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-944-...m=391133878439



Anyone here stepping up?

Otto Mechanic

And that's the point isn't it? If you find a car that's had all the nits picked and is ready to go, you should expect to pay a premium for it.

Race cars are different. They're experimental and they aren't necessarily what the manufacturer built. You're maybe a little safer building a car to a Porsche Motorsports specification (e.g. the 924 GTS/R) but its' still risky, the buyer needs to trust you really did it. Receipts can help. But if you decide to run off into the weeds you can spend a lot of money and have nothing to show for it but trophies (if you're good) and honestly, unless you're a famous driver that's not going to help either.

Build a 944 Firehawk replica and race it, there's where you get payback. Not in the market. Most folks in that game like building their own cars, but you and I both know you can buy a race car for less than half what it costs to build one.

Otto Mechanic

If there was an elite 944 it would be either the 89 Turbo S or the S2. Last year a very well maintained Turbo S went for $70K at private auction, you have to remember that the really high end stuff doesn't show up on eBay, you need to watch the Hemmings reports to see where the high end is. My guess is there's a real possibility that car might go for 6 figures. If this one doesn't, the next one will. S2 Firehawks are also going up, and not all of them were built by Porsche Motorsports...

V996

God damn.

I'll admit, it's a bit tempting to own something that close to what it would have been to walk on the lot and get one in the 80s.

Otto Mechanic

Why not look for one from the 70's?

I know I mentioned already that taking a stock car far from production didn't always work, and this might be an example, but you need to consider that the only factory built 916 ever imported to the US is currently on the market for $495,000. This isn't an example of a spec 916 by any stretch of the imagination, but the seller appears to think it may have some value over and above the cost of parts:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5005043236.html

Forgetting it's a little on the pug ugly side (paint) and it isn't a 914-6 anymore, it is expensive?

As far as I can tell from the description this is a replica of a 916 without the front and rear bumper bodywork. It isn't a stock 914-6, it's a GT build based on a 914-6 chassis. The steel 916 flairs have been added, the engine isn't the 2.4L 911S that was put in the factory 916. It is in fact a homebrewed street legal hybrid. And the owner is asking a lousy $85K for it, as compared to ~$500K for the real deal.

My bet is this car probably outperforms the Porsche Motorsports 916. Is the seller asking too much money? Until you've driven this car you won't ever know, but based on my experience, he isn't

odurandina

I'm wondering if Otto will be saved by the V8 (at the 11th hour) before his 944 dreams
are scattered to the winds by the douche Audi motor/s sitting under the bonnet.




























































aww come on..... I kidd. I kidd.

Otto Mechanic

Cue Bill the Cat noise: "Thhhpppppt!"

You and your mutant LSx 944 will meet the Bat Mobile one day! And there will be blood!

I'm thinking about signing up for the Laguna Seca GGR PCA meet this season? I may not have the money, and I've promissed to never track the 928 again, but it might be worth it just for the fun If we didn't live on different coasts I'm pretty sure I'd appreciate hearing your 944 mod experiences in great detail over several beverages ...

odurandina

I'm....... i wouldn't be so sure about that.

as i write this posting, I'm find myself few blocks from Newport Beach.

(the place where The Wedge was giant the past couple of days).....

in fact, I've been here darn near close to 2 months..... and

and if things go according to plans, the car might very well be joining me HERE in a few days.

Otto Mechanic

Surfers.

I used to surf. That was before I busted my *** falling off a horse.

Live fast. Die young. Make a beautiful corpse. All that stuff

odurandina

the surf was heavy yesterday and today.....

reminded me of a lot of epic surf days I stole from Mainland Mex over the years....

and i only damn near died once.

it was a day in the spring of 2005 at this epic secret spot called Venenos on Joaquin Escobar's Ranch, 8 miles north of the Tropic of Cancer in the middle of knowwhere....

rising swell jacked to giant proportions and I was taking 20 wave sets and 25 feet of whitewater on the head with no safe harbor....

just a no-longer visible narrow channel in between two horrible boneyards.

somehow managed to find it after getting pounded within an inch of my life as darkness descended.


this one will give you an idea of what the big southern hemi swells do when they slam in (south of the border)....

happened yesterday, a few waves for the ages... somewhere in Mainland Mex.....

http://www.surfline.com/surflinetv/f...condido_127013

Otto Mechanic

Now I know where all that prose poetry comes from. My place is about 30 miles SE of Mavericks as the crow flies. My surfing days are well and truly over but they never leave you.