dennisnl

I've been in the market for a 928 for some time and now have 2 options available to me.
The first is a 1987 manual with 130000 km. Timing belt and water pump have not been changed and there is a leak in the steering system. Otherwise, well maintained.
The second is a1987 automatic with 260000 km. All service is up to date.
Both cars are very clean. The automatic is $3500 more.
Which car do you think has the best long term value?
Thanks for your input.

joejoe

Long term value .... the manual (when maintenance done)

hlee96

Manual with lower KMs. No question. Services can be done, lower miles and manual cannot be undone (without too much cheating).
Drops mike....

dennisnl

Thanks for the replies. That is the way I'm leaning. Now I'll have to be a little more patient and get to work.

linderpat

I third the motion for the manual, plus the lower miles. But what are the cosmetics like on both? That matters too.

Michael Benno

NoVector

Ref "Timing belt and water pump have not been changed" Do you mean ever, or just not within the past 5 years? If it's the former, my spider senses doubt "Otherwise, well maintained."

SteveG

+1. That might mean they just changed the oil; far more important is the coolant. If the belt has never been changed, it would be a gamble to drive it all.

dennisnl

Cosmetics on the manual are excellent. No dings or scratches. Never painted. no cracks on dash or seats. All original including radio. Always garaged.

Regarding previous service, I waiting on the documentation from the owner (they are on vacation). They are the second owner. They have told me that previous owner owned a high end shop in another city so I hope that bodes well for service. We will see.

NoVector

When you receive the documentation, here's the link to the 1987 owner's manual. If you go to page 24 you'll find the maintenance schedule. You can then gauge if they were keeping up on stuff - hopefully they were. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzC...WFi/view?hl=en

dennisnl

That's great! Thanks for the help.
I'll keep you posted. They are due to return at the end of the month.

chamilka

80k miles manual vs 161k miles Auto. And the price diff is only $3500?. I would go with the manual and get a full timing belt service done.

hlee96

The auto with more miles actually costs $3500 more, that's the fun fact!

polecat702

These cars are GT's, not sports cars. I prefer the automatic, after driving Semis, and my other collector cars are mostly manuals. It'll be yours, do what suits you the best.

Personally, I'd pick the manual, with lower miles, and they didn't build that many, so It'll be worth more down the road. Have fun, good luck!

BTW, the deferred maintenance will eat up that $3500.00 pretty fast if you farm out the work.

Red Flash

^^^^ This! No record of timing belt change means NOT otherwise well-maintained. It just cannot be that somebody that knows how to maintain a 928 would not record this!

That having been said all indications would point to the manual for me as well. I just don't buy the "otherwise well-maintained" comment!