No affiliation, just noticed it in the local Autotrader. Not sure if it's an 86.5

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...ag=1&cardist=9

 

How close to the car's location are you?

 

Darien
Looks nice...you should check it out

 

naaa i can only see one pix, where is the rest.. i wonder if the other side of the car is straight

 

If that's the same car I almost bought in Vegas about a year ago or less, it's been wrecked on the passenger side and repainted badly. '86, silver/brown, 35K, coincidental, I doubt it! Plus, the previous owner was a smoker. But let's not jump to any conclusions here........................

Low Miler

 

It's close enough for me to look at if anyone is interested.

 

What is it worth? Was it wrecked badly? Nice car other than that?

 

If that's the same car I almost bought in Vegas about a year ago or less, it's been wrecked on the passenger side and repainted badly. '86, silver/brown, 35K, coincidental, I doubt it! Plus, the previous owner was a smoker. But let's not jump to any conclusions here........................

Todd,

You do get around!

Speaking of the plastic odometer, if someone (not so honest) who was leasing a 928 back in '86 knew about this quirk, they could totally take advantage of far exceeding the mileage limits which back then were probably 6-7,000 miles per year.

Some of us OB owners could have mileage that's off by large amounts. Emissions and logging all the data religiously is pretty recent. Only a pro would have known about "car fax" back when one actually was faxed the reports. It's funny how they stuck with the name, even though it's an anachronism now.

 

What do you mean that I don't get around? I think by now I've seen just about every possible scenerio played out. And secondly, '84 was the last easy year to disconnect the ole odometer. There was simply a plug back in the battery hatch area that if unplugged caused for your mileage, odometer and reverse lights to go out. Perfect.

Now, I never accused this seller of disconnecting the odometer. As far as I know, it's actual. My only comment was on the fact that if indeed it was the same 928 I looked into a year or so ago, that it had suffered a pretty serious accident, that's all.........................

Todd Johnson

 

For anyone interested, I spoke to the owner and he said it's the first time he's tried to sell it. It's an 86.5

VIN WP0JB0923GS862243

 

If it hasn't been wrecked, and the flexplate's OK, that's a great price for the top-of-the-line OB, IMHO.

Never trust CarFax for a clean record; get it checked out!



No rub-strips = money!

'86.5 RULES!!!

 

Scott,

Sorry, but I completely misunderstood your comment. You said "I do get around", and I thought you said the exact opposite. My bad. No harm, no foul, my friend!

 

PorKen's right. CafFax is just one tool of many. You really can't trust it. I don't think the '85S I bought 5 years ago has been listed on CarFax yet. Not sure what I have to do to get it listed...particularly with mileage. The state should have turned the stats in?

Harvey