123quattro

I would disagree. I don't see any reason in bidding until 10 seconds to go. Pick your maximum bid and see what it gets you. If you bid earlier emotion gets involved and you start to second guess yourself if it wasn't enough. Also, when people bid early the price gets driven up from people wanting to be the high bidder. Good for the seller, but bad for the buyer. And lastly, when others can continue to bid against your early bid, it gives them the chance to beat you by a couple bucks. It happens quite often.

Charley B

Mileage reported as 52000 in March of '04. Hard to believe only 2000 miles in the last 4 1/2 years.

RyanPerrella

uh thats an interesting point!

as for bidding strategies, i guess it doesnt matter when there is a reserve on it, so i guess we will see where it takes us

cold_beer839

Wonder how it got wrecked.

RyanPerrella

Its funny that so many people had this car on their radar for the simple fact that its the only cobalt 5 speed.

And here it is, in a sorry state! DAMN!

I guess though that we can all own a piece of it! Maybe someone wants to offer to pay shipping to take one of the wrecked Cobalt colored fenders so they can hang it on the wall someplace and admire it?

Shark Attack

look at the bright side. everytime one gets parted the price of yours goes up a few cents

Tom in Austin

Guy is trying to get rich on this ... look at the starting prices on ordinary interior odds and ends ...

RicerSchnitzzle

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Look at most ebay auctions bid list... Seldom if ever do the first few bidders end up winning. All they do is drive the price up.

Only time to bid early is if you want to get rid of the BuyITNOw price. placing a low bid will get rid of the BIN option, then sit back and let AUctionsniper do the rest. It cost about $0.25 a bid but it's well worth it.

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Jim bailey - 928 International

I would agree that early bids make OTHER people think it must be worth something....if you make a bid and no one else bids you might wonder just how much too much did you pay ? Maybe you could have gotten it for much less since no one else wanted it. The reason shill bidding is not allowed is because it drives up the price, an early full value bid is much the same....

IcemanG17

I would guess it will sell for around that......they are the "best" 928 5 speed.....but of course there isn't very many of them..hence the increased price

RyanPerrella

is it possibly to retrofit the oil squirting and pump to a GT trans G28/55

I believe the parts are listed in the PET. NOT that i think a GT trans is in need of it honestly.

NOTE: I contacted the buyer about the engine and told them that the thing required a new block. He didnt agree with me. I can only imagine what they are expecting to get for that engine.



With the engine, could you use another lower girdle if you machined the mains? Or would you just simply use another bare block

Jim bailey - 928 International

Since there are no oversized O D main bearings you cannot align bore the mains to a larger size to be sure that it is round . You could shave a little of the interface of the cradle and block but then the oil pump mounting hole needs to be machined and you start to mess with deck height..... That said I know of a couple engines which have had lower block cradle swaps done and the car did drive away from the shop that did it

RyanPerrella

That was my thinking Jim

I dont know how you would fix the damage to the alternator mounting. I guess they would suggest just welding it up and drilling it or something. Is that even an option?

So with there being only 1 size main bearing, it sounds like the entire block needs to be replaced as you cannot swap in another girdle.

Buyer beware

Jim bailey - 928 International

A really good aluminum welder could build it back up BUT that would be a lot of heat to get the needed penetration. Large lumps of alloy really should be heated in an oven because they transfer heat so well that it sucks it out of the weld very fast.

Vilhuer

Not possible using stock parts without changing or modifying gearbox casing. Custom parts are cheaper option.