Poll; What do you have into your 928 in $ & What do you think you could sell it for?
08-05-2009, 08:10 PM
#76
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Paid $5,000: Put in about $3500 so far (T-belt/WP and other small maintenance items, tires, many misc. things incl. short-shifter, momo steering wheel, stereo, etc.).
Would sell for $100,000... maybe. I love driving and looking at my car way too much to even think about selling for less.
Would sell for $100,000... maybe. I love driving and looking at my car way too much to even think about selling for less.
08-07-2009, 01:21 AM
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The cars always worth what someone will pay. That seems to apply to these cars in particular.
08-07-2009, 04:34 PM
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By the time I'm done with my 89 auto S4, the project will be responsible for pushing the Dow to 15,000, creating tens of thousands of jobs & at least doubling the salaries that psychiatrists currently entertain as well as probably having a similar effect on several pharmaceutical concerns. You know - supply and demand sort of thing...
rofl
Still like it. Just can't allow anyone else to ever touch it again. Ever...
Nick - 89S4
rofl
Still like it. Just can't allow anyone else to ever touch it again. Ever...
Nick - 89S4
08-08-2009, 07:09 PM
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No history for its first 60,000 miles.
60,000 - 283,000 from the bills that came with the car, 30k.
Me, not much so far, only had the car 2 yrs..... but that will change, can already feel it in my water. LOL
60,000 - 283,000 from the bills that came with the car, 30k.
Me, not much so far, only had the car 2 yrs..... but that will change, can already feel it in my water. LOL
08-09-2009, 05:42 AM
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I have invested more than just money into my car. I have invested heart and soul into a car that should, nay, I say, will, live beyond my years. My daughters will ulitmately own my cars, not just the 928 and will know them not for the $ put into them but for the mere fact that so many hands, to include mine, so many lives, so many miles have passed over and through these cars.
It is but of appreciation of the unappreciated, of love of the unloved, of the recognized of the unrecognized that I own, invest in, maintain and enjoy my cars. Whatever the number of dollars I put into these cars is never comensurate with the pleasure I derive in their uniqueness, high engineering and unheralded performance. For when the time comes and I am no longer here, those that are will recognize the effort and affection I afforded one of the world's great dismissed engineering achievements. In this my daughters will rub wax over the 928's paint in the same manner as I do, they will know that when Dad is no longer here evidence of something tangible, something they can touch that I have touched will still be here. They shall appreciate these cars because their father who loved and cared for them as his children also exended a different but critical level of care towards something mechanical.. That is they should derive benefit in their own uniqueness and not fall prey to that which is fad, popular or contrite, but rather relish in their uniqueness like these cars. In this there is no amount of money invested that people will remember about this car. What they will remember, I hope, is these cars, my cars, represent something good, something notable and unique, they will see and experience a part of me that was and continues to be despite my absence. Not in some narcisistic way but in fact a humble proof of my past presence.
I guess rather than wonder how much money we put into these cars it is more important to understand why. They are like children. Some of us have cars that behave well, are easy to coax to our expectations while others of us have defiant, difficult, almost antagonistic relationships with our cars. Too me, all potentials are a gift, a challenge to make a positive difference. In this, my cars have their own personalities just like my children, but they are after all dependent upon my influence. I choose whether they are a pleasurable challenge or a burden.
My daughters and my cars are wonderful challenges. And it is my fervent hope all succeed me in this life. And if they do, my legacy shall be in their steller performance and ongoing positive accomplishment against the norm.
So the question "What do you have into your 928 in $ & What do you think you could sell it for? " really has no relevance to me. It is rather like asking "What have you spent on your children and do you think it has been worth it?" It is either a question not worthy of an answer or incapable of providing an answer to if you love your children. Similarily it is a question not worthy of an answer if you LOVE the 928, your 928, and see it as a golden moment in life to have lived in such a way, under some random positive fate, that has afforded you the opportunity to own, no that is never the appropriate term, to be a 928's temporal caretaker, as opposed to having been born in Cambodia during the reign of the Kmer Rouge. Hell, we on this forum are so blessed, fortunate, lucky and I say in some cases, undeserving of the opportunity, right and good fortune to own a 928.
We are fortunate beyond compare to any third world existence. We did nothing to be born where we were. Life is so incredibly random. Me? I measure my investment in my cars by the number of smiles, positive thoughts, fantasies I have regarding them. So too, I ever try to accept the random fortune of that which is my lot in this life, living in this time, in this place, with the luxury to say I own a 928. Whimsical? Head in the clouds? Too much wine late at night? Some would say yes, but me, I am not a dreamer at all but the most acidic realist. If you feel ike you've spent too much money on your 928 you have. If you feel like you have great circumstance and fortune to live in a time and place that you can own a 928 then you have. What do you feel? what question is relevant to you?
Enough from paradise..... while we await hurricane Felicia.. Isn't life grand, isn't life a great test, great challenge, great adventure.
Dan H. out.
It is but of appreciation of the unappreciated, of love of the unloved, of the recognized of the unrecognized that I own, invest in, maintain and enjoy my cars. Whatever the number of dollars I put into these cars is never comensurate with the pleasure I derive in their uniqueness, high engineering and unheralded performance. For when the time comes and I am no longer here, those that are will recognize the effort and affection I afforded one of the world's great dismissed engineering achievements. In this my daughters will rub wax over the 928's paint in the same manner as I do, they will know that when Dad is no longer here evidence of something tangible, something they can touch that I have touched will still be here. They shall appreciate these cars because their father who loved and cared for them as his children also exended a different but critical level of care towards something mechanical.. That is they should derive benefit in their own uniqueness and not fall prey to that which is fad, popular or contrite, but rather relish in their uniqueness like these cars. In this there is no amount of money invested that people will remember about this car. What they will remember, I hope, is these cars, my cars, represent something good, something notable and unique, they will see and experience a part of me that was and continues to be despite my absence. Not in some narcisistic way but in fact a humble proof of my past presence.
I guess rather than wonder how much money we put into these cars it is more important to understand why. They are like children. Some of us have cars that behave well, are easy to coax to our expectations while others of us have defiant, difficult, almost antagonistic relationships with our cars. Too me, all potentials are a gift, a challenge to make a positive difference. In this, my cars have their own personalities just like my children, but they are after all dependent upon my influence. I choose whether they are a pleasurable challenge or a burden.
My daughters and my cars are wonderful challenges. And it is my fervent hope all succeed me in this life. And if they do, my legacy shall be in their steller performance and ongoing positive accomplishment against the norm.
So the question "What do you have into your 928 in $ & What do you think you could sell it for? " really has no relevance to me. It is rather like asking "What have you spent on your children and do you think it has been worth it?" It is either a question not worthy of an answer or incapable of providing an answer to if you love your children. Similarily it is a question not worthy of an answer if you LOVE the 928, your 928, and see it as a golden moment in life to have lived in such a way, under some random positive fate, that has afforded you the opportunity to own, no that is never the appropriate term, to be a 928's temporal caretaker, as opposed to having been born in Cambodia during the reign of the Kmer Rouge. Hell, we on this forum are so blessed, fortunate, lucky and I say in some cases, undeserving of the opportunity, right and good fortune to own a 928.
We are fortunate beyond compare to any third world existence. We did nothing to be born where we were. Life is so incredibly random. Me? I measure my investment in my cars by the number of smiles, positive thoughts, fantasies I have regarding them. So too, I ever try to accept the random fortune of that which is my lot in this life, living in this time, in this place, with the luxury to say I own a 928. Whimsical? Head in the clouds? Too much wine late at night? Some would say yes, but me, I am not a dreamer at all but the most acidic realist. If you feel ike you've spent too much money on your 928 you have. If you feel like you have great circumstance and fortune to live in a time and place that you can own a 928 then you have. What do you feel? what question is relevant to you?
Enough from paradise..... while we await hurricane Felicia.. Isn't life grand, isn't life a great test, great challenge, great adventure.
Dan H. out.
08-09-2009, 01:07 PM
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Too much in it
Only would sell it if the price is right
Just put another 5k in it
Its covered for 28k
Bought from original owner back in 1994
Since I bought it back in 1994 it never seen a winter and never seen the rain
68,000 miles
87s4 auto
fs?maybe if 20k+
Only would sell it if the price is right
Just put another 5k in it
Its covered for 28k
Bought from original owner back in 1994
Since I bought it back in 1994 it never seen a winter and never seen the rain
68,000 miles
87s4 auto
fs?maybe if 20k+
08-09-2009, 10:53 PM
#86
Damn Dan, that should also be on a plaque. It's exactly how my daughter is being brought up.
I have invested more than just money into my car. I have invested heart and soul into a car that should, nay, I say, will, live beyond my years. My daughters will ulitmately own my cars, not just the 928 and will know them not for the $ put into them but for the mere fact that so many hands, to include mine, so many lives, so many miles have passed over and through these cars.
It is but of appreciation of the unappreciated, of love of the unloved, of the recognized of the unrecognized that I own, invest in, maintain and enjoy my cars. Whatever the number of dollars I put into these cars is never comensurate with the pleasure I derive in their uniqueness, high engineering and unheralded performance. For when the time comes and I am no longer here, those that are will recognize the effort and affection I afforded one of the world's great dismissed engineering achievements. In this my daughters will rub wax over the 928's paint in the same manner as I do, they will know that when Dad is no longer here evidence of something tangible, something they can touch that I have touched will still be here. They shall appreciate these cars because their father who loved and cared for them as his children also exended a different but critical level of care towards something mechanical.. That is they should derive benefit in their own uniqueness and not fall prey to that which is fad, popular or contrite, but rather relish in their uniqueness like these cars. In this there is no amount of money invested that people will remember about this car. What they will remember, I hope, is these cars, my cars, represent something good, something notable and unique, they will see and experience a part of me that was and continues to be despite my absence. Not in some narcisistic way but in fact a humble proof of my past presence.
I guess rather than wonder how much money we put into these cars it is more important to understand why. They are like children. Some of us have cars that behave well, are easy to coax to our expectations while others of us have defiant, difficult, almost antagonistic relationships with our cars. Too me, all potentials are a gift, a challenge to make a positive difference. In this, my cars have their own personalities just like my children, but they are after all dependent upon my influence. I choose whether they are a pleasurable challenge or a burden.
My daughters and my cars are wonderful challenges. And it is my fervent hope all succeed me in this life. And if they do, my legacy shall be in their steller performance and ongoing positive accomplishment against the norm.
So the question "What do you have into your 928 in $ & What do you think you could sell it for? " really has no relevance to me. It is rather like asking "What have you spent on your children and do you think it has been worth it?" It is either a question not worthy of an answer or incapable of providing an answer to if you love your children. Similarily it is a question not worthy of an answer if you LOVE the 928, your 928, and see it as a golden moment in life to have lived in such a way, under some random positive fate, that has afforded you the opportunity to own, no that is never the appropriate term, to be a 928's temporal caretaker, as opposed to having been born in Cambodia during the reign of the Kmer Rouge. Hell, we on this forum are so blessed, fortunate, lucky and I say in some cases, undeserving of the opportunity, right and good fortune to own a 928.
We are fortunate beyond compare to any third world existence. We did nothing to be born where we were. Life is so incredibly random. Me? I measure my investment in my cars by the number of smiles, positive thoughts, fantasies I have regarding them. So too, I ever try to accept the random fortune of that which is my lot in this life, living in this time, in this place, with the luxury to say I own a 928. Whimsical? Head in the clouds? Too much wine late at night? Some would say yes, but me, I am not a dreamer at all but the most acidic realist. If you feel ike you've spent too much money on your 928 you have. If you feel like you have great circumstance and fortune to live in a time and place that you can own a 928 then you have. What do you feel? what question is relevant to you?
Enough from paradise..... while we await hurricane Felicia.. Isn't life grand, isn't life a great test, great challenge, great adventure.
Dan H. out.
It is but of appreciation of the unappreciated, of love of the unloved, of the recognized of the unrecognized that I own, invest in, maintain and enjoy my cars. Whatever the number of dollars I put into these cars is never comensurate with the pleasure I derive in their uniqueness, high engineering and unheralded performance. For when the time comes and I am no longer here, those that are will recognize the effort and affection I afforded one of the world's great dismissed engineering achievements. In this my daughters will rub wax over the 928's paint in the same manner as I do, they will know that when Dad is no longer here evidence of something tangible, something they can touch that I have touched will still be here. They shall appreciate these cars because their father who loved and cared for them as his children also exended a different but critical level of care towards something mechanical.. That is they should derive benefit in their own uniqueness and not fall prey to that which is fad, popular or contrite, but rather relish in their uniqueness like these cars. In this there is no amount of money invested that people will remember about this car. What they will remember, I hope, is these cars, my cars, represent something good, something notable and unique, they will see and experience a part of me that was and continues to be despite my absence. Not in some narcisistic way but in fact a humble proof of my past presence.
I guess rather than wonder how much money we put into these cars it is more important to understand why. They are like children. Some of us have cars that behave well, are easy to coax to our expectations while others of us have defiant, difficult, almost antagonistic relationships with our cars. Too me, all potentials are a gift, a challenge to make a positive difference. In this, my cars have their own personalities just like my children, but they are after all dependent upon my influence. I choose whether they are a pleasurable challenge or a burden.
My daughters and my cars are wonderful challenges. And it is my fervent hope all succeed me in this life. And if they do, my legacy shall be in their steller performance and ongoing positive accomplishment against the norm.
So the question "What do you have into your 928 in $ & What do you think you could sell it for? " really has no relevance to me. It is rather like asking "What have you spent on your children and do you think it has been worth it?" It is either a question not worthy of an answer or incapable of providing an answer to if you love your children. Similarily it is a question not worthy of an answer if you LOVE the 928, your 928, and see it as a golden moment in life to have lived in such a way, under some random positive fate, that has afforded you the opportunity to own, no that is never the appropriate term, to be a 928's temporal caretaker, as opposed to having been born in Cambodia during the reign of the Kmer Rouge. Hell, we on this forum are so blessed, fortunate, lucky and I say in some cases, undeserving of the opportunity, right and good fortune to own a 928.
We are fortunate beyond compare to any third world existence. We did nothing to be born where we were. Life is so incredibly random. Me? I measure my investment in my cars by the number of smiles, positive thoughts, fantasies I have regarding them. So too, I ever try to accept the random fortune of that which is my lot in this life, living in this time, in this place, with the luxury to say I own a 928. Whimsical? Head in the clouds? Too much wine late at night? Some would say yes, but me, I am not a dreamer at all but the most acidic realist. If you feel ike you've spent too much money on your 928 you have. If you feel like you have great circumstance and fortune to live in a time and place that you can own a 928 then you have. What do you feel? what question is relevant to you?
Enough from paradise..... while we await hurricane Felicia.. Isn't life grand, isn't life a great test, great challenge, great adventure.
Dan H. out.
08-09-2009, 11:12 PM
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65000.00 into it PO another 45000.00 excluding purchase price of 68000.00
org. window sticker
every bill and record from brand new.
every key, book, and any accessory/tool that came with the car from factory
almost every nut and bolt is new under my care.
my feeling of value? probably 20k
org. window sticker
every bill and record from brand new.
every key, book, and any accessory/tool that came with the car from factory
almost every nut and bolt is new under my care.
my feeling of value? probably 20k
08-09-2009, 11:29 PM
#88
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Dan is a man, as they say that has " SEEN THE ELEPHANT" what could anyone add to his rich and hartfelt text! Well done Dan, Well done.
08-10-2009, 12:42 AM
#89
Race Director
whats it worth???? in this economy its worth less than every before..... cars are one of those things its just about impossible to make money on.....as a rule they are lousy "investments".....downright horrible really...especially the nice ones...
For me, I invested $27k over the 5 years I owned my street 928......sold for a tad over 1/2 that recently... Which I think was a fair price, slightly better for the buyer...but the market is what it is....
My track 928 "widow" is another story altogether....picked her up for a GREAT price (so I thought).... now 1.5x the purchase price later she still doesn't run :>(.... Oh well....one day soon I hope!
For me, I invested $27k over the 5 years I owned my street 928......sold for a tad over 1/2 that recently... Which I think was a fair price, slightly better for the buyer...but the market is what it is....
My track 928 "widow" is another story altogether....picked her up for a GREAT price (so I thought).... now 1.5x the purchase price later she still doesn't run :>(.... Oh well....one day soon I hope!
08-10-2009, 08:57 PM
#90
Instructor
Maintenance costs are over $50K now, owned the car 3 years now of which I have put $10k into.
Driven almost 90,000 kilometers in that time, that totals almost 400,000 Kilometers (odometer stopped working at 303,000K's but I keep a log till it's fixed)
Haven't thought about selling the car, I would gain nothing in doing that other than giving a lucky owner a perfectly good 928 - and I do mean I'd be giving it away.
Glenn
'81 928
AU
Driven almost 90,000 kilometers in that time, that totals almost 400,000 Kilometers (odometer stopped working at 303,000K's but I keep a log till it's fixed)
Haven't thought about selling the car, I would gain nothing in doing that other than giving a lucky owner a perfectly good 928 - and I do mean I'd be giving it away.
Glenn
'81 928
AU