Jadz928

Trip..

To put it simple, I have enough to buy the car, I still have my original 4500 budget, but the wife says I can play with some of the tax return, but I don't have enough that I can buy a better car.

If I hadn't just bought 2 cars for my 16 year olds, I wouldn't be in this situation. Their cars came out of my 928 fund. They "Needed" cars more than I needed a toy. Or at least that's what I'm told.

danglerb

Six months from now when you have another $5k or $10k into this car we can go over whether or not my 3 point system system has merit. That won't be what stings, what really stings will be the nice car that turns up in the next year or whatever from now selling for half of what you have in a bad paint, bad interior, but drives OK car.

Jadz928

^^^^
Ouch!

So how much does a 2 go for?

Trip..

Yeah, I've noticed that just about everything he types is negative or derogatory in some way or another. Not just in my threads either. I guess he's just grumpy.

Thanks for your input Dangler. It must be fantastic to be you.

Landseer

So, a rather complicated 28 year-old car.
First expenditure is wheels that cost half what you feel the car is worth.

It will be interesting to see if the owner sells. I wouldn't. Car is not that rough.

Trip..

As stated above, the wheels are later down the road.

James Bailey

Trip I used to work for 928 international. I doubt that they will ever print a hardcopy catalogue again. It simply costs too much. Now it is done on line you can order your parts 24/7 . And the beard is now longer

Trip..

Man that sux about the catalog... I like to have a physical copy with me while in the can. If I take the laptop, the wife thinks I'm doing other things. Grin...

I'm glad to see I was talking with whom I thought.

Jadz928

He's the artist, or movie actor, formerly known as Jim at 928 International.

Soon he will be referred to only as a symbol.

Cosmo Kramer

$5-10K??? I think Trip does work on the car himself and I don't think he plans to gut it and restore it in the first year. Maybe tackle some important mechanical bits and the rest will be a work in progress. While I agree a more sorted car for a higher price might be more cost effective it is not what the OP is looking to spend.

For around 3K I think a running driving 5 speed Euro S is worth it. Go for it

Trip..

Thanks Cosmo!

Landseer

Same.

Jadz928

Cut 'em some slack, Chris. Think about when you bought you first house... and in your mind you had built a theatre, indoor pool, wall-to-wall tile and hardwood, 5 car garage with lift. And then you woke up. Good dreams are good inspiration.

atb

There's a sense about some people that post on rennlist that unless a 928 is a killer deal from the beginning then you're making a huge mistake getting one at all. Its a bunch of rubbish.
I understand that you have a limited budget, but I can't believe that spending what you can afford for this 928 and having it go T/U on the ride home is going to be the end of the world for you. Spend what you think is fair and what you can afford to lose, then it's all gravy from there. There will always be those few that found a great deal, but 99% of us didn't. And, over time paid money to others to do work, and/or did work ourselves, and/or made upgrades, and have way more in our cars then we would ever recoup. It's called a hobby, or for some of us, an addiction. I don't know anyone who calls 928 ownership an investment.
The only situation that I don't have a lot sympathy for, is when someone buys a 928, not knowing anything about the car and not being mechanically inclined, and goes to some shop that doesn't know 928's and gets sucked dry getting a whole bunch of repairs done incorrectly, then is left with a non or poorly running car with a zero balance bank account. That's not you. You've got ability, you're here on r-list getting information, and I don't take you to be the kind of guy to fix car problems by blindly throwing money at it. If it turns out that this car has some hidden problem that you can't afford, then I'd assume you'd sell or part out, not spend money that you don't have.
There's always going to be better deal, but if this is the car you like at price you can afford to lose, go get your 928.
It's very likely you'll be with 99% of us that paid a fair price, or more, to get into their 928, paid more to catch up on deferred maintenance over time while we were learning how to work on the car (and having a blast driving them all the while), and then ulitmately investing in rims, stereo's, shocks, cams, etc., etc., of which we will never see a monetary return. If that course of conduct sounds like what your are expecting out of 928 ownership, then Welcome.