Originally Posted by abolfaz

It was really something. As everyone was clamoring for a sneak peek at this wonder car that was replacing the 924, the 944, we were drawn to this incredible gold car in the corner of the showroom. We were told that the car already had a deposit and was not available for sale, at that point we decided we weren't going to leave without the car. Regardless, a deal was struck several hours later and we were off.

We took the car home that afternoon with the windows and the sunroof open, pulled up to the house and just then it started to rain. I hit the sunroof switch and nothing, hit the switch again and nothing. A quick look in the glove box revealed a small handle in a clear plastic bag which we quickly figured would manually close the roof. Not the best feeling in the world for the first trip in a new $50k car! It turned out that the switch was bad which caused the fuse to blow, believe it or not we replaced the switch and fuse several more times till we decided to stop using the sunroof altogether.

A couple of weeks after we purchased it, the car left us stranded several times due to some sort of alarm malady. You'd parkt the car and shut it off, come back and no matter what you did the car wouldn't turn over. The first time this happened we left the car parked in the fire lane in front of a carvel ice cream store in Smithtown NY, waited several hours for a ride, went home and then came back to meet the tow truck. On a lark we decided to try starting it again and viola, it fired right up. This was another issue the dealer never resolved.

The worst part of the first month of ownership wasn't the electrical gremlins but the fact that after being sold on the cars exclusivity, the rare interior and exterior colors and the fact that there were only 205 in the world, one of our neighbors about six blocks away showed up with the exact same car, rub strips and all!

Originally Posted by linderpat

hard to discern what your point is. You also contradict yourself. Your first post said Weissachs will never be worth much, then you backtrack on that here. You say you don't buy dogs, but none of your cars are drivable?

It doesn't matter how a car becomes rare - whether attrition, as you say, or appreciation. The end result is the same.

Originally Posted by abolfaz

It was really something. As everyone was clamoring for a sneak peek at this wonder car that was replacing the 924, the 944, we were drawn to this incredible gold car in the corner of the showroom. We were told that the car already had a deposit and was not available for sale, at that point we decided we weren't going to leave without the car. Regardless, a deal was struck several hours later and we were off.

We took the car home that afternoon with the windows and the sunroof open, pulled up to the house and just then it started to rain. I hit the sunroof switch and nothing, hit the switch again and nothing. A quick look in the glove box revealed a small handle in a clear plastic bag which we quickly figured would manually close the roof. Not the best feeling in the world for the first trip in a new $50k car! It turned out that the switch was bad which caused the fuse to blow, believe it or not we replaced the switch and fuse several more times till we decided to stop using the sunroof altogether.

A couple of weeks after we purchased it, the car left us stranded several times due to some sort of alarm malady. You'd parkt the car and shut it off, come back and no matter what you did the car wouldn't turn over. The first time this happened we left the car parked in the fire lane in front of a carvel ice cream store in Smithtown NY, waited several hours for a ride, went home and then came back to meet the tow truck. On a lark we decided to try starting it again and viola, it fired right up. This was another issue the dealer never resolved.

The worst part of the first month of ownership wasn't the electrical gremlins but the fact that after being sold on the cars exclusivity, the rare interior and exterior colors and the fact that there were only 205 in the world, one of our neighbors about six blocks away showed up with the exact same car, rub strips and all!

Originally Posted by WyattsRide

What a very interesting story. Thanks for sharing it. Another Weissach showing down the street would be a killer!

I would love to read other original buyer experience stories.

Originally Posted by robot808

Offer Dennis (Sueden) the $12.5K, see what he says. I sure would be interested in his answer.

EDIT: I think this is my favorite sounding 928 in the world.

Originally Posted by MGW-Fla

Here's 2 pics of Weissach #148 at the Parade in Savannah this summer. It looked brand new & won 1st in class. It was listed for sale in Panorama last month for $16,900, not listed this month, so perhaps it sold quickly. If you were looking for an as new Weissach, this might have been it. Can't remember what the mileage was. They drove it to the Parade from South Fla. Almost seemed it was too nice to be driving it hundreds of miles cross state.

I spoke briefly with the wife of the owner. IIRC, she mentioned they had purchased it in the recent past with the intent to resell. Not sure if it was the sound of it simply being an investment flip, or the 'not really a true 928 enthusiast' attitude, but something just didn't seem right to me. I only took the two pics, felt like they were going to ask to charge me if I took more. Perhaps I got the wrong impression. Or I showed myself to be one of those 928 enthusiast & not a Parade Judge or potential buyer!

Still, it was a very impressive 928 & Weissach, hope it went to a true 928 fan.

Originally Posted by ROG100

I agree about the dash but the wheels look original and gold anodized as they should be.