Looks very original under the hood, besides the air filter and the S4 air intake tubes. Original (?) brown PS reservoir, very fresh looking clutch hydraulic hose, and no jump post cover (!!!1!!). Paint looks great, original CD changer and door speakers (original head unit? Does it work?) Dash looks good from here.

The answer to its value lies in the service records, and what turns up in your comprehensive PPI done by someone who knows 928s. Timing belt, water pump, cam gears, compression, transmission shift quality, idle speed- anything not 'right' in the above list is a multi-thousand dollar bargaining tool. Unless the price is an absolute steal and you'd come out ok even with an engine rebuild.....

The cosmetics look great from here, but paint can only be assessed in person. Not sure what to make of the bubbling under the mirror.

If everything checks out (and I mean everything), $35K is not an unreasonable ballpark, though I'd pay them an extra grand to keep those wheels.

 

If you really wanted too, you could take out the intake and plenums and have them powder coated. Mine are in serious need of that treatment as when I took off my plenums when doing a tuneup, I started peeling off the rest of the paint from them just because. They already had patches of paint holes from them wearing off after all these years.

 

My concern is more on the lack of car knowledge. Buying a 20 year old Porsche and not knowing anything about fixing it, WILL get very expensive, really fast.

It's a nice, unmolested looking, stock GTS by the way. How thick is the maintnance folder?

 

Its "normal". If moisture gets between aluminum and paint it will happen. Its not exacly rust but close enough. Aluminum is oxidicing. its much slower process than steel rusting and can even stop altogether without needing anything being done. But bubble will remain.

 

So very true.... only if the original wheels were available from the owner.

 

You are correct, I really don't know much about fixing this particular vehicle and that alone has turned me away from the 928's several times. I figured the longer I wait, the harder to get hold of a decent sample.

The current owner has all the records for the past 10 years and the vehicle was serviced by the same mechanic. I will hold off until I get a PPI done.

 

Delete - redundant.

 

It looks nice but it looks like the engine bay is mostly neglected compared to the rest. It means you will probably need a major fresh-up (seals, sensors, hoses, timing belt, cosmetics) somewhere in the near future. Count on a few grand for that. That's nothing to worry about, all cars need one sooner or later. You just need to take into account it will cost some.

 

As the car is in SoCal I would take it to Greg Brown in Anaheim (Precision Motorwerks). There is no more knowledgeable expert about our cars than he. His PPI is thorough. Whatever misgivings you may be having regarding driving or trailering the car down the I405/I-5/91 is nothing compared to getting the best ppi.

 

this is going to be a very exspensive car for you.

 

Why do you say that? Do you know something about this particular GTS?