For that price, you could hold out for a really nice EuroS. 310hp vs. 245.

Heck, I know of one in Detroit that could be had for a lot less. 5 speed too.

Matter of fact, if your interested feel free to email me at jim@928classics .
I'm non affiliated, I'm not a broker. Guy is just a friend of mine.

 

The 928 is the Porsche that should routinely sell for twice what it does.

The new-to-928 buyer often gets sucked-in at 2 to 3 times what a 928-knowledgeable guy pays.

Its just the way it is.

My first running 928, USA 84S was probably was worth $1500 on-the-hoof. It was complete, seemingly together, and fact was, just under the surface everything was broken and worn out and melted.

I shopped without research and thought I had a real winner at $4500. $6500 more and I could drive to work, dead reliable and strong, but no cosmetics were done inside or out. At 11,000 in, I simply gave it to a good friend a couple months ago who will make a track car of it.

A mid 80's 911 always seems to sell for much, much more in equal condition.

So just temper yourself and be a tough buyer. Or, if money is flowing for you and it doesn't matter, let it fly. Doesn't matter much in the long run.

 

Is this the definition of masochism? How are we ever going to get what our cars are worth if we keep telling people they aren't worth anything?

Just accept the fact they're sexy, fast, exotic, beautiful sports cars and let the market set the price.

 

The 82 in this case does look clean and preserved.

 

ho11ywood, first of all, I don't really care about the selling price of my car. They can pry the steering wheel from my cold, dead hands. Secondly, the OP came to this forum looking for advice. What sort of advice do you think we should offer? Just tell him to go for it? I love my 82, but I am damn glad I didn't pay $12k for it. Not masochism, realism.

Does it strike anyone as strange that the owner of this car doesn't know that it isn't an S?
It is pretty though.

 

That is a nice looking US non S model. It could very well be worth the asking price - all other things being equal, but it would have to be damn near perfect with all the paper work and maintenance up to date and that includes the timing belt.

Here is a link to a PPI I wrote a few years back. It will help you assign a value to the car based on average selling price and current condition. You will that the evaluation can increase if the car is in excellant shape.

http://www.kondratyev.com/porsche/ppi/ppi.htm

There are reasons the US 80-82 is less desirable. First is the de-tuning that Porsche did to meet US specs for mileage and the 85 MPH speedometer. The smog system is less than desirable although the 80 had no smog pump - which was nice. The injection system while reliable will not deliver the punch of the CIS system used on earlier cars and the ROW cars in these years. Of course with the CIS you trade performance for mileage.

Porsche also cheapen the finishing on the car and removed some nice features like the rear glove box. The auto cars were worse with the softer suspension to target Dentist's wives.

A note on the red 82 - It has an unusual interior color combination with the red exterior. A lot of cars were painted red as it seems to be a favorite color. My root beer color 78 was painted Red. I see no evidence of a repaint or color change. If it is a color change they went to a lot of trouble to do it right. The red cars had no clear coat so you could rub some fine polish (not wax) on part of the paint. If the cloth comes off with some red then it is probably original paint.

Good luck with the car. If things check out I would not be shy paying up for a nice car even an 82.

 

You forgot about the rear ashtray.
I think another thing that gets forgotten about is the reliability of L-jet. Search for WUR's and see what comes up. L-jet doesn't seem to have near the issues people have to work through with CIS.