rgs944

I don'nt think it should hurt it at all on a car this old. Espcially if its for your own enjoyement. I did talk to the guy and he has done nothing to the car mechanically but he did put a new single stage paint job on it. I guess his friend has a body shop. Anytime something has been repainted I would need to see it in person or have someone I really trust look at it before purchase. The pics look nice, if the paint checks out well and you can turn a wrench this could be a cheap way to get into a 32V car.

danglerb

The more the car would be worth without a salvage title, the more the salvage title hurts. Its a big hit on resale value, usually more than the seller wants to lower the price, and may have issues with insurance.

Why its a salvage car is a bigger issue. How easy is it to steal a 928, close to impossible without a key, yet most of the Salvage title cars claim theft.

Any money you put into a salvage car is down the drain.

OTOH it won't be easy for to sell, so cash might buy it cheap, unless its a flip and seller bought it at what he thought was cheap and "can't" go lower.

Smog history seems to show it was sold twice this year and couple good sized gaps in the driving history.

Make Model Year Date / Time Pass / Fail Certificate
PORSC 928 1987 07/20/2012 10:08 a.m. P XJ472862C
PORSC 928 1987 02/24/2012 10:24 a.m. P XD843025C
PORSC 928 1987 06/06/2008 02:09 p.m. P VR201031C
PORSC 928 1987 11/15/2005 12:29 p.m. P FZ357543C
PORSC 928 1987 11/08/2003 03:30 p.m. P FF249808C
PORSC 928 1987 10/25/2001 12:34 p.m. P EJ657514C
PORSC 928 1987 10/02/1999 02:54 p.m. P DO711709C

F451

Disagree.

My '85 was a rebuilt/salvage title car from an accident. It was a sweet car. Bought it for a fair price, did some minimal maintenance on it. Owned it for a bit.

Sold it for more then I paid for it.

karl ruiter

I take it back. That is a typical or sub typical $4K s4. The clean engine does not make sense relative to the rest of the car. I think there has been quite a bit of pressure washing done there recently. The knocking noise might or might not be a side effect of some problem caused by careless pressure washing. Plug wire?