NoVector

Thanks for the pics, Rob! Just curious, was the bottom sprayed with cosmoline? In my ignorance, were they all??

9eighty6

I guess we will see where this thread goes now that my '84 is for sale and so is Casper!

Rob M Budd

Same here, as my GTS is on eBay.

I took it for a ride today. The second time since it came out of storage.
The more I drive it, the more I'm leaning toward keeping it.
The GTS is a one of a kind ride! I really like the car.

Pfc. Parts

I just can't stand anymore of this! First we have Dwayne, now this Anderson fellow. When will it end? I absolutely refuse to spend the rest of my life polishing plastic fan blades! I concede! I Give up!

So Mark? How did you get that perfect finish on the fan blades?

Cutter67

what is so great about a 928 is the price they can be bought for. outside of the Porsche community, people think you are driving a very expensive automobile. these cars are one of the most undervalued "supercars" out there. like so many Porsches these cars were bought and driven everyday they were not garage queens. I don't feel they will every reach the status of the air cooled cars. I think in the long run in general certain 944 models will pass the 928 in value. the later models will be the most desired just like today

cobalt

If a car has been garaged and well maintained since new it will look like new even after all these years. I have two prime examples of Porsche's one with 38,xxx miles and another with 65,xxx miles, Both well maintained and garaged by their PO's. Anyone would be hard pressed to say they weren't just a few years old and looked as though they had less than 10k miles on them. Even my track car is cleaner than most cars I see underneath. If I remove a part I clean it before reinstalling it.

People laugh at concours guys but cleaning your car is both educational and protects it from wear and tear. Most owners probably don't understand that the seeds from your bagel sitting in the cracks of the seats can lead to the leather wearing out prematurely. Keep it clean along the way. If you don't your car will end up as this poor 80k mile 964 I am about to turn into a track car.

Mark Anderson

It appears that the person who bought my car for $40k thinks it's worth much more
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-928-...US_Cars_Trucks

More power to him

BC

Exactly.

Vilhuer

AFAIK if one ordered US model without cosmoline it automatically meant also air freight meaning very very expensive delivery.

James Bailey

From the add..... " 1 OWNER " too funny just a bit of poetic license from imagine this a used car dealer

rnixon

Another public data point here. $23k for a nice 75k mile '91 S4.

AnatolyL

So the 84 doesn't represent a true retail sale, just a sale between 2 people in the car business flipping a really nice 928...

928 GT R

It is always interesting to speculate on what our 928's are worth and rub our crystal ***** as to what they may be worth in the future… Historically, Porsches have depreciated until they hit the 20 year mark and then, they start to climb in value. Rarity, popularity, desirability, maintenance history and condition are always the main factors in any collector cars market value.

The 928 has all of that going for it with the exception of the "popularity" part. They were simply ahead of their time and had a reputation for being too "complex" for typical 'hammer handed" mechanics.

They are not "Ferrari 250 GT LWB Lightweights" and never will be...

They are however, fantastic "drivers cars."

I bought my 90 GT fourteen years ago with 92k on it (for $14k) and have put another 63k on it… My total maintenance costs (I do a lot myself) have been just under $10k because it had a few deferred maintenance items and I elected to remove the rub rails, rear wiper, air bags, headlight washers and perform a few other deletions that drive my concourse friends straight over the edge.

Since I have no intention of selling it, I really do not care about originality or if it appreciates. It is after all, my driving collector car and I have a few other "Garage Queens" in bubbles. These "Perfect" cars have doused my **** retentive concourse fire because of their "untouchability." I have concluded that "for my taste" perfect cars simply do not provide the level of driving satisfaction and pure fun that a 928 delivers at a fraction of it's supposed "$$$ value."

For reference and to give an idea of what a high mileage, unoriginal 2-3 level 1990 GT is worth in todays market:

I was offered $25k for my car at a car show in Harbor Springs Michigan last summer by a qualified gentleman who had worked at GM and described the 928 as the benchmark car that GM engineers viewed as "the best car ever made" when it arrived on the scene in the late 70's.

It was a fair offer, but it did not fog my crystal ball...

jcb928

From Auctions America Spring May 8-10th,

1986 928S (no mileage listed) Sold for $ 7,810

jcb928

From Auctions America Spring May 8-10th,

1988 5 speed 128,000km or 79,500 miles Sold for $ 15,950