1979 Porsche 928 Price Check
11-05-2014 | 12:37 AM
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11-05-2014 | 12:42 AM
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http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/4742310706.html
no affiliation,..but 5 speed and sunroof delete
no affiliation,..but 5 speed and sunroof delete
11-05-2014 | 03:13 AM
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Prices vary widely due to the small market for the 928, but this is the worst time of year to sell one, now until the roads clear in the spring and people get tax refunds. The last 79 I have seen that sold close to $10k had 35k miles and no issues.
115k miles is about the time clutch and transmission need rebuilding, add in the costs of interior work and expected other work given the poor state, I would not be telling friends about this car with a price over $3k. Unmotivated seller can be a plus in special very nice car, but with average minus it means anything pops up during the transaction and you have wasted you time since the seller lacks flexibility.
115k miles is about the time clutch and transmission need rebuilding, add in the costs of interior work and expected other work given the poor state, I would not be telling friends about this car with a price over $3k. Unmotivated seller can be a plus in special very nice car, but with average minus it means anything pops up during the transaction and you have wasted you time since the seller lacks flexibility.
11-05-2014 | 09:42 AM
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11-05-2014 | 11:09 AM
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At least the pictures are detailed enough to see layers of dust on the paint and trash on the floor.
It has that "lived in" look of a real down to earth owner...or maybe just a raccoon living inside that's been trying to push its way through the dash.
Go back to the 928 section of the main site and click on the '87 928 S4 right above the one you're trying to sell. Nearly the same mileage and price range...it's going to be real hard to compete with that beauty.
It has that "lived in" look of a real down to earth owner...or maybe just a raccoon living inside that's been trying to push its way through the dash.
Go back to the 928 section of the main site and click on the '87 928 S4 right above the one you're trying to sell. Nearly the same mileage and price range...it's going to be real hard to compete with that beauty.
11-07-2014 | 12:25 PM
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The group here is pretty cynical about less-than-perfect cars. Plus most folks here are already owners (same as: previous victims). Don't let that sway your sales goals. Share the info you'd expect to see as a buyer, warts as well as features. There are several 928-specific parts vendors around so a buyer isn't in exotic-car limbo after purchase. Pretty decent support network here too if a buyer is DIY-capable.
That said, some cleaning and "freshening" will improve the pictures and the overall impression. Someplace there's a potential buyer who's a big Risky Business or Wierd Science fan, someone who's always wanted one.
At $12.5k, the 928 price competition is similarly-undermaintained but newer models, with more power/handling/features/brakes. Something to improve the appearance/etc might be helpful for its marketability. There are folks who look for the earliest cars, but there are too many less-than-great examples right now, keeping the bottom of the market low. This was a $35k (very expensive then) car that Porsche carefully marketed (rationed?) to a higher strata of owners in the earliest years. It's still an expensive car to restore, but the parts are available. In time the yard-stored beaters will disappear and the market will come up for the better examples. Right now there are still too many 'bargains' available, unfortunately.
The group here is pretty cynical about less-than-perfect cars. Plus most folks here are already owners (same as: previous victims). Don't let that sway your sales goals. Share the info you'd expect to see as a buyer, warts as well as features. There are several 928-specific parts vendors around so a buyer isn't in exotic-car limbo after purchase. Pretty decent support network here too if a buyer is DIY-capable.
That said, some cleaning and "freshening" will improve the pictures and the overall impression. Someplace there's a potential buyer who's a big Risky Business or Wierd Science fan, someone who's always wanted one.
At $12.5k, the 928 price competition is similarly-undermaintained but newer models, with more power/handling/features/brakes. Something to improve the appearance/etc might be helpful for its marketability. There are folks who look for the earliest cars, but there are too many less-than-great examples right now, keeping the bottom of the market low. This was a $35k (very expensive then) car that Porsche carefully marketed (rationed?) to a higher strata of owners in the earliest years. It's still an expensive car to restore, but the parts are available. In time the yard-stored beaters will disappear and the market will come up for the better examples. Right now there are still too many 'bargains' available, unfortunately.