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Hi.
Thank you in advance for your help. I am possibly considering selling my 86.5 (it is quite hard to part with one of these), and am interested in opinions about what a car in this shape may be worth in today's market. It has no rust, 98,000 miles and the car runs and drives good. It is an L999 "paint to sample" car still carrying it's original paint in beautiful condition. I have a two inch stack of maintenance records (too much to list here) from the previous owner who owned it most of it's life. Tires were brand new 1 year ago, probably have about 1000 miles on them, I have the paperwork. The AC is ice cold and holds a full charge of 37 ounces of R12. Windows, power seats, accessories all work as should with the exception of a few items. The sunroof drops down when the button is hit and starts moving backward, then comes to a stop. Closes back up fine. Most likely the old grease in the channel hardening as everyone says, but I do not have the sunroof tool so I have not got to that yet. The cruise control works when it feels like it, most of the time it doesn't. The marker light below the gas cap is burnt out, but I cannot figure out how to change it. Maybe my hand is just too big. Other than that everything works just as it should. The dash is perfect, and the seats are very nice. Only the stereo head unit was changed, the rest of the stereo is original, and I have the original Blaupunkt head unit to go with it. Not even sure if I want ti sell it truly, but wondering what would be a good price to ask if I did.
Engine bay pics and maintenance history needed. Even the nicest 100k car that hasn't had the major engine service items addressed is going to need 4-6k in parts almost immediately.
Boy, given the condition and rarity I'd say 20k at least. If the maintenance up to date at least 25k (but I mean the fuel lines, all the little ditties mentioned fixed, radio put in and working, etc.). Not many left with all those little pieces and parts intact, belts with tags, the gloves, original paint, dash mint, paint to sample (By the way, what does the driver's door tag say the color is?). The 86.5 is the "GTS" of OB's in a way and one of the real desireable models. If it were a 5 speed I'd say 30-35k. I think I can count the paint to sample 86.5's I've ever seen in person or online on one hand and still have a few fingers left.
How long have you owned the car? Did you buy it to sell it? Title in your name?
I ask because owners know the car, but sellers who buy to flip generally do not, and go only by what they see in the file.
Having said that, it looks like a nice example. I am closer to Hoi on this one, maybe a touch higher, but with what Kevin said on the mark - look for $4 to $6 K right off the bat, unless file shows everything major recently done. As a data point, I just bought a well sorted 85 with $35K in file history, everything major done, and I am already a grand or so into it with some deferred stuff, and that is at my DIY time (no labor). My car looks as good as this one in the pictures, but of course you see more when you see it in person.
The seat side bolsters look good, the dash isn't warped and cracked, the intake isn't peeling, etc. That car looks like it's had a good life - hats off to you and the PO. Of course to the next owner, that's just the tip of an ice berg. But if a PPI showed everything good, I'm with VanD on the estimated price.
IMHO, that's a "car flippers" wet dream, so stay away from the bottom feeders who would low-ball you. Start high and take your time with the sale.
thats a beauty I would be into the 20s K with that one,
fix the light and lube the sunroof send off the CC computer to a repair shop
all nuisance issues.
Though it does look like it needs motor mounts and then you would also do an OPG.1200.
Have the shocks been replaced? add another 1200 for that.
What is the wire ribbon along the vent hose for alarm?
As it sits, you can ask $15k, it will sell closer to $10k, maybe a bit less.
I think the 86.5 S model should have 8" rear wheels? Low factory options(good/bad?), No info on the needed regular mx schedule. Maybe if I knew it had fresh TB/WP, MM/OPG, fuel lines, TT bearings and the catch up repairs were done it might go higher. But - prolly not. If you keep driving it, disconnect the speedo drive to keep it under the 'magic' purely psychological barrier, 100k miles(unless it's already done).
Since it sound like you are not sure you want to sell it and don't need to sell it... Why sell it? I think reading between the lines, you would sell it if the right offer came along. The magic number is up to you. Anything north of $15K is good money, anything north of $20K would take great marketing and lots of patience and in my opinion not likely. Even though it appears to be very nice in many aspects, most 100K mile cars don't rise into collector price range.
So somewhere between 10k and 25k based on the previous comments which proves there is no accurate market value for 30 year old 928s...but it is perhaps twice what it was three years ago ! Just remember that projecting future value based on past price increases is like driving down a road looking ONLY in the rearview mirror !! So far so good Now if only the paint to color had been something strikingly different and the car a 5 speed manual transmission and much less than the nearly 100,000 miles........but it is not.
09-11-2016, 10:06 PM
Help determining the value of this 928
which proves there is no accurate market value for 30 year old 928s...but it is perhaps twice what it was three years ago ! Just remember that projecting future value based on past price increases is like driving down a road looking ONLY in the rearview mirror !! So far so good 