997Pilot

yup its for sale already, saw it this afternoon on Facebook, was surprised lol, but with those miles and the condition of that car i doubt it will sell for anywhere near what he is asking. I inquired about that car last week and passed. $90,000 bit optimistic.

jeff33702

I floated it out there. Here's what I just told Tarek when he asked.

Where I'm at now - just got it yesterday and like I said, I didn't initially "feel it"... I'm contemplating registering the car and paying the taxes and sitting on it for a bit, which honestly, will leave me a little strapped.Sorry, copy/paste is jacking it up. I just put a number on it to avoid tire kickers - if someone is seriously interested, I doubt that will stop them from reaching out.

John McM

This must be the longest PPI thread in a while, that ended up with a completely different buy and now that's being flipped. I don't get it. Not that there's anything wrong with flipping but I wonder how many people would invest time to help with a buy question knowing the end result.

jeff33702

That implies that it's in horrible or even bad condition when you haven't seen the car; I have it in front of me but to be fair, it's not perfect, if that's what you meant..I drove it 3 hours home - no problems (window switches were sticky and left me with a window half down, which also might be why I thought the AC wasn't cooling - AC is cold now), no sounds, no lights, no vibrations, cruised at 90-100 a couple of times when traffic allowed - not one issue. While I haven't had a PPI done (just compression and quick overview), I can attest that it's in what I would consider after too many years of cars in general as a nice "driver plus" condition. Honestly, I kinda rolled the dice on it since I was already considering this C4 ^^ and some aspects of it are nicer than I expected while only a couple little "mehs" so far....goes to those 138k miles that you mentioned and almost 25 years. Getting the wheels off it in a bit to do some deeper inspection.

Please let's not turn this into a "let's roast the car flipper" thread. I'm 100% open on this about the mixed emotions about a 964 after having this for a quick trip. I've spent an inordinate amount of time on here, google, youtube...looking at videos, pics, other people's projects... I wish the car hit me a little harder in the feels, really.

jeff33702

uI know you posted this before I finished my last post...so I just want to clear it up again.


I also bugged a local friend of mine who owns a nice 964, to no end about the cars I kept finding and wanting to buy...I still haven't called him to tell him that it's not agreeing with me, as I think he was as excited as I was about me getting an RSA... I appreciate you guys taking the time to talk shop on these cars. I'm a car nut all the way and certainly wouldn't ask everyone to spend their time and then "BOYAAAA!! I was a car flipper!" - that's just not me. I didn't buy an expensive classic Porsche with the hopes that it just wouldn't be my cup of tea, I assure you.

I'm not sure exactly what I'll do..again, just being honest. I have 3 cars now, I can only keep 2 - as of now, the RSA is on the hit list.

If you guys met me, you'd know my excitement of finding a model car that I want, the research and eagerness to jump on-board is maybe a little overboard...just the irrational car nut in me.

Thank you again.

Ralph3.

John McM

I'm probably being a bit harsh, sorry, but I'm a 964 fan boy from way back before they were on trend. I think you either get older cars or you don't and plenty don't. Even when you do get it, it takes a while to work out why. I've been through various P cars and the 964 is the one left sitting in my garage. No logic to it, I just love it. GLWS.

Super90

If you don't like it, please, sell it. And then, in ten or fifteen years, look at it's value and the value of those other cars in your garage.....

That day will come.... : )

Marine Blue

Sounds like a serious case of buyers remorse!

You mentioned your friend has a 964, did you by chance drive his/hers before buying the RSA? Not that I should be making any suggestions as my drive in a 964 was literally for about 5 minutes about 10 years ago!.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

jeff33702

Man...I know. I've thought about that. Not to overshare but I work a normal job and spend way too much of my money on cars when I should be stashing it away....so I wish I had the luxury of just keeping this or that - but I don't ;(

gavonder

Only judging by what you've said & what you own now, it sounds like an older car is not a right fit for you. If you've got the itch for a Porsche, maybe you'd be happier with a newer 911.
Having said that, if you can swing it, hang on to it for a bit & give it a chance, you might come around.
Good luck, whatever you decide.

jeff33702

He mentioned that I could drive it a while back when I initially started hunting 964s - but I didn't push it. I'm really funny about driving other enthusiasts cars.
Related to this - I'm going to have the same friend drive this car - perhaps I'm leaving some power on the table - it could help change my mind if that's the case and there's a simple fix.

Thanks. Yeah, I had thought I could replace one in my stable with an older "classy" sportscar...maybe just not my thing.

jeff33702

It's all good. I have room for 2 fun cars right now. If I had room for a 3rd, I probably wouldn't be so quick to make a decision here. I had already listed the RS4 for sale a few places, in anticipation of replacing it with a 964 - so my first intention was not to get in and out of this one so quickly.

Fun fact - I think I read that the 94s went to VIN ....139. I was hoping I'd read that it went to 135, making this the last but, nope. Still close to the end of production (5 away).

klaasvs31

Yes, this is indeed a Japanese car.

jeff33702