Tim Noce

All,

Just wanted to post this as it popped up in my area. For what the guy is charging this is either a perfect condition 968 or grossly overpriced...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/4367332799.html

What do y'all think?

MB968

I'd say he is a dreamer. You can purchase ones in nice condition that need some maintenance work for around $10k. I doubt you could get over $15k for a real clean and very well maintained 968 that is very good cosmetically and cosmetically. Maybe you could get $20k for one in fantastic cosmetic and mechanical condition. But, even then I think you'd have to find just the right buyer who was willing to pay the premium.

monteolsen1

I hope he gets it, but I am not optimistic. I, too, think his price is high, though, who knows, he might find a buyer for 25K to 30K. It is a beautiful car. Not much of a description to excite people, though, such as ride quality, feel, smoothness, etc.

quick968

Yep his ad writing skills are not great. His car is simply low mileage. It's not overly well equipped, stock 16" wheels, no M030 or 220, no sport seats, what appears to be a non original radio or the base cassette model, something that looks like a weird folding cup holder attached to the side of the console. The bigger question is the slight evidence of past collision damage vis-a-vis the missing hood badge gasket and the obviously narrower gap on the left corner of the nose piece/headlight/hood intersection compared to the right side. Could be nothing, or not. No proper pics of interior, engine compartment, etc. He might get high teens or near 20. But $41.5K???!! Not a chance, not on a CL ad, not when Isringhausen in nearby Springfield has a nearly identical condition and miles listed for an equally silly price but a massively better ad showing the car to full advantage.

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...nal&listType=1

Cheers
Mike

jeff968

Looks nice but pretty plain. Even if it is super clean i would say $20K at best.

There is no way that car cost over $60K when new. Only the highest optioned cabs broke the $60K mark back when they were new. Even if you picked everything on the option list it would be difficult to get a coupe near $60K.

Good luck to him.

steve g

I saw that too and he is nearby. Did the pot laws change in IL ? Or maybe he probably based his asking price on the Isringhausen car up that is still for sale waiting for that elusive one buyer. Maybe there is hope - I read that when Isringhausen took that 968 in trade along with an RSA America that they were asking $150K but the RSA sold to another Rennlister for only $100K.

TheBlau

Thought for a second this was the same car that was sold in Chicago a year and a half ago for sale with the wheels swapped back to stock, but looked back and saw that one was a 93 with lower miles (18k) and was a tip. It sold for ~$17.5 if I remember correctly.

It's news to me that the 968 took the place of the 928. :-)

docmirror

A. 968 did not replace the 928. The 928GTS was built up to the day the 968 faded into history.

B. The car has never carved a niche. It's an outlier in the line up, and most recognized it as a rebadged and tin cousin of the 944.

C. It was vastly overpriced in it's day, which is why sales figures were so low(see above as well). You could get a Nissan 300Zx for just over half the price, and keep up on the track and on the highway.

D. Low miles is not a selling point except in the minds of some unfamiliar with the Porsche engine.

E. 236HP.

Other than that, it's a nice car. low $20k is my guess, or high teens will make it move faster. Or, you could buy mine and put the other $30k into a decent small Cessna.

Paul Waterloo

I'll take my car for $9K and pocket the $32K. Mine is in pretty nice shape also.

monteolsen1

Ditto. I'm very happy with my car. I hope they all go up in value, but even if they don't, mine is a keeper. My son sat behind the steering wheel for the first time a few days ago, and he had this huge grin on his face. He loves it, too, and someday it will be his. I just have to teach him how to drive a manual transmission.