Marshy

In light of the earlier thread on the 993 Turbo S that recently sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction for $104,500 I was just wondering what the consensus is regarding the price on the black 993 Turbo S in Scottsdale that's listed for $115k ?

http://scottsdale.porschedealer.com/...83425/info.php

It has about 5,000 less km and looks like it's in pristine condition. Seems like a deal to me. Is anyone familiar with this car's history ?

Geoff

Carrera GT

That site says $129,900, so I presume you've seen it at the lower price elsewhere.

km? You're shopping from Canada?

It seems that this car is 29-30K miles. Not bad, but hardly a low miler collector car. I imagine the really excellent Turbo S examples are still at higher price points. A "driveable" Turbo S around $90K would be very nice, but you'd have to explain why to buy the "S" per for any reason other than long term investment and pride of ownership.

I saw a rear seat delete, sunroof delete Turbo S that a guy bought from Niello when a customer traded it back to the dealer at basically the normal Turbo wholesale price for the given (pristine) condition and (low!) miles. If I found one of those opportunities, I'd put it in shrink wrap for ten or twenty years (if I live that long) so I'd have a 993 Turbo "spare" if the one I have ever got crumpled. : )

Marshy

apologies for the typo. The car in question has just under 25,000 MILES. i'm in scottsdale for a conference and checked it out yesterday. The newly advertised price at $115k is on cars.com

i appreciate your sentiments on the inflated value of these cars, in view of the fact that a similar vintage turbo might sell in the $60-70k range. i'm just a little surprised it's been on their site for this long, with the asking price steadily declining (started at $150k, down to $130k, and now $115k), but hasn't received a solid offer.

Jamie140

IMVHO, the value of the Turbo S is as a very low mile garage queen.

Once you drive it, you may as well get a well sorted turbo.

96C4S

still 1 of 182 which should keep the value up

96C4S

still 1 of 182 which should keep the value up

Carrera GT

No need for apologies of any kind. I was just trying to confirm the details.

If the car has languished on the market, well, it's a horrible, horrible market, but I'd still be doubly cautious that this car has skeletons in the closet. A decent Turbo S should be attracting the buyers, so I imagine at least one real buyer has had it under the microscope and found cause to demur. Of course, one of those causes could simply be an overzealous buyer asking $150K for what should have sold at $120K, but now they've missed the mark and they're anxious to take any number.