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I took a look at this car today. Track car for sure. Here is what I observed:
Both front calipers gouged
Windshield is not Saint Gobain. Seal looks terrible
Front bumper repaint and it's terrible
Front passenger fender has been pulled or a tire got caught and pushed the fender out a bit. It's not perfect
Majog rock chips behind the rear wheels
Motor casing has been cleaned. It's cleaner than the surroundng areas.
The hood looks to be slightly off color compared to the fenders and front bumper. Seeing as the front bumper hasbeen repainted,maybe the fenders have also. Just speculating.
Clear bra isn't the best. Its a CNC cut type.
Interior seats look to be perfect. Probably buckets lived in the car in the past.
DAS rollbar, not a fan.
The little black flap that comes down in front of the front tires, which is attached to the front wheel well lliner, is ripped on both sides.
I didn't realize that the rear quarter was a repaint or I would have looked harder to see the quality of the repaint. It's a dusty car sitting outside the dealership.
It a pass for me.
looks good from this distance rock rash damaged caliper Crappy clear bra laid over rock chipped and rust paint Rock chips on mirrors and windshield sealis poor Windshield seal hood different color Looks clean here Not OEM glass wipers on theirlast leg Rusty rusty rusty Calipers scraped studs and rust Bad paint job on front bumper close up of bad paint job
Yep. I’m sorry you wasted your day if you were really interested. Craig and I took a look a while back. I did at the Kennel. We passed and I labeled it a track �� and ��. Why? That’s because it is. They’ve lowered the price countless times. Too bad for them there are wiser people about. NOT!
Thank you for the pictures. If you’re ever up in the Monty Bay, I’ll buy you a beer for your service lent to the community. Good Guy!
A bumper repaint, or a caliper chip, or clear bra over some rock chips would not bother me, if it was one of those things. However, you add up all of that and then add in stuff that the dealer could replace for relatively cheap like the window seal and wipers and you have a car that would take probably $10k in cosmetics to get back up to an acceptable condition. Then who knows how the car is mechanically.
My source tells me the car is quite good mechanically, (engine / trans).
seeing these pictures makes me wonder if the $105K i offered them 2 months ago was too much.
It will certainly be a challenge to re-sell with all this info out in the net world,
My source tells me the car is quite good mechanically, (engine / trans).
seeing these pictures makes me wonder if the $105K i offered them 2 months ago was too much.
It will certainly be a challenge to re-sell with all this info out in the net world,
Incredible that after all those negatives the car is capable of 100k
A bumper repaint, or a caliper chip, or clear bra over some rock chips would not bother me, if it was one of those things. However, you add up all of that and then add in stuff that the dealer could replace for relatively cheap like the window seal and wipers and you have a car that would take probably $10k in cosmetics to get back up to an acceptable condition. Then who knows how the car is mechanically.
For a DIY guy with reasonable skills, $100K for that RS would be a relative bargain if the mechanicals are good. I restored a '69 Camaro SS that needed a LOT more than that RS and if I didn't already have a.1 GT3 that I was very happy with, I would definitely make an appropriate cash offer. Consider that most 1973 Carrera RS's that are on the market were in FAR worse shape before they were restored. Apples & oranges maybe but perhaps not as I believe that a nice 997 GT3RS will be a future high-dollar collectible.
Guys, as Bxstr indicated, it just needs some relatively straightforward and not terribly expensive cosmetics as long as the Carfax and DME are good. If it were mine I'd farm out a new correct windshield and seal to a competent shop and handle the rest myself.
Don’t know it, but I am at that dealer often as it is close to me. Plenty of good places to PPI it if necessary. If you were interested I could give it a physical look over, potentially, depending on timing. They tend to hold their cars for a while until they get the price they want.
For a DIY guy with reasonable skills, $100K for that RS would be a relative bargain if the mechanicals are good. I restored a '69 Camaro SS that needed a LOT more than that RS and if I didn't already have a.1 GT3 that I was very happy with, I would definitely make an appropriate cash offer. Consider that most 1973 Carrera RS's that are on the market were in FAR worse shape before they were restored. Apples & oranges maybe but perhaps not as I believe that a nice 997 GT3RS will be a future high-dollar collectible.
Guys, as Bxstr indicated, it just needs some relatively straightforward and not terribly expensive cosmetics as long as the Carfax and DME are good. If it were mine I'd farm out a new correct windshield and seal to a competent shop and handle the rest myself.
I agree, I could do everything but the windshield and possible front BC repaint.
The biggest drawback of this car now is this thread....................
Any future buyer doing due diligence will find these comments which will reduce the next buyer pool.
Don’t know it, but I am at that dealer often as it is close to me. Plenty of good places to PPI it if necessary. If you were interested I could give it a physical look over, potentially, depending on timing. They tend to hold their cars for a while until they get the price they want.
Delivery miles Alpina should command a premium, but that is absurd. Juat some badging and wheels is all that makes that version special. **** slushbox and crap motor. Hard pass
11-01-2019, 02:42 AM
