944 S2 SE 50K
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I agree Rob. my thoughts would be if they can leave that coolant tank in plain view , what would they leave out of sight......
924Srr27l
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A few Cynics then:
"a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons"
Is this purely because of the 50K asking price? because they are a business that has to make money? or does this company have a poor reputation?
If the car had a new water tank and was advertised at £25,000 would these comments still be coming forward?
We're in an era where classic and rare car's are fetching high prices, and as they always say if someone's prepared to pay for something they really want money will be exchanged.
Surely one of the last of the line models is going to be worth a premium, for those that have spent lots of money restoring and modifying will know it's not a cheap venture, if this car is rare and has also had a lot of work then who here would not also start the price at 50k? I would.
R
"a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons"
Is this purely because of the 50K asking price? because they are a business that has to make money? or does this company have a poor reputation?
If the car had a new water tank and was advertised at £25,000 would these comments still be coming forward?
We're in an era where classic and rare car's are fetching high prices, and as they always say if someone's prepared to pay for something they really want money will be exchanged.
Surely one of the last of the line models is going to be worth a premium, for those that have spent lots of money restoring and modifying will know it's not a cheap venture, if this car is rare and has also had a lot of work then who here would not also start the price at 50k? I would.
R
Mike_Pollock said:
The rear 'hand formed' copper brake pipes.....just visible and horrible !
It's not rare by any special limited virtue though - it's a UK special edition to clear the last of the cars before the 968 and just had pretty much stock parts added to it as a run out.
At half the price it would be a consideration- but it's not half the price. Anyone paying £50k for a 944 would be wanting something immaculate and actually rare with good worldwide provenance. I'd rather buy Martin's Silver Rose for less than half the cost of this.
At half the price it would be a consideration- but it's not half the price. Anyone paying £50k for a 944 would be wanting something immaculate and actually rare with good worldwide provenance. I'd rather buy Martin's Silver Rose for less than half the cost of this.
MartinRS2K
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PAUL RUDDY said:
Those brake pipes are shocking [
]As for it being a rare car, I totally agree with others that it was a run out model trying to clear the last few S2's before the 968 arrived and had some nice extras included. Value is all down to the buyer, but I can't see anything over £25k in this car and for that money there are far better 944's out there to go and buy in my opinion
MartinRS2K
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Eldavo said:
Thank you kind sir
Craigybaby
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Why is last of the line better? I've seen other cars advertised as "one of the early ones" as if that makes them better & more valuable somehow? why does it matter?
Monkeythree
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Presumably the seller is hoping to entice a buyer who falls for the "investment guarantee" sales patter. Porsche have done many special editions of all their models over the years and these are typically more valuable due to their relative rarity. The last 15 S2's sold as SE's are (I think) the only edition to be sold as an S2 derivative. So whilst some people might think of them as a desperate effort by PCGB to shift the last of the S2 stock, you can imagine that if you had one to sell you might spin the sales pitch!Craigybaby said:
Monkeythree
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Hockey sticks being held in place with mole grips suggests to me that the fixings have separated and they are bonding (bodging) them back into place rather than replacing them with the new ones that are still available from Porsche.
pauljmcnulty
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"Guaranteed investment opportunity"?
I imagine that should have a disclaimer with it to say "not all £50K 944 S2s are, actually, guaranteed to rise in value at all, and future values might actually fall".
I imagine that should have a disclaimer with it to say "not all £50K 944 S2s are, actually, guaranteed to rise in value at all, and future values might actually fall".
I had one of these and to be honest I was under the impression that they all had grey leather interior with 968 steering wheels etc. Everyone is right, it was just a UK mod to mop up the last remaining cars, there were more than 15 as well but this seems to be the quoted number. Couldn't give mine away when I was trying to sell it
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