hartge bob
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You could be right Fen, my '88 220 has the 180 mph speedo
Advice on buying a turbo
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random hero
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What are 88 turbos fetching now ??
pauljmcnulty
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Bu@@er all, in common with all 944s [
]I've spoken to people with, so they say, fantastic cars that are stuck at ridiculously low prices. I'm seriously tempted to buy the best ones up now and make a killing in a few years!
Watch next month's Register column for an interesting idea to raise awareness of the car's incredible value at the moment, and if demand can be stimulated then hopefully the prices for good cars will be hauled up.
random hero
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I noticed the prices has dropped quite alot as well ,i put this down to age and the fact that new car prices have fallen. The car i am looking to buy needs abit of work but this will be refected in the price, i think that an 88 turbo in good condition is worth around £4500 does that sound about right ???
I think a nice 220 car is worth around £5k. Something exceptional might make a little more. Personally I'd prefer an '86 with Fuchs alloys than a later car with ABS offset if buying a 220 (you don't know how nearly I did just that instead of buying the Roadster last month). 250 cars command a fair bit more I think as a combination of being newer (not that that really matters), the "fastest" and having some options like LSD and bigger brakes that make them more attractive as a track day base car. Perhaps up to £7k for a good one and a bit more for the exceptional cars.
Across the range there are tatty rustbuckets with holey seats and missing trim and they are worth slightly less than what they'd break for - maybe £2k.
Across the range there are tatty rustbuckets with holey seats and missing trim and they are worth slightly less than what they'd break for - maybe £2k.
random hero
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The one im looking at isnt as bad as above ,its got the usual rust on the sills and the headlinning being taped up its tatty rather than a rust bucket,it looks like one of those cars thats been well looked after and had loads spent on it but for the past few years has just been left to its own devices,which is ok for me as its getting stripped out for a track car anyway !!! . Im told its had the belts done but the owner cant remember when so thats the first thing to do. £2k was about what i am going to offer so if its a shed i can break it and get my money back !!!
random hero
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I managed to find out that the car is 162 kw ,anyone know what the converts to in Bhp ???
944turboS
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Try here:
http://www.rb20det.com/kwtobhp.html
http://www.rb20det.com/kwtobhp.html
random hero
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217.158176 bhp so i guess it makes the one im buying a 220 car.
carlmthompson
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I would think the softening of 44 prices will be a direct result of Boxter prices falling to lower levels.
Not in any way a comparable car, but for those who "want a Porsche" it presents a more modern alernative.
Not in any way a comparable car, but for those who "want a Porsche" it presents a more modern alernative.
sawood12
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Prices seem a bit depressed across the board at the moment - I don't think the 944 is the only model that is suffering. Even the 993 boys are griping about prices as good examples under £20k (certainly in the very low £20k's) are now pretty common. Residuals don't bother me - the cheaper they are the better as far as i'm concerned as even if I factor in all the costs on mods i've laid out i've still spent less that my mates who drive modern hot hatches and I know which is the better drive. Cars are always money pits and should never be bought as an investment or a way to protect the initial outlay of the car - that's just a foolish misconception. In this day and age of cheap credit and fashion concious buyers cars are almost becoming disposable products. They are bought like fasionable clothes by alot of people and as soon as they go out of fashion they are sold. This effects all cars residuals. The second hand market is bouyant at the moment and i'm looking forward to the 997C2S depreciating into my price range in about 10yrs time if it follows the same deprecitation curve as the Boxster.
All we can do as owners is to try to keep our cars in tip top condition so we are in a position to command top prices when we do come to sell our cars.
All we can do as owners is to try to keep our cars in tip top condition so we are in a position to command top prices when we do come to sell our cars.
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