Boxter wheels and 944 turbo for sale

[u63af]

Due to a new business venture I am having to sell my 1990 turbo, car is in vgc , guards red with mint condition white sports leather seats. Had a lot of money spent on it by me and previous owners. 116,000 miles, belts were done recently and it has fsh, long mot and tax. Looking for circa £5750 for car. Will put it on PH at the weekend. I have had a number of 944s and this is by far the best. No rust, paintwork very good except for a few small stone chips.

At present I have 17" boxter twist alloys which look great on the car but I want to sell car with the D90s on it. As such I will sell the boxster wheels with tyres for £375 to anyone interested. Very good condition. Can post if needed. Just had two brand new rear tyres, front tyres are about half worn.

 

[sawood12]

Sorry to hear that, but I understand that sometimes events in life take over! Sounds like your car is a good-un but isn't it a bit underpriced? I've seen some sheds of turbo's up for around that price with no service and maintenance history - though I guess you never know what they eventually sell for.

 

[P4GMan]

I may well be interested (waiting for insurance payout though!), any pics? Where are you based?

Gareth

 

[u63af]

I thought that I was putting it on a bit cheap but its difficult to price them as the prices are all over the place. I want to hopefully make an agreement with the purchaser that they will contact me if they ever want to sell it. I am gutted to have to sell it but new business has to come first.

I will get some pics up soon.

Cheers
Sandy

 

[sawood12]

Hear what you say Sandy. I can sympathise and understand the whole 'trying to get a fair price' vs. 'trying to get a quick sale' trade off. One thing's for sure, whoever is the next owner will be getting a nice car. Good luck with it.

 

[u63af]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1214519.htm

 

[DavidL]

Sandy,
That's way too cheap! Nice car woth lots of the "right" bits on it.
Surely you could add a grand to that?
Don't fancy swapping out your front seats for some comfort ones do you?
David

 

[944 man]

I think its cheap as well: and I usually regard most cars as over-priced / over-valued.

 

[Suffolk944]

Would agree with it being a tad cheap - looks a fine example. Am sure at that price someone will very swiftly bite your hand off for it.

 

[u63af]

I was just selling it cheap to reflect the current economic climate. I have seen them selling for more but I was not sure if they were actually selling for that?

 

[DavidL]

Interestingly the turbos on Autotrader are almost all in 5 figures. Granted there are several convertibles and these are asking prices not selling prices but generally advertised prices seem to be up on 6 months ago.

 

[sawood12]

Asking prices certainly seem to be up, but as u63af said, you never know what they actually go for. But in my mind a decent 944 turbo is easily a match for any 911 of similar vintage and there is no real reason why they should be cheaper, but I guess if there weren't i'd have never owned one.

The problem with selling is that there is always the right buyer out there, it is just a case of hooking up with them. When I was buying I saw a few sub £5k cars around but came to the conclusion it was a false economy over going for a decent car over £5k with good history as £2k doesn't go very far on these cars if you buy a dog. You are always going to be better off buying a decent car to begin with rather than buying a dog no matter how cheap.

 

[ukmastiff]

Hi, ive been looking for a decent 944 Turbo S for a couple of weeks and I often see on the forums " your car seems cheep to me " , not wishing to be argumentative for the sake of it and thats not the reason for my post but post credit crunch prices are not pre crunch ones and if the cars were "too" cheep they would sell within 24 hours ( as the odd one does) thats market forces for you.

I have seen good non cat c silver rose cars with history on a private sale up to 5,500 ( asking) and still for sale dealer up to 6500 and they are all still for sale. This red one looks lovely but if I were looking to travel to Scotland just to view it I would have thought he was spot on at up tp £5500 from what I have seen. Most of the ones on autotrader and piston heads at 7, 8, or 9 have been for sale for eons.

In case youre wondering why I havnt bought one : I'm not paying a dealer a 1,000 mark up on 5500 worth of car for 6500 , I wont have a white one ( yuk) and I turned one down for 6500 thats was lovely and is still for sale. Theres one more I may still buy but thats a secret (shhhhhh)

If you're ever driving it through Hertfordshire pop round mine so I can admire it will you it looks very nice hehehehe

Best of luck Mas

 

[James_G]

ORIGINAL: sc0tty

The reason 911s are more expensive than 944s is beacause they are deemed to be more desireable, they have race heritage and history, and they are iconic cars. We all know 944s are technically superior in many ways, but it's all a case of desirability. The fact that everyone (apart from me) keeps max powering and modifying their 944s doenn't help with values either.  These cars are no longer prestige, and most are rusty shit heaps in the view of the general public ! 

Everyone except you, me, Oli, Paul, and a whole bunch bunch of other people.

Anyway 911s are more expensive because they sound better and everyone knows what one is, whereas I kept a picture of my 944 on my phone as I kept having to show people what one was. At no point, ever, did anybody suggest that my car or indeed 944s in general were rusty heaps. Most people, if they said anything at all, would comment that "wasn't that the one with the VW engine" which is also clearly wrong, but quite amusing.

There are still plenty of nice 944s out there, and even if they are modded in the majority of cases it's a piece of cake to put original wheels back on, swap orange indicators in, and find a standard steering wheel. Very few people are going down the welded-in roll cage route (although much respect to those who have []) And even then that's not irreversible.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

The fact that everyone (apart from me) keeps max powering and modifying their 944s doenn't help with values either.

Ahem.....

I haven't fitted clear lenses to mine for that very reason. I deeply resent the harm you're doing to the value of my car by fitting them to yours and ruining it.

Being serious, I can't see that any fewer 911s are modified? Either with cosmetic "enhancements", which I'm not a fan of myself, or with performance improvements, which are both necessary to replace worn parts with more modern developements and add to the driving enjoyment of the cars. Only a good thing IMO. I don't see 911 values plummeting due to the odd whaletail spoiler on a carrera, or due to sports exhausts and chips. It's down to the value of other cars relative to the 944, and the cost of keeping them on the road, that determines demand and therefore price.

Oh, and I have fitted an oddments tray instead of a cassette box, as I prefer it personally. I don't think it's reduce the value of the brand by that much......[&:]

 

[ukmastiff]

I have to agree with the chap who posted re the " thats not a real porsche its the V.W one" type of comment , folk definately see a 944 and think 924 or even whats thatr it doesnt look like a ' porsche' ( I.E to them 911). I like cars obviously and before I really looked at 944's I didnt realise what a proper and well made car they are. Personally I rather admire the fact that 944's do have rather understated looks if you see what mean . They don't scream out at being what they really are I.E a fast road car well made with superb handling.

 

[ronald smith]

Hi Paul- what about the BLUE dash lights we have ordered- surely a bit Halfords chav.
See you at Porsche and Polo.
Cheers
Ron

 

[sawood12]

ORIGINAL: sc0tty

The reason 911s are more expensive than 944s is beacause they are deemed to be more desireable, they have race heritage and history, and they are iconic cars. We all know 944s are technically superior in many ways, but it's all a case of desirability. The fact that everyone (apart from me) keeps max powering and modifying their 944s doenn't help with values either. These cars are no longer prestige, and most are rusty shit heaps in the view of the general public !

Actually the 944 turbo has plenty of Porsche [EDIT: meant racing!] heritage.!! Also, so called 'Max powering' doesn't seem to harm the value of 911's so I don't buy that one. Modifying your car will of course narrow the market, but wont necessarily reduce it's value. Like everything there are good mods and bad mods.

 

[944 man]

Silly 'MaxPower/Halfords' remarks, made where vehicles have been lightened and adapted for circuit use, shows an ignorance of the brand, its philosophy and its heritage.....

 

[Suffolk944]

I certainly agree that of course post crunch prices are lower than before but in a purely non scientific assessment of what seems to be selling on various sites I would say that a late bridge spoiler turbo in good nick such as the one in question here could comfortably manage an asking price of £6750 rather than the current £5750. Additionally it does also depend on how desperate you are to sell and how long you are prepared to wait.

I simply dont buy the "modding depresses 944 prices" line. What depresses it is as other have said the fact that they aren't a 911 and for many people image over substance is what counts. The 944 may well be a better car than its contemporary 911 counterpart but that doesn't count for a great deal in plenty of peoples eyes. The flip side is that those who do appreciate a really good drive and have a genuine enthusiasm for the breed have a greater chance of aquiring one. Personally have never bought a car as an investment opportunity so couldn't give two hoots as to the relative market worth of the 944 and the 911.