dirty dog offered to me

[Bertroex]

Hello all,


someone approached me to offload his 3.2 Swiss spec coupe (LHD) coupe. It comes now with 170.000 km, g50 gearbox, cream and blue full leather interior, venetian blue, sunroof. According to my books etc it should have the 207 bhp catalyst engine to swiss spec with additional noise restriction. Not a problem as I have lurking in my basement a fabspeed exhaust and bypass pipe but never fitted it. Moreover, a trip to AMD or ninemeister might give me a swift 250 BHP.

The car was imported by a doctor now based near Bristol, maintained by autofarm, but..... was involved in a car crash damaging the outer/inner RH front wing. The car was bought from Norwich Union in spring 2005, back on the road since july 2005. I drove it, it feels well screwed together, paint matches, original porsche repair panels used, was put on a jig,but it is dirty dirty dirty and looks uncared for (but somehow this does appeal to me- should consult my therapist!). Moreover, the repairs were done by a fred- in -a -shed character who does appear to love repairing crashed peugeots........

~the price would be £8,000.


What do you reckon with regards to resale value - I want to sell it after my carrera 3.0 is fixed-?
Any comments much appreciated.

 

[Guest]

I'm assuming it was written off if it was bought from an insurance company.

If so, I reckon the RHD version would be worth around £14-15k, making a LHD worth around £11-12k and a written off LHD worth somewhat less than that but I guess £8k might be about right. I reckon you'd struggle to re sell it though.

As a matter of interest, what's a Carrera 3.0 like as they quite interest me?

Cheers

 

[porkersc]

My 88 3.2 is Swiss spec and according to all the 3.2 books I have, Paul Frere etc it has the same 231bhp engine but with the cat and a stainless steel shield around the cat to make cut the noise level.
The only spec difference I was aware was slightly different gear ratios to keep the Swiss noise police happy.
I was under the impression the 207bhp was for the US only.

 

[porkersc]

Just had a look in my handbook and I stand corrected I think it is 217 if fitted with the cat 231 without.
If take the cat off will this give me the 231 back? Sorry to hijack the thread.

 

[TopCarrera]

How about this ......

Seen today 85/86 Carrera 3.2 LHD £6995

Location - Small car lot next to Texaco service station on Southbound A417 approx 7 miles North of Cirencester

Dark Blue, Fuchs 7s& 8s, S/Roof, no spoilers, dark blue leather

In a hurry so had a very quick look over and glance underneath (didnt ask character in neighbouring portakabin for keys). A little bit frayed under arches and sills but really looked very solid. Tired looking paintwork but car looked quite honest to me. Might be a complete nail if I bothered to take torch and have a proper look, start engine etc ...... Amazing how these 20 year old cars stand the elements IF they can avoid the excesses of salt on UK winter roads!

May go and have another look this weekend.

Can somebody please arrange to have me locked up before I loose all common sense and get interested in a car that has covered 290K Km!! (more than double that of my current 84 model!)