M758 Turbo S: Worth a Punt

[944 man]

This may make a good buy for someone. I know that the previous owner died shortly after buying it and that its stood since. The owner previous to that took care of it properly and spent £7,000 with Barry Hart just before selling (he also Waxoyled the sills, although the wing bottom isnt brilliant). Youd want it for £3k though, not the £7k the vendor hopes for...

*touches nose*

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Where should we go for a look?[]
Mike

 

[ukmastiff]

I'm carless at the mo as you may or may not know ? are you spilling the beans [&:]

Chers Mas

 

[944 man]

Sorry! I forgot to add the fleaBay link! []

hard to see clicky-link

Simon

 

[944 man]

ORIGINAL: Previous-but-one-owner

Yeah, she looks rough. Apparently the guy who purchased it from us died shortly after, and the car has just been sat on the road for nearly 3 years. Looks rough but I bet the mechanicals are as good as they were 3 years ago. The car had a full rebuild by Hartech Automotive in 2000 at 100k miles including an engine refresh, shells, rings etc and new standard Koni adjutables and recon brakes all round. The total bill came to £7k! and it was bloody quick, still miss the acceleration, our Scoobs can't match it.

We put most of the subsequent 40k miles on it before selling due to wife giving up work. You can just make out the front of her green Scooby in the first picture.

 

[ukmastiff]

Oh sorry , I had seen that one as I watch flea-bay piston heads autotrader etc about 6 times a day at the mo. I had dismissed it particulary when I saw the these are going for around 7,000 comment ( oh no they aren't ) []

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Offer 3k - they can only say no!

Mike

 

[ukmastiff]

Would you really pay 3 for that , with all the bodywork tht needs doing ? , plus no service history a ssuch as has been standing for 3 years. Folk on here in the know have been saying to me that a 944 is better off being driven and doing the miles than standing. I think I'd wait and pay for a decent one TBH.

Did you see the alledgedly refurbished by autofarm (with docs to prove) and immaculate one sold the other week on flea bay for 5500 ?. Now that one looked in a different league and 90,000 miles ish I think ?. I still had mine at the time but was tempted.

Regards Mas

 

[Mike_Pollock]

I'm not in the market and wouldn't know if the price is right or wrong. However, it is clear that it isn't a brilliant example and would take a deal of cash to make so.
Mike

 

[944 man]

*shakes head*

 

[DavidL]

I think the point may be that this is a cheap car but it has history and is "known" to a couple of people who do know one or two things about these cars.
It is a gamble, as they all are, but possibly slightly less of one and as long as you look around the obvious imperfections it isn't that bad.
...if you could live with the interior.

For what its worth this is what I did with my car - unused for a year but the last bill (no miles between) was 4.5K before I bought it. I've spent quite alot in the 18months since but it now has lots of new parts and I'm hoping for fairly trouble free motoring for a few years. (where's the fingers crossed smiley?)