Porsche 2.7 944 1989 G Whats it worth?????

Guest · Oct 13, 2006

As well as the Red 944 2.7 I have just bought my parents have in there garage a White 2.7 944 1989 which is totally immaculate inside and out.

Spec as follows

White exterior 1 stone chip and one little mark on the wing
Burgundy Porsche logo interior, again totally immaculate and original
As new tyres
Full history
This car has had little use in approx 5 years although it is regularly MOT'd
Perfect to drive
No faults

I drove it to its MOT this year and i don't think it had been used since the last one, but the car drove faultlessly. When i washed it off you could tell my father must put 2 coast of wax on it a year as the water just rolled off.

What would a car like this be worth?, I know allot of people say that theres is the best example but this has to be near concourse condition.

Indi9xx · Oct 13, 2006

The problem is it is white with a burgundy interior.

So would you take £50 for it?

In seriousness, the price is down to whatever someone will pay for it.

On the one hand, I do not get involved with car dealing, so when 3 weeks ago I decided to sell my 88 944 2.5 Lux, which was immaculate, with every reciept, MOT and even the original reciept for the deposit and full payment of the car in 1988, I decided to let it go cheap for £2800 but on the basis that there were no returns or warranty on it. I know it was too cheap, especially as it really was AMAZING condition (as new) even with the 10 speaker option.

At the same time, yesterday I had to do a pre purchase inspection for someone who has already paid a deposit on an 89 2.7 944 in guards red... it was in really good condition and passed the PPI with very few niggles, but the asking price was £4995 from a used car dealer.. Which was scarey, but does show that they will sell for good money if you have the nerve to stick to your guns.

Its also worth noting that there is a lot of junk 944's out there and people are happy to pay a premium for a good one... not only that, they are willing to travel.

Lots of people have been making noises that the 944 turbo's are plumeted in price over the last year... however this year alone I have had 4 customers who have managed to get over £9k for their cars (all good examples though)

My advice... if your going to sell it but are not in a rush, advertise it high for a few months, if by easter weekend it has not sold, start slowley dropping the price... it may seem like a long time, but it tends to be easter when the best money for Porsche models seems to come out of the woodwork.

Fen · Oct 13, 2006

I'd agree with everything Jon said. It is the worst possible colour combo, but at least it's not velour or tartan! Why didn't you buy it instead of the red one?

Guest · Oct 14, 2006

I paid a grand for the red one!!!

I think what Jon said made perfect sense, he is not in a hurry to sell, so that sounds like a plan, once i have sold the red one and I have a 1991 500SL on my wifes to sell i will be using the white one to get it "back on the road" and iron out any tiny niggles.

I must admit i quite like the white and Burgundy interior!

I did think £4000 is what it was worth, although I may ask more and try my luck!

Just to recap

1989 2.7 944 140k red £2000
1989 2.7 944 74k white and lovely Burgundy interior £5500
1991 500SL 150k blue fully loaded £6500
Kitchen sink silver £35

any takers?????

carlmthompson · Oct 14, 2006

Good advice John. Nice to hear that people are still getting over £9k for Turbo's, especially as I've got a hankering for selling mine to buy something more track friendly (i.e I'm not terrified of scraping it!)

Any suggestions on something for track use?

I'm thinking either a 924S or an E30 M3. Needs to be something relatively bullit proof.

I'm not adverse to another 944T, but it needs to be one that isn't in as good nick as mine.

Indi9xx · Oct 14, 2006

My choice for a value for money, almost disposable track car would be the following.

Pre 85.5 944 (Sub £1000 for a mechanically sound, rough exterior model.)
Sell the interior if its any good.
Put in a pair of bucket seats (Currently £85 for a pair at Macro in various colours)
Fit one of my rear cages (RAC/MSA based tube, with coded welds, identical to Safety devices rear cage but with harness bar as an option)

Then over time, install the following

87/88 engine loom, ecu and airflow meter (not as big a job as you would expect)
Cold air cone filter setup
KH ECU chips
Possibly a value for money maf kit
968 MO30 anti roll bars
seam weld and box in the front wishbones
968 caster mounts
Koni coil over kit or Koni shock inserts
Covert it to S2, 86 turbo or MO30 brakes and use some early offset 16" turbo teledials
If the head ever has to come off, fit some bigger valves and have the head reworked.
Convert to manual winding windows and ditch the door cards
Put it on a diet with a hole cutter, a screw driver (remove unused items, cut holes where material can get lighter.
Plexiglass for door and rear quarter windows.
Plexiglass tailgate

Even with all the above, with ebay as your friend, you could probably make a track day rocket for about £2k and you could make some of that back by selling things you remove.

Yet if you were to smash it up, just about all your uprated parts will still be ok... so you park another replacement car next to it, transfer your goodies across and sell whats left on ebay... which could mean that each time you right it off, it may only cost you between £0 and £500 each serious "off" which may not even ever happen.

You could do the same with a ratter of a turbo... but a replacement after a ditch would be more expensive, and there would be more expensive parts to go bang... not only that, but you would be stessing everything more due to the increased power, so things will wear out more often anyway.

carlmthompson · Oct 15, 2006

Good suggestion - I had a budget in mind of £3k, so that sounds pretty good.

Any particular reason you went for a '44 instead of a '24?

I was thinking of the 924S 'cause of the weight issue.

Indi9xx · Oct 16, 2006

The 924S generally holds value better than a pre 85.5 944.

The market is currently swamped with lots of pre 85.5 944's, just a couple of weeks scanning ebay should find you one within your local area in the sub £1000 mark.

The 924S is lighter, and essentially the same car.. but with the 944 your wheel options will be better as they will accomodate wider rubber such as the 86 turbo teledials or fuchs wheels.

With £3k, you could make quite a good early 944 track monster.

I would really recommend that you spend a little of your budget attacking the belts, waterpump, rollers, tensioners and front engine oil seals.

If your good with spanners, also giving it a head gasket change and a cylinder head freshening up would make sense also to insure your investment against future expensive problems.

The other problem with the 924S is that you have to be carefull what model year you buy, as some of them have less power than a 944 lux (designed in from the factory)