"80CobraKid" (80cobrakid)
08/21/2013 at 13:03 • Filed to: NPOCP, Craigslist, Porsche
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"80CobraKid" (80cobrakid)
08/21/2013 at 13:03 • Filed to: NPOCP, Craigslist, Porsche | 2
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Seems like a great deal. What say you Oppo?
1987 Porsche 924s for sale. 87,600 actual miles, good tires that have a lot of life left on them. Engine is great, runs strong and doesn't leak or burn oil or any fluids. Mechanically it is in excellent shape. Regular maintenance has been done on it while I owned it over the last 7 years. The car has had some body work done but the exterior still looks great aside from a few dents and scratches. The interior is in excellent shape. The drivers seat has a small gap where it has come undone at the seam but can easily be repaired. Id love to keep it but I need the room for some other projects. It's a really fun car, great handling, really quick, and would make an awesome daily driver. Gets surprisingly good gas milage for being a sports car, 24-26 mpg usually. Asking $3000 but I am willing to negotiate. Great car, I just need the space and don't have time to appreciate it anymore. I am available to show the vehicle in the evenings and weekends.
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Mazarin
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 13:06 |
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I'd do it for $2500. Need that other $500 for whatever hidden demons reside in there.
William Byrd
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 13:07 |
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Make sure it's not due for some crazy service, or has a really expensive to replace part that is currently breaking.
I bought a 951 (944 Turbo) of that era and the water pump was toast. $2000 to replace because it's at the bottom of the engine. Dealers wanted even more.
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80CobraKid
> Mazarin
08/21/2013 at 13:13 |
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I'm looking at this for a friend, his budget is $4000, seems like enough spare change. He's somewhat mechanically inclined, his father more. I guess if worse comes, I could help out.
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80CobraKid
> William Byrd
08/21/2013 at 13:13 |
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Not sure, but I believe the 924S cars had the 944 non-turbo engine. could be wrong.
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William Byrd
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 13:15 |
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I think that sounds right. And if so, they are light years more reliable. See if you can find a good checklist or something via google. It's certainly an inexpensive way into Porsche ownership. Of course, and I'm sure Jalops are solid about this anyway, once you've owned one, it is forever "POUR-SHA" vs. "POURSCH". :)
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 13:18 |
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Do eeet. Or more correctly, since you're looking for a friend, make him do eeet.
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80CobraKid
> William Byrd
08/21/2013 at 13:21 |
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Porsche is a two-syllable word.
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80CobraKid
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/21/2013 at 13:23 |
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Trust me, this is much better than the early '00s Saabs he's looking at. Winter wheels/tires, sand bag in the back, rubber coat the fender wells, and you're good for Minnsnowta winters.
lone_liberal
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 13:24 |
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If the service history and inspection check out, why not? Three thousand isn't enough to break somebody if/when it needs a crazy expensive part and in the meantime he will have a blast driving it.
Meatcoma
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 13:29 |
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Since it's a porsche, it's never enough spare change.
#1 - Find out when the timing belt was last replaced.
#2 - I know that the '86 year drained water from the windshield down into the battery box, through a tube and then out behind the front wheel, check under the glove box and make sure there is no rust on the bottom of that tube. If it rusts through it will knock out your ECU every time it rains, until it dries. I'll try to get some pics off my son's 944 tonight.
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80CobraKid
> Meatcoma
08/21/2013 at 13:36 |
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Ok, thanks for the advice!
ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 13:49 |
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Nice price all the way.
Mattbob
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 14:08 |
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I feel that there is a third pronuciation which is more correct but people screw up all the time. There is POURSCH (wrong) POUR-SHA (still wrong imo) and POURSCH-EH (sounds more correct to me anyways). It always seems like when people enunciate the end they make it a "UH" noise, not a subtle "e" which is imo how it should sound. I don't know German though, I just work with them, so its just my impression.
DragginHard
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 16:33 |
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How can you tell it only has 87k. For all I can tell from the odometer it could have 187k, or 987k (not likely, but possible).
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DragginHard
> DragginHard
08/21/2013 at 16:33 |
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Nice price though, if sure it's 87k.
996C2
> 80CobraKid
08/21/2013 at 19:19 |
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I love the kids who buy these cars for a few grand and then when they start having problems and bring it in for service and get the bad news... drive the car home (without repairing it) and then put an ad in the paper to sell it to the next kid (victim?) who can't afford it. Not quite in the area of 928 insanity (parts prices) the 924 is the evil twin of the slightly less evil 944.
The list of insane prices on service is long and sad. 10 hours labour for a clutch is one of the highlights. You can spend $10K bringing these cars back to a proper level of fitness and the car is still worth maybe half that in value. And then you get the 'Audi' sarcasm at Porsche events - I mean they can be harsher on 924's then they were on 914's. Is it fair? No. They ARE fun cars to drive - but the shoddy design (VW raided the parts bins across the corporation) and the parts costs leave most owners dumping them and running away.
If you do your own service, lets say your handy and can change water pump's, belts, suspension pieces, shocks etc., then you have a half way chance at keeping the costs half human unless the really bad stuff happens where upon the engine has to come apart. Real horror stories are the turbo 924's that require Werner Von Braun to figure out.
The 944 really was a far better engineered and better built car then the 924 and of course the 951 and 968 of the last production year each were the cars that in good condition still hold their value today. At $3000 you really are getting that level of value and not a penny more. There are a half dozen issues that could go wrong with these cars that sucks up that purchase price in a heartbeat. Cold water in the face mode. Just saying.
JasonStern911
> 996C2
08/21/2013 at 23:06 |
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Nice write-up but a bit too "doom and gloomy". $10k can make a 924S run for ages on reliable LS power:
http://944hybrids.forumotion.com/t82-how-to-con…
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996C2
> JasonStern911
08/22/2013 at 09:59 |
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Yeah, I know it's negative Jason, but I've seen too many 924 'projects' (and 944's) end up at our local Porsche recycler (nineapart) when the owners gave up because of costs. Now having said that: if you play the VW part number game well, you CAN replace the worn Porsche part number with the VW part number and save money. Most of the electrical equipment is Bosch and can be sourced at different auto parts outlets other then Porsche. I have a friend installing a Corvette engine (LS1) in a 968 that will rock when it's finished. The custom made stuff he has had to build himself is unbelievable but it's been a fun project so far. He's doing a custom hood intake right now that should give people a clue that this car has something different under the hood. The LS1 is 345HP in stock form - and it's not stock. All things equal - the car with the LS1 should weigh 175lbs less then the Corvette it came out of and the 968 chassis will have 150lbs added to it yet have an extra 109HP (very conservative - I think more like an extra 170HP with his changes)
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JasonStern911
> 996C2
08/22/2013 at 22:33 |
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That's nuts!
I wish I had the fab skills to do something like that, although checking my bank account, it's probably for the best that I do not... :)