James Bailey

928s have long been known to be associated with Dentists ......... as their wife's seemed to love driving them

Keith Coe

James: I am a dentist and my wife doesn't like driving my 928 - steering is too heavy she says. No problem, she can go drive the Cayenne!

James Bailey

My wife enjoyed HER 928 loved the exhaust note as she accelerated , I asked her how many gears ? Her answer all 5 !! Latest ride is her Touareg (poor man's Cayenne) .

cobalt

So with all this being said can anyone put a % increase on these cars.

Air cooled 911's especially the turbo cars are ridiculously expensive. With pricing for decent cars ranging between $90k and $180K that is double what they were bringing a year ago and still rising. Even the 964's have shot up to being equal or more expensive than a comparable 993 and my 60k mile 964 C2 is valued at what I considered my GTS to be worth last year. As others said what is also out of control are parts. They have shot up through the roof. I am kicking myslef for not picking up a G50/52 tranny last year. I could have had them all day long for $4500 now you can't touch them for under $9k. Speedline wheels have jumped from $4100 to over $8k a set

It would be nice if 928's were on the same path as the 911's that would put my GTS at $80k+ which I think is not the case.

RKD in OKC

My Dentist is a country girl, says she likes pickup trucks.

69gaugeman

This is a double edged sword. If you are looking to get out of 928 ownership this is the position you would take. If you are trying to make money on a car (which is for the most part, foolish) you would want this to happen.

If you like to drive, then who cares what the price is. The lower, the better. IMHO.

cobalt

I actually am concerned for insurance reasons. I just had to increase my coverage on my other cars and have been busy building a track car so haven't been following the market. I always knew the air cooled 911 market would increase but never expected pricing to climb so drastically. I have to say I always enjoyed my cars and drove them as I wanted however I can't help but consider the cars value more than before. So long as I am adequately covered for replacement value I agree.

The Fixer

When you speak of $100k plus "air cooled" 911s do you mean '73 and earlier?

I can find you very nice 911 SCs, 3.2 Carreras, 964s and even 993s at very reasonable prices right now. From $16k-$36K

911 2.7s are much cheaper, they still are not desirable and can be had in excellent condition even cheaper. ($12- 14k)

Here is a very clean low mile 911SC, these are still cheap, but are very collected. They usually sell in the $19-$22k range in this condition with good miles.

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/4318627261.html

Special Edition: http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/4417371198.html

Cab: http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/4335890453.html

AnatolyL

Thank you for those of you posting purchase prices of 928s - although I did not see actual numbers. I did not see anyone say I bought a 928 for $... I also noticed that we were talking about GTS cars, which of course are the most valuable. And I have to add that the 911 market, along with the Italian car market (Ferrari) has nothing to do with the 928 market. Example: My friend had an 87 911 cabrio (which I assisted him in purchasing in 1996) he advertised on cars.com for 25k. It sold in 1 day for $26k. This was in the fall of last year. And again, I WANT the 928 to increase in value...I OWN a 928, I KNOW how the 928 fit into the marketplace when it was in production. What bothers me is the "I think..." or "I hope..." or "I heard...". Tell me what happens when you try to sell a 928, because I know.

Ladybug83

6 months ago I paid 2200 for my 83 US manual. It has crap paint, and thrashed interior but is very sound mechanically aside from a few minor oil leaks and some minor wiring rehab. Milage is sketchy, because the speedo was changed out without regard, so for that reason alone I think the value will never be par with the field. But with some elbow grease inside and out it'll be a respectable car IMO. I figure on spending @4k on all of the afore mentioned woes (vinyl wrap or intense detailing instead of repaint) and hopefully come out the other side breaking about even on value. And more importantly, I'll have a sweet V8 rear wheel smokin German hot rod to enjoy.

cobalt

No specific models especially the turbos and early cars have gone nuts. 930's ahve been selling in the upper $90's for cars that wouldn't have fetched $45k two years ago. Early turbo carreras are seeing north of $150k along with the 964 turbos. A year ago you could have picked up a low mileage 3.3 T for mid $30's now you can't touch them for less than $70k and many clean cars have seen close to or north of $100k. The 3.6T market doesn't exist most owners have stopped selling last I heard of was one of the other three Cobalt turbos nearly identical to mine with light grey interior, however this car had a completely modified interior. It sold in less than 24 hours without being advertised for $169k. Turbo S's are commanding over $300k all these prices are double +/- what I could have purchased them for 18 months ago.

Nice is relative. I would use the Hagerty scale for condition as a reference. Don't forget we are comparing what these cars sold for 12-18 months ago vs now. Find me a clean 1992 or newer 964 with reasonable mileage for anything less than $35K. The 89's through 91's are up there too. A year ago they would have been passed over. You can't even find C2 manuals These cars were readily available 18 months ago for high teens low $20's. I have had people offer me over $35k for my 60k mile example a year ago it wouldn't have fetched $22k

The 964 and 930 guys are watching intently and some of these cars sell at their asking price and some don't but finding a seller to budge is rare or the seller doesn't know what he has and that is a tough find.

https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...-for-sale.html

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-9...ent-sales.html

SWB cars in pristine condition have seen numbers north of $250k recently; early model rust buckets have seen 6 figures at auction. These cars you couldn't give away not too long ago.

The SC's especially are the last to see an increase and even these prices are considerably higher than a a year ago. That SC would have been $13 to 16k last year and the Cab $25k tops. These are the less desirable right now and that is a considerable increase IMO. I am sure closer inspection will show something A little TLC could mean anything from $1 to 10k in need. Many cars are available that seem nice but have issues. I lived through the 80's grey market shopped Germany and Switzerland for cars and the same thing is happening here in reverse. With China opening up the classics for import you will see these prices double or triple soon enough. Other models are following suit and I think the 928 will become more appreciated also.

So I am curious what people are seeing why not post some actual sale links and we can compare what they were a year or so ago.

Captain_Slow

I bought a black 86.5 with sport package (seats, springs and shocks, LSD, full cashmere leather option) for $6800 in 2009. Did nothing to it. Sold it about 18 months later for $7800 (asking price). I should have kept that car, but the full leather dash was described as too far gone and would need a donor dash. Oddly, the rest of the interior was near perfect (no warping of the interior quarters panels...all wrapped in cashmere leather. Today I'd have pulled the dash after locating a good used dash.

Made the mistake of looking on CL about 8 months (2011) later and bought another black 86.5 for $7000 It was a base model (discovered the seats are a lot more comfortable than the sport seats...heck of a lot easier to get in or out of the car), but the firm ride was gone. The car needed more work than I had first thought. Almost had the timing belt slip off the front due to the tensioner arm bolt backing out...rubber belt shavings everywhere under the cover. Fortunately, I had the car towed to the Taylor Chapman's shop...he did compression tests and replaced the tensioner arm with the S4 style and. It needed more work and I didn't have a garage and new I wasn't going to pay a shop to do the work, so sold it soon afar the repairs for $7500. A $1500 loss if considering the cost of the work Taylor did.

Bought my current 88 S4 for for $11,500. Too much for just the car, but it was local, well cared for (though now I'm doing some deferred maintenance that probably influenced the POs decision to sell), a color I really like (need to paint the front bumper cover after doing important stuff first), a nearly mint interior, AC works great, Cruise control works, all switches work, sunroof works, and it had $3000 BBS LM wheels I knew I could sell and bring the price down to what I should have paid for the car. Sold the front pair of LMs for $1300 and bought new tires and Panamera 5 spoke wheels (BBS LMs didn't have correct offset).

So far the hobby has almost broken even.

Jon

rnixon

I suspect that most people that pay higher prices for 928s don't want to make the price public. There is of course the recent eBay sale of a nice '91 928S4 with 37k miles, at $31,450.

bzliteyear

I really enjoyed my 90 928S4 auto when I owned it and still miss it sometimes. However, I grin when I drive my 06 CLK55 Cab as it has similar 350 hp to 928GTS with nice engine sound and practical rear seats. As much as I'd like to get another 928 again, that will have to wait until kids are out of the house, lol. Thx for the memories.
PL

cobalt

That is saying something. Unheard of number a few years ago for an S4.