Advise on Price please

[sheep911uk]

I am looking to sell my 1987 944 project which is currently listed in the for sale section and was wondering what the opinion was on the price i am asking.
Am i being a little ambitious?
Nick

 

[944 man]

Yes. It isnt worth half what youre asking, in my opinion/experience.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

No MOT, Tax, dents/damage, non working bits and been off the road a year = not a lot I'm afraid.

£1700 would get you a very good Lux,

£850 bought me a 2.7 with MOT and Tax (not a lot, but some!)

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I'd be a bit more optimistic and say you weren't far out when you consider the new engine, respray and retrim, assuming they were done well and the shell's sound.

The mechanical faults will put people off, I've no idea what it would cost to get the starter/speedo fault fixed but it would put me off. Perhaps it's worth getting it fixed if it's a simple job and would easily pay you back? Same with the MOT, a nice new one is top on the list for many buyers, none at all just appears as if you know it'll fail expensively.

There's no detail of things like when the clutch or belts were changed, I guess with the new engine? This is important stuff, the sunroof bag isn't really all that critical! []

 

[sheep911uk]

Thanks for all the replies much appreciated,the clutch was fine and the belts were changed when the engine was put in.

 

[Northern924]

Don't shoot me down but Paul you are doing the "it's worth more than they are selling in the real world for thing" again, people are doing to much to attempt to keep prices high on here again when the market has bottomed out.

I bought mine for £700 18 months ago in about the same state, and recently sold it for £250 more than you are asking for a project with 10 months MOT and 4 months tax, in a deflated market, with ALL mech work done within last 12/18 months inc.
rear discs
brake shoes
pads all round
track rod ends
cam belt and rollers (4k agao) (water pump recorded to have been done 20k/just under 3yrs ago)
dizzy cap and rotor
all new filters (inc fuel)
plugs
Oil change (engine & gearbox)
Brake fluid refresh (total replacement) flexi hoses replaced with those from a 70k car that were in excellent condition
90% of all rad hoses repalced (with new ones from OPC)
many various OPC parts inc, gear stick bushes, heater clips, new keys9OK they were US ebay purchases, but OPC parts), key fob (again ebay but confirmed against an OPC item to ensure correct), good set of D90's, 5mm tyres all round (matching)
I COULD go on but I wont!

Now the body work on mine did need attention, but thats the easy bit if its not rotting, and it shouldn't be. I sold it with a spare good wing in the right colour to replace the knackered one

As its been mentioned no one really cares that much about the sunroof bag in the real world, just on ebay when they are trying to sell them, and mine included the even rarer (apparently) 80's tyre compressor, does yours have that £100 item as well?

I take you have proof that the belts were done when the engine was replaced? Speedo is nothing to do with the flywheel by the way as the speedo runs off the gearbox, (probably just a dodgy cable) plus the starters are crap on these cars when they have been sitting and again unless the fly wheel cogs as screwed very unlikely tobe the fault, so twice you have scared people of thinking that the timing is out when it has no bearing on the problems the car has (mind you if the flywheel is knackered (ie cogs are worn causing the Ref Sensor and starter to fail) its a job so big that it makes the car worth HALF what I piad for mine!), also you have no mention of when the car was last serviced correctly or if the is service history with it.

I have to admit that this has been quite scathing, but the 944 market has bottomed out, I never expect to make money off these cars I just love them and enjoy them, the last one cost me over £500, and do you know what I don't care

What I am saying is don't listen to those trying to make these cars sound like they are still exclusive, they are not, look at ebay prices for a real world price, that is what they are selling for.

 

[Northern924]

Oh and those who are thinking of posting LIVE auction prices please don't, post completed item so that we can see what prices they are achieving not the ones people think they should [&:]

Here's my choices:
Already sold for under £800
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1988-Porsche-944-/270814270073?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f0dc9d279

For £200 more I could have this with T&T and better trim level:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1986-PORSCHE-944-RED-/250883466156?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3a69d1e3ac

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Don't shoot me down but Paul you are doing the "it's worth more than they are selling in the real world for thing" again, people are doing to much to attempt to keep prices high on here again when the market has bottomed out.

Hi Paul,

I take your point, but on the basis of the advert it does seem to be better than average and should command a premium. Obviously it's let down by lack of mention of history, no pictures etc., but a 944 with a respray and re-trim, and a replacement engine, should be worth a few hundred over average I'd have thought? Assuming it's all done well and documented.

I'd say it looks, on the face of it, worth a good look at. Personally, I'd have done the odd little mechanical bits and got an MOT, then I think we'd all be saying what a bargain it looked! [&:]

My aim isn't to keep prices high. It's to get some differentiation between poor, average, good and great cars again. Too often really exceptional cars are dragged down to the same level as a car that might need thousands spent on it.