Do i sell my 993 for this???

[Elliot]

My friends brother has unfortunately passed away after a short battle with the big C.

He was a pilot and a very particular and neat man and his cars reflect this, and his brother has offered me the following:

1990 944 turbo (250 BHP bridge spoiler model) in guards red.

I have only seen pictures at present but it looks near concours condition and i know no expense has been spared with regards to servicing.

it has done 86K and has Cup 1 alloys and as far as i am aware black leather interior.

The Reg is H390 FCU

Does anybody know this car? (Paul can you have a look at the register please)

Anyway i have been offered first stab at the car and it was purchased for £8K two years ago but since then it has had at least 3K spent on it.

I have been offered it for 6K

i suppose the question is should i buy a £3K car and do it up slowly and keep the 993 or sell the 993 and put money in the bank to fund the turbo and drive it straight to a concours event - oh and to the workshop every day (5 miles round trip).

Any comments on the car or my predicament would be welcome.

i shall be viewing the car next week

cheers Elliot

 

[Catamax944]

Keep the 993 ,it holds it's value much better . If you want a 951 but it's not the right time just wait until the right time and car comes along, 944's are plentiful and even concourse examples will surface once in a while.

 

[scam75]

Sack the 993 and buy it! (Biased of course!)

Good 951's are creeping up in value. I've got mines on agreed value £10k at present. Go on!

Stuart

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Paul can you have a look at the register please

Hi Elliot,

It's not on the database going back over 5 years, but that doesn't mean much. Plenty of people never register their cars, or give slightly wrong info, and there are plenty of input errors. It would only tell you the owner at the time, or at least the Club member's name if they weren't the owner.

My tuppence-worth. Assuming it all checks out (how many times have we heard near-concours in an advert and the car turns out to be a rusty old shed with no paperwork [&o]) I'd sell my mother to buy it. 6K for a late turbo in that condition? Scotty's near-concours S2 went for nearly that money and a late turbo is likely to be more of an investment over the next few years.

I guess it's down to whether you want a car that good, the obvious argument is if you want a slightly scruffy car that you won't mind piling miles on or leaving in Tesco's car park then buy a cheaper one. Thing is, I'm not sure that you'll find many late turbos with anything like good condition and history for that money though. On the basis of what you've listed here I'd give an insurance value of nearer £10K, and I know of concours-standard late turbos with low miles and full history valued well over £10K. A valuation isn't a value, of course, it's an estimate of what you'd need to spend to buy the equivalent car and then improve it to the standard of the one it's replacing. Could you buy a late turbo with similar history and improve it to the same condition for £6K in total? I doubt it.

 

[Gordon Attar]

You need to view to be able to make a decision.

If the car is not concourse just in vgc then I had a 944 Turbo as my daily driver its perfectly suitable for day to day living and the 993 was the garage queen!

Bar the 4 yearly must do belt change they are not that expensive to run.

I would suggest stretching and if it isnt the one, yoy could alway move it on and get a small profit!

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Keep the 993 ,it holds it's value much better

Of course, this is true. 993s are actually appreciating in a global recession. The one Autofarm had at Porsche and Polo today is up for £40K, for a C4S! Looked absolutely stunning, but that's 997 turbo or 996 GT3 money. [8|]

http://www.autofarm.co.uk/items/103?back=%2Fsales

Although a decent late turbo, ar an exceptional early-dash car, might hold their value or even creep up over time, they aren't ever going to be a pension-fund. Whether every 993 will increase in value I doubt, but now isn't the time to sell an exceptional one IMO.

 

[robwright]

I say go for it mate. I think you have an itch that you need to scratch and you won't be happy until you do. And what a scratch at that price if it is good as it sounds. I wouldn't mind popping along to have a look at it with you if you don't mind. I would even bring my now fully working turbo along. Just give me time to clean it so I don't get shown up too much. Go for it. Being the only turbo in the village can get a bit lonely sometimes []

 

[Elliot]

ORIGINAL: Gordon Attar

You need to view to be able to make a decision.

If the car is not concourse just in vgc then I had a 944 Turbo as my daily driver its perfectly suitable for day to day living and the 993 was the garage queen!

Bar the 4 yearly must do belt change they are not that expensive to run.

I would suggest stretching and if it isnt the one, yoy could alway move it on and get a small profit!

The 993 has been SORN since december and i am not getting enough time to drive it due to newish business but she does look lovely in the workshop and she gets a sneaky drive up the fen road every so often. If i could afford both i would do it without a worry but just dont want to regret selling the 993 as after all i sold my 911SC and two very good condition 944s to get it.

Having said that i have an itch to scratch and driving the 944 would promote my business to 944 owners so its a difficult one

 

[Frenchy]

Keep the 993 and beg, steal and borrow to buy that Turbo, if it is that good stick it in cotton wool and watch it appreciate in value, of course drive it when sunny !!

 

[andrew_churcher]

What Frenchy said! the 944 Turbo sound great for the price and Peter Morgan wrote an article recently on the 993 in the GT Porsche Mag that although prices have softened since in the last few years that "in due course, 993's will find their feet once again an prices will rise again in a new, more specialised (enthusiast) market. The model has heritage in spades"

Sounds like you have bought in to a 993 at a good time and could do so with this minty sounding 944 Turbo.

 

[Hairyarse]

Having seen your 993 - I'd say sell it if I could afford to buy it off you![]

Seriously though, if you really want a 944 T then this one (if it meets the description) will be a bargain and one you would regret not buying. I guess it depends on what you'd regret most, selling the 993 or passing up on this 944T.

Imagine yourself parked at traffic lights in each car and the other one pulling up alongside you. Which one would you want to be in?

Good luck with your predicament!

Cheers
Andy

 

[JamesBall]

ORIGINAL: andrew_churcher

What Frenchy said!

+1

 

[simkin911]

Well Elliot, how did the viewing go? You buying?

 

[Elliot]

i returned from holiday in holt this evening and chap is bringing car and leaving it with me so i can have a weeks viewing hopefully be here tomorrow

cheers