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Detroit, 12:42 PM
Sun Dec 6
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Seriously, that production total is surprising. This may be a case of the SoCal survivor rate skewing my perception...how many of these will you find running around the streets of, say, Cleveland?
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You jalopniks would respect my sister , I think. When I was in hi-skool and she was in college up in Tallahassee I remember her coming home one weekend with a ticket for 106 in a 25 zone. That, as the phrase goes, is just how she rolls. She achieved this in a six-cylinder Chevelle with the worst brakes of any car I've ever driven. I drove that car a lot; I'd never have guessed you even could get that old heap up to 106 mph.
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This is one of those few times, though. The only other Porsche 944 found on Autotrader.com was a non-S, 1988 model. It was listed at $3450, which sets our base price. The NPOCP 944S above has low miles, which adds $1500 to it's value, as well as General Awesomeness for being the turbo version. That's good for another $1500. So, we get a fair market value of this one at $6450, well below the $12000 asking price and deep in Crack Pipe territory.
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Am I the only guy who saw her in "Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone"? Boy was that a dumb movie.
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I'd look for a decent early 80s 911SC or maybe a 968 convertible and get some real speed for my $12K.
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Just bring a razor blade & some Windex with you when you buy it, since the first step after purchase would be to strip that hideous "Porsche" windshield decal off before it even leaves the driveway.
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We took auto shop class at the same time for a year or two. Our junior year, 2001, he bought one of these for about $2500. If that's all my contemporary Jake Ryan would pay for one of these, I sure as hell am not paying almost 5 times that, inflation be damned.
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Those will all invariably have more than 100k miles on them, and there is a definite value associated with low miles (to a point)
Ascribing my admittedly unrealistic 10 cents per mile rule, this car should be worth $8500 more than a still low mileage 100k mile example. If I'd consider $3500 for a 100k mile 944, My own math says I must vote nice price.
Plus, it's the more valuable "S".
Using reason, it's worth it, and for some ungodly reason, the 944 has always been a favorite of mine, even if it was the "chick car" in Porsche's lineup.
Nice price.
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If I'm going to drop five figures on a front-engined Porsche...it'll be a 928.
Oh, and Molly Ringworm is not lustworthy in any way, shape, or form.