[holdthewind]

So, on a whim I bought an 80' 928 that hasn't run in approx. 15 years. I have no history of the car except that it is German. Since I don't have a shop or any real place to work on it, I am casually working on the street in my little town. My little town will "kind of" let you "tinker on a car as long as it's not an "eye" sore and it's legally tagged. that brings me to my question and hopefully help, In Washington state (at least at my most local DMV) if the person behind the counter decides that what you paid for your car feels low to them, then you have to pay sales tax on what they decide it should be worth. Needless to say, I was shocked when she said that they are going for $25K to $80k+ and she was only going to tax me at $16k (she acted like it was a favor). I have a bill of sale for the actual $2800 I bought it for. I was told that I needed to find a like car at a dealer with the same price or take it to get it appraised. Yes, i did remind her that it wasn't running and not to many dealerships are in business to sale non-running poor condition 1980's Porsches (that aren't 911's). Is there anybody here that can give me a legit appraisal of value and or estimate of the cost to bring it back to life on a letter head ? I can provide pictures and what I have done and noticed so far. Honestly I think it may take around $10k to get the mouse pee smell out of it alone.