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Originally Posted by FA-18C
There was a discussion about this locally amongst the few aircooled cars owners. Consensus was the impression that SC's are more likely/prone to head stud issues than 3.2's, although not sure that is entirely accurate across the board. All 3.2's tend to get clumped together and averaged up by some of the later 88-89 "last of" buyers that elevate the overall average price in comparison to SCs. G50 may also have some impact as well. SCs are great cars and while there may be some ups and downs year to year, the overall trend for the G-body cars are doing pretty well. Agree with the scrum here, this is nothing to sweat.
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I would go on to add the previous ownership and care. The SCs fell pretty low at one point and many had deferred maintenance or half arsed maintenance like we’ve seen that has made the trusty 915 so maligned. While 3.2s had the reputation of the valve guide seal issue, they didn’t get saddled as badly with that. And, because they have an early version of EFI, one can park them a long time and often start them right back up. A CIS car on the other hand frequently requires thousands in refurbishment of the fuel system to get back on its feet. There are very good real reasons why an SC shouldn’t be worth as much as a 3.2 and this 5% correction could be a real genuinely needed correction in response to a frothy market that artificially valued them both nearly the same for a while.
I’m talking average cars here. One could argue that a condition one or two SC and Carrera should be worth about the same. But I assert that condition 3 drivers should not be.