88 Coupe Market Value

88911coupe · 03-11-2002, 08:59 AM

Does anyone have a copy of Bruce Anderson's latest Market Value article on the '84-'89 Carrera's? I can't seem to find my copy. I am specifically interested in the 88 Coupe.
Thanks

nostatic · nostatic's Garage

poor - 18807
good - 21383
excellent - 28625

These are pre-9/11 prices though. I have seen '87-'89 cars as low as $14K, and a lot in the low $20's have been sitting around and not selling.

Thinking of selling?

83SC in PA · 03-11-2002, 10:50 AM

Things may be looking up for SC and Carrera prices at least here on the east coast. I attended the huge monthly Manheim(PA) highline auction at the end of Feb. and noted that several low mile '87-89 coupes and cabs wholesaled for high 20's, low-mid 30's. A nice '89 anniversary coupe with 93K was a 'no sale' at 21.5K. A couple of nice '82 and '83 SC coupes wholesaled around 14-15K. May have been an anomaly, but I took it as a sign that perhaps the economy is starting to rebound.

88911coupe · 03-11-2002, 11:23 AM

Thanks for the help!
I constantly check and it seems that there was a brief time (dead of winter) when prices softened a little but it didn't seem to last long. I am seeing early SC's for sale in the mid teens that are nothing special. There's a general consensus that the economy will be turning around and older 911's are absolute bargains considering what kind of car you get (especially 87-89). I just checked one 911 classified site and the average asking price for 87 coupes was $26331, for 88's it was 28133 and for 89's 29262.
Yes, I am thinking of selling. I am looking at a friends Turbo or a 993 but I am not dying to sell mine either since there's nothing wrong with it and it's under warranty.
It's also important to not panic sell a 911. I waited 3 months for the first serious call on my 87 cab that I owned and a guy bought it sight unseen at full asking price (same as I PAID for it 1 1/2 years earlier!). Flew in from LA, picked it up and drove home.
Ebay maybe...
Later and thanks again,

304065 · 03-12-2002, 06:06 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen:

It is with great reluctance that I have decided to offer my '88 Coupe for sale. I hate to say it, but after months of using her to haul parts back and forth for my '71, I have determined that I need a vehicle with more interior capacity/hauling room.

http://members.rennlist.com/john_cramer/

I refer to Bruce's valuation in the "valuation" section of the site.

Best regards.

John

Decolliber · 03-12-2002, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 88911coupe
I just checked one 911 classified site and the average asking price for 87 coupes was $26331, for 88's it was 28133 and for 89's 29262.

Seems to be some Carrera - 964 price inversion. Before finally deciding to get my Carrera overhauled, I had been looking at prices of '93-'94 964s (post problem?), as an alternative. It is not hard to find them with asking prices around $28K now. Then I skip over to the 964 board at Rennlist, read all the scary 964 stories (one poor soul described his as an "electrical nightmare") and decide to overhaul the Carrera.