What would you value this 87 911 at?

[wrinkledpants]

Marina Blue 87 911 with 100k miles, and linen interior. One owner, most maintenance records, and this is the PPI results. Dealer is asking $24.5k. Does the leak-down test look bad, or is that something that would improve with daily driving?

EXTERIOR & INTERIOR
NO SIGNS OF ANY MAJOR ACCIDENT OR BODY REPAIRS THE CARS PAINT DOES SHOW ITS AGE IT HAS SOME SCRATCHES AND ROCK CHIPS DOESNT LOOK LIKE IT HAS BEEN REPAINTED. CARPET IS LIKE NEW SEATS HAVE SOME WEAR BUT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION ALL ELECTRRONICS WORK PROPERLY. DASH BOARD IS IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL THE INTERIOR IS IN GREAT CONDITION
ENGINE
REAR MAIN SEAL LEAK VAVLE COVERS ARE LEAKING SLIGHTLY SPARK PLUG WIRES ARE ARCING NEEDS REFERENCE SENSORS (INSULATING COVER ON WIRES IS FALLING APART) RECOMMEND A SERVICE (REPLACE FILTERS, CHANGE OIL, ADJUST VAVLES, VAVLE COVER GASKET, SPARKPLUG WIRES, SPARKPLUGS, ECT) ENGINE RUNS GOOD IT DOES SMOKE A LITTLE ON START UP BUT IT WILL GO AWAY IF THE CAR IS DRIVEN MORE OFTEN. CYLINDER LEAKAGE TEST RESULTS 1- 16% 2- 21% 3- 16% 4- 18% 5- 11% 6- 18% COMPRESSION TEST RESULTS 1- 167psi 2- 168psi 3- 172psi 4- 168psi 5- 170psi 6- 164psi
Note/Title
SUSPENSION & BRAKES
NEEDS ALL THE SHOCKS ALL AROUND AND RECOMMEND TIE ROD UPDATE OTHER THEN THOSE THINGS EVERYTHING ELES IS IN GOOD CONDITION BRAKES ARE GOOD ALL AROUND NO LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM TIRES ARE DATED 2010 AND ARE FULL TREAD **BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK** WHEELS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION JUST A LITTLE FADED
OTHER NOTES
KEY DOES NOT UNLOCK OR LOCK EITHER DOOR IT WORKS IN THE LOCK CYLINDER BUT THE MECANISM IN THE DOOR SEEMS TO BE AT FAULT. FACTORY ALARM WORKS FACTORY OWNERS MANUAL IS IN GLOVEBOX HAS THE KEYS FOR WHEEL LOCKS. BUTTON FOR PARKING BRAKES GETS STUCK.

[kojo911]

$24.5k is a lot for that car. From the description it sounds bad. 15% to 20% leak down is not good. you could dump $20k in this car pretty quickly. IMO

[andyt11]

sounds like a dog to me. There will be much better cars come along for that kind of money and even for less money.

Also - Marketplace discussion. You just bumped a great technical thread off the bottom of the first page with this.

[neilschelly]

If you're gonna do the work yourself, plan on several hundred dollars to repair the brake light sensors and swap the brake fluid (had to do that when I bought mine too), $800 or so for new struts (set of Bilstein Sport struts from our host) , another few hundred for tie rods and some bushings, and then again for an alignment.

So you're gonna be about $2k into it before you get to working on the engine. The tune-up materials will cost several hundred, and it sounds like it will yield a few more todos when you get in there. If all that were in good shape, I imagine the price would be justified in the high teens, since it sounds like the interior/dash/electronics are all in good shape. The door lock sounds like it could be trouble too. Until stuff is fixed, I'd figure on a price in the low teens. I paid $12.5 for mine with a salvage title, and that one would scare me more.
-N