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[QUOTE=voitureltd;11158092]Good to see that 27.12 percent still only buy " No way without seeing it first " as that is the only way I do business for the last decades. Learned this is the best way in many cases to get what it should be worth and get the right buyer for what it really is.
Last realization was a rare color 78 930 ( see photos ) a doc wanted but after the price was set he decided that his surgery schedule would not allow it so I cancelled the deal. I referred him to a friend who had a near perfect similar color 79 930. After he got the car shipped to him he complained about a small touch up ( which must have happened in transit when new ) as the original owner had no idea and the buyer demanded a partial refund as not perfect original paint everywhere. Had he come to inspect in person and noticed it my friend would not have had to deal with the trauma. lesson learned.
BTW I still have my unrestored recent PCA show winning radio delete 1978 Mocha black 930 and it is worth much more now than then, additionally I have enjoyed using it in the meantime.
This is such an "old school" way of buying classic 911s. It doesn't have to be this way. Who in the heck has time to drive or fly hours on end to check out a car in person? The internet has made it a much smaller and simplified world for reliably vetting a car. Because of the many Porsche forums and PCA, I have made dozens of connections with people throughout the country that I trust to put eyeballs on a car. If the car passes the initial snuff, then I next seek out a reliable third party shop to do a PPI. And again, the shop I choose is based on reliable recommendations by connections I have in that area. It's not too complicated. I live in Kansas, so there is really and rarely nothing within a 4 hour drive that I can inspect myself. I've bought and also sold(sight unseen) five classic 911s using this vetting process. Absolutely no regrets.
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