This car is advertised for sale locally. I pass the dealer every day when I take my oldest to school in my 911. Thought a nice, basic 944 would be slightly more practical as my daily driver than the 81 911. In any event, at $3175, the price seems reasonable (come down about $1k since first listed).
The car supposedly has 152k miles. I have heard about the water pumps and timing belts. These are torque tube cars, too, right, like the 928s? What is the service life on those? Any other things I should be concerned about? Who would be the best person to take this car to for a PPI (Phoenix, AZ)? Beck's shop is within a mile of this dealer. Does Beck do the watercooled cars? I take my 911 to Don Jackson.
There is a white 1989 fs locally (another dealer), too. The asking price is about $700 more. No idea on mileage or condition. I might investigate it, too.
FYI -- the selling point for me is the price vs. apparent condition (though I have not yet examined the car). The thought process is that if I could get into this relatively cheaply, then I could focus more $$$ and time on improving the 911.
Thanks for any info. Also, has anyone else noticed the people seem to want more $$$ for 83-84 944s than 86-89? Why is that? If for no other reason, I prefer the later cars because of the changes to the interior.