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Originally Posted by m21sniper
At least get a model worth spending money on.
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I really do like your theory here, but the truth is....none of the 928's are worth restoring, including yours. They are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them.
As for your argument about the Corvette "point" that I made--do some objective research. You will find that you are not quite on the mark with your argument.
I'll pick the fastest 928, the 92-95 GTS w/5 speed. It runs the quarter in 13.7 seconds (ref: 928 GT website).
The 92 Corvettes ran the quarter in 13.9.
The 93 Corvettes ran the quarter in 13.6.
The 94 Corvettes ran the quarter in 13.1.
The 95 Corvettes ran the quarter in 13.1.
Corvette ref: ExoticCarsSite.com
So, using this data, the 928 was only faster than the Corvette by 2 tenths in one year of the above example. One should also remember that the 928 was significantly more expensive and had a lesser build quality than the Corvette. I've owned a '93 ZR-1 (bought it new), and I can tell you the build quality is like night and day compared to any GTS I have actually seen.
OR----If you use ExoticCarsSite.com's figures exclusively, you will find that most 928's were in the 14 to 15 second range, the exception being the '87 S4. Even the great GTS didn't fair well at 14.5.
The Corvette times in this discussion are no small potatoes----the '93 model year comparison puts the Corvette ahead of the GTS by nearly a full second.
Sometimes we do things because we enjoy doing it, not because of anything you have put forth here.
For all you/we know, he may have ZERO dollars in the purchase of the car.....give the guy a little slack, please. He wasn't asking for a tongue lashing---he was asking for advice on which way to proceed with a purchase (that he might just be damn proud of!).
--Russ