Stijn!!

[RKDinOKC]

Good Morning

Is this Monday?

[ckelly78z]

Yep, it's Monday and feeling like it also. Looking forward to a short Holiday week with warmer temps.

[Jim Richards]

Five Mondays this week. Ack. Just under 4 weeks until our SoCal work-cation.

[RKDinOKC]

That's how my week is going to be if they keep trying to push migrating users before the issues are resolved.

"Let's try to migrate another user."
"Did any of the issues get resolved?"
"No, but let's try it anyway maybe it magically fixed itself."
"Has if ever fixed itself before?"
"No, but you never know."
"Yes, I do know."

Is not doing anything and expecting things to come out different and doing the same thing and expecting different results the same...the definition of insanity?

[RKDinOKC]

Think I will get another offer this week from the guy that wants my GTS?

[Oh Haha]

Monday.

Off to help with school pictures and then conferences tonight.

Richard--I'm not sure I could have resisted the first offer on the GTS. Of course, I don't have a car that it worth that much, either.

[GH85Carrera]

Good Monday morning folks.

Jeff, my idea of camping is a slow internet connection and a high def TV smaller than 28 inches, and no restaurant right at the motel.

[RKDinOKC]

Well, I contacted a 928 reseller (the guy I bought the car from) and a banker friend that is good at finding recent car sales numbers. The reseller said he wouldn't take less than $80K as is because of unique color and 5speed. The banker friend says similar miles and unique colors sold as is for $70K in the last 6 months..

This guy wants me to fix the oil usage (new rings), install the headers and custom exhaust (which will require bigger injectors and tuning) and get the custom wheels fixed and installed then he will pay $70K.

I've been kind of taking my time getting the oil usage fix and headers installed/tuning because it was a goal to get that finished about the time my Mom passed (docs estimated 2 years) so would have a nice GT car to do some getaway traveling since couldn't leave Mom. Didn't really want to get it all fixed up and not be able to take a road trip in it ie. while Mom was alive.

Now that Mom as unexpectedly passed early, I am pushing to get it fixed asap and this guy offers to buy it for as is fair market value but wants me do all the stuff planned and hand it over, not putting any more miles on it. None of the travel I have looking forward to to kind of keep my emotional sanity while taking care of Mom.

Maybe if it was an as is offer.

[GH85Carrera]

Fix it up and keep it and drive it and enjoy it. Enjoy driving it with no oil consumption issues and got on the road to wherever it is you want to go. Tell him you will take $100K minimum. That will shut him up.

When and IF you decide to change cars then sell it. It will not likely be going down in value.

I don't think you need the cash form the sale and you have been stuck home with no vacation for too long. Enjoy life while you have the health to travel. Don't wait, do it now! Get out there and go.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

This guy wants me to fix the oil usage (new rings), install the headers and custom exhaust (which will require bigger injectors and tuning) and get the custom wheels fixed and installed then he will pay $70K.

NFW. Like Glen said, fix it up and keep/drive it.

[911SauCy]

I'd tell this lousy offerer...to go pound sand!

It's funny how when a little context is layered in, the offer doesn't sound good at all. Enjoy the car and yourself, then if you want to sell it in 10years...you'll have a 6-figure sale price...lets face it, these cars are only going in one direction.

[RKDinOKC]

Recently got $12K from unused vacation time (paid off my cayenne) and $5000 inheritance from Mom. GTS is paid for. Only thing I owe is Mortgage and with the cost of taxes and insurance the actual mortgage payment isn't much with 3% on less than $70K. Because of the focus on fixing up the GTS for travel once I can there aren't any other cars I want or have the bug for. So nope, far as I'm concerned I don't need the money.

A nephew road around in the GTS with me while he was here for Mom's funeral. After he got back home he called and got really excited as told me about telling all his friends what it was like riding the in the GTS, the feel, the power, the sound. Said none of is friends understood what he was talking about.

[Jim Richards]

You really have the ultimate Porsche GT car, Richard. Enjoy it!

[911SauCy]

Think something like the link below possibly sparked recent events?

Is this Porsche 928 the "Holy Grail" of Collectability? - @FlatSixes - the blog about Porsche

[GH85Carrera]

Richard, does your 928 have a sunroof? I don't remember. I have been in it several times but I don't remember the sunroof?

[RKDinOKC]

Michael Willhoit mentioned in that article is who I got my GTS from. And is the 928 reseller I contacted that valued my car at $80k now.

There have been several similar mentions in the last year of the 928 in collector car mags and shows.

[RKDinOKC]

Yes it has the sunroof. The reason people like the sunroof delete is it adds 2in head room to remove it. My helmet just barely touches the headliner so at 5'-10" with short legs and long body I'm good with the sunroof, though I never open it.

I think the previous owner moving from Cali to Austin and the property value differences gave him the cash to find me and make the offer. I contacted him to learn some history back when I first got the car. Back then he had a Lotus and wanted the 928 back, and asked for first dibs when I was ready to sell.

[GH85Carrera]

A friend of mine ordered a 911 years ago and did the sunroof delete for the increase in headroom and weight reduction. Up high weight is the wost kind.

I wish my sunroof was not there. I virtually never use it. It gets used about once every other year.

[RKDinOKC]

Know several guys that have removed the sunroof by having a panel welded in, painting and new headliner. But then the car no longer matches the build sheet.



This car recently came up for sale. It's a 94 GTS with similar miles to mine, but has been customed out. It has 996 seats, storage instead of rear seats, sunroof delete, painted a custom non-porsche color, rear GTS reflector removed, etc. Listed for $58K, and no-one has snatched it up yet. There is another Gray GTS with a lot of interior and similar exterior mods as this car, that has been languising for a year and he recently refused a $26K offer. Both of these cars people say the 996 front seats is a real turn off.

[911SauCy]

Confession: I used to think sunroofs (sp?) we're the stupidest things. But a combination of being just under 6'3" and after owning a convertible, a targa, and multiple cars with them...they've made it onto my "must haves" list. I know the height thing is a little weird as SRs decrease headroom, but I really love the extra light and air/wind on command.

Maybe it's just an unidentifiable subconscious longing for Vitamin D on my balding head

That being said, I understand this is a different situation altogether, like 911 coupes w/o sunroof from factory.