Window sticker surprises

[jhowell371]

PO called me last week and told me he found the window sticker to the 84 I purchased from him 4 years ago!!!! Picked it up today. It reads:
Base price $21,440.00
Monterey digital cassette radio $600.00
Front and rear stabilizers $130.00
Sports seats leather $1194.00
Rear window wiper $240.00
4- spoke sport steering wheel $70.00
Cruise control $295.00
Removable top with electric tilt $680.00
Destination charge $365.00
Total price $25,014

EPA estimated mileage 22 and it was rated a mini compact!!!!!!!!
Annual fuel cost was estimated at $852.28 for 15,000 miles at $1.25 a gallon!!!!!!

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[jsb944]

Neat!

Plus I see that sport seats have held their value pretty well! :-)

[ckelly78z]

That was alot of money back then. I graduated high school in 1983, and really wanted to get a new Mustang GT but it was out of my reach at about $13,000, I ended up getting a Dodge charger 2.2 for about $8500.

[jeff968]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

That was alot of money back then. I graduated high school in 1983, and really wanted to get a new Mustang GT but it was out of my reach at about $13,000, I ended up getting a Dodge charger 2.2 for about $8500.

It only got worse just 8 years later.

The sticker on my 1992 968 cab reads:

92 Porsche 968 cabriolet $51,000
Radio with CD player/Amplifier $1,347
Limited Slip differential $895
headlight washers $263
Sport seat left $308
Sport seat right $308
17" light alloy wheels $1,352
Leather interior $4,190
Destination charges $700

Total $60,363

[mhariush]

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by jhowell371

PO called me last week and told me he found the window sticker to the 84 I purchased from him 4 years ago!!!! Picked it up today. It reads:
Base price $21,440.00
Monterey digital cassette radio $600.00
Front and rear stabilizers $130.00
Sports seats leather $1194.00
Rear window wiper $240.00
4- spoke sport steering wheel $70.00
Cruise control $295.00
Removable top with electric tilt $680.00
Destination charge $365.00
Total price $25,014

EPA estimated mileage 22 and it was rated a mini compact!!!!!!!!
Annual fuel cost was estimated at $852.28 for 15,000 miles at $1.25 a gallon!!!!!!

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I have the original window sticker on my 83 as well - I'm the original owner. The price point is accurate - about the same price point of an 84 Corvette.

The problem as Jeff 968 displays, the price of the car escalated and the volume dropped proportional to the price. You could buy cars with better performance at half the price.

This is a good marketing study of what happens of the cost vs value.

[jhowell371]

Dug out the window sticker for my 84 Scirroco, Wolfsburg Limited Edition that included cloth sports seats, rear spoiler, rear wiper, Montego Black metallic paint and some trim candy. Base price $9,975.00. A/C was $700.00, cruise control $200.00, power steering $265.00 and manually operated tilt and slide sunroof $445.00, plus $300.00 destination charge for a total of $11,885.00. This VW was the car I bought because the 944 was out of my price range while saving to build a house. Funny thing is I got the very 944 that I saw running around town, just 26 years later Wish I had keep the window sticker to my 87 16V Scirroco but I gave it to the new owner price on that one had gone up to $15,300.00 if memory serves me correctly. The German mark was gaining value and all German cars were climbing in price in the 80s. I know the base price on my 89 S2 was $45,000.00. I think that's about $78,000.00 in todays money.