1987 911 Carrera valuations

David Harter · 08-18-2006, 12:20 PM

Dear All,

I have a 1987 911 Carrera, silver with wine interior, 62k original miles which I bought for 20k and subsequently put 16k into about two years ago. (please no comments on how stupid that was) The car is perfect except for stone chips up front, air conditioning which works more like a humidifier, and a bright light switch that is worn out. I am writing to see what it would bring on the current market. I don't use the car as much as I thought I would, don't have the garage space for it, and honestly am not as intrigued as I once was with the car. Any constructive replies appreciated. Thanks in advance!

David Harter (dharter@ccbh.org)

charleskieffner · 08-19-2006, 10:26 AM

16K? thats all you spent????????

FenderGuy · 07:51 PM

Look at cars.com or autotrader to see what the prices are. I have been looking for over a month now...$36k the car will sit if you ask for that much for it, these cars are not investments

imcarthur · imcarthur's Garage

What was involved in the 16K spent? Top end? Clutch? Paint?

In very good shape - low 20s maybe? Your expenditures were a gift to the new owner.

Ian

charleskieffner · 08-19-2006, 03:11 PM

mines mission specific(red dawn ops) LOL, was just joking how much he spent. i only added mine up once to give me a damn good idea what can get wrapped up. insurance co. says keep all receipts. we went overboard, we had to ..............rules and safety! hans devices next.

he actually got away cheap! it all depends on the P.O. and the elements.

David Harter · 08-19-2006, 04:25 PM

Thanks to all of you whom have replied to my post. I had a feeling this was the info I would get.... I've got more in it than I will get out of it. I appreciate the ribbing from those who have had similar experiences. I guess I'll chalk this one up to experience and 10 or so years from now my daughter will get a nice present!

Thanks again... great web site!

Dave Harter

charleskieffner · 08-20-2006, 02:56 PM

david ..........they are cars and with cars come maint and associated costs. i ve dumped a wad into mine, but its like anything else. at first your real excited, its fun, and then reality hits. thats when i walk away and go enjoy other interests and come back later for another session of abuse!

heres a typical weekend............. sat.work on p-car all day into the night(muy mucho cerveza's). car is spotless, detailed within an inch of its life. everything checked torqued-blah blah. sunday get up 5am, looking and feeling my best!

go out to garage and look at my creation...........SMILE. fire it up...........and SMILE BIG TIME! let warm up while finishing coffee. get in and run up to prescott. hit city limits and turn around and come back home.

end result.................a total WASTE OF FINITE FOSSIL FUELS. (1) anxious moment when radar detector goes off and more FUN THAN A BARREL OF MONKEES!

come home..................clean and debug car!

repeat for life!