1979 930 question
 

Good afternoon everyone. I am new here and relatively new to Porsche's. Up until recently, I owned an '08 Boxster, but have never owned a 911. We are getting ready to relocate back to Arizona (Scottsdale), and I've decided to buy either an SC or a 3.2 Carrera as a daily driver. I work out of my home for the most part, so it won't be a commuter car, but it will get used almost daily. I stumbled across this car and had a conversation with the original owner yesterday. He is selling it for the 2nd owner. He felt that this car was "too much" car for my needs. I have two questions, 1) is it too much car? and 2) is the $32K price realistic? He said that he has spent a fortune modifying this 930. The Franz Blam total rebuild was performed at 12,000 miles. The description is as follows:

1979 930 Turbo. Original paint, 48,000 miles, Franz Blam 350 HP built motor!

This Turbo is impeccable. I purchased it new, and am offering it for sale for the second owner. It has a paper trail for every service, and part from new. It has an interesting history, its fast, and near perfect. No disappointments!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1264978486.jpg

Thanks for your advice.

Steve

I'd say the price is realistic.

You don't mention how you would use the car, but it does "look" too much for just a jump in the car for a 5min ride to Target, for example. Looks more useable for long highway trips or track driving.

Price appears in line. I too would question use and practicality.

Very nice looking car, sure I recall it being for sale here (and on that very driveway) a few years back when I was looking.

Too much car? Any car can kill you. This car could get you into trouble a lot faster than most others, it's true.

Remember the old saw about it being more fun to drive a slow car fast than it is to drive a fast car slow? Lot of truth in that.

You can daily drive a 930 just fine, even a 400HP one - if you can live with the appalling gas mileage and never being able to use a fraction of the performance on public roads. In fact, I believe that all 911's like to be driven frequently, and 930's are no exception.

You seem to be looking for a car to drive. Kudos. The asking price reflects a premium for original condition and mileage. Neither of these are going to improve if you drive it regularly, so that value is just going to go down.

You could buy a car with a lot more miles and put another 30,000 on it without that hurting value as much, in fact any upgrades, properly-performed repairs and maintenance could improve the value.

In Arizona, I can't help thinking I'd be looking for cars with A/C that worked very well. Which pre-'91 911's are not really noted for.