Value of a "Budget" 911

[Poor-sche Lover]

For those of you that remember, I was involved in a front-end collision a couple of months ago. The car is a 1988 Diamond Blue Carrera Cabriolet, with 138,000 miles. It's mostly stock, and in good running condition. No oil leaks, no smoke, good compression, good transmission. It drives exactly as it should. The car has been repaired, and the title is clean, but the fact of wreck remains.

Anyway, I have decided that I am not enjoying the 911 like I should. I'm looking to sell it, but I don't really know how much value was lost when the car was wrecked. If you would like to see pictures of the car pre- or post-wreck, you can search my username. I'm curious as to what the brain-trust thinks I should price it at.

[WPOZZZ]

Since the title is clean, it will probably take a 10% hit or so. However, if you have good maintenance and service records, that may negate the accident deduction. After all, these cars are 20+ years old and having an accident in the records is always a possibility.

[geshaghi]

I think a lot depends on the quality of the repairs. For example, how did you repair the nose panel/inner front trunk? If a prior collision repair is evident upon a cursory inspection, I think that the hit will be a lot more than 10%. If the work is done well and even a professional would have a hard time detecting the repairs, then you may have a small (i.e., 10%) reduction in value.