Wondering what I might expect to fetch for my Petrol blue coupe. Glassurit glass out respray turned out flawless and is true Petrol blue unlike that Targa imo. That car got a lot of good press making me think I could do well selling it there. The paint job is a one footer throughout. Car has 67K miles.

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Dam its a Petrol blue outbreak. Heres another one. Same year , less miles. Thought it the same car. had to do a double take. Again the color isnt quite right (imo) too much blue in the mix.

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Sale pending on the 87.

No surprise there.

Im surprised it lasted this long. 3 days.

Nope, never heard from him. Fingers crossed that the PPI for the 88 I found turns out well :)

Upper $30s if it's well sorted and documented.

Easily. What year is it?

80

I love that color almost as much as I like the ice metallics.

Getting closer...

The PPI on the 1988 coupe came back 100% positive. The only things the mechanic could find to note were a couple of slightly worn belts, and the oil pressure sender is leaking a very small amount. He said, "It's one of the nicest cars I've seen." My wife gave me the OK to make an offer of $42k on it, so fingers crossed that it will be accepted.

I got some quotes on shipping from Atlanta to San Francisco, it's higher than I expected. $2200 from Intercity, $1900 from Passport. I don't want to cheap out on that though so I will just go with one of those two if I get it shipped. I would love to fly out and drive it back, but it's a long shot that my wife will give me a 4 day "hall pass" while she takes care of our two little kids.

Have any of you ever used an escrow service when buying a car out of state? Personally I'm a pretty trusting person, but this is a big chunk of money to just wire off to a stranger. I don't know how something like that would work though.

If the seller, car and title are real and can be independently verified, I wouldn't worry about wiring the funds...





... too much. Can't eliminate the risk 100%.

That pricing isn't really out of whack. My recent endeavors in shipping cars taught me that it's usually about $1/mi. I've got an independent I can recommend if you want. They've shipped two cars for me in the last 3 weeks and I never worked with them before that. I learned that most are brokers who put out a bid on a car and a driver takes the bid. Intercity owns their own trucks and can be a little slower on pick up but it's all contained within their system.

I've wired money on cars many times. Get a copy of the title up front. Get it overnighted to you once the funds hit. There can be hiccups but they are usually minor.

Congrats. I'd go with Intercity for shipping. It'll take longer to get the car picked up but the wait is worth it IMO. I just shipped an '87 Carrera with them and they were awesome.

I didnt want to pay it, but decided to go with Intercity and very glad I did. Excellent service and as Matt says they control their trucks. Im sure some brokers are better than others, but there is a bit of risk there. Wasnt willing to risk the near perfect paint on the recent purchase. Ive had damage done to a car by a transport I used previously and it took 2 weeks longer to arrive than quoted.

David

The deal is done :) 1988 coupe, $43k. God help me if the market craters after this!

Congrats !!

Much better then spending $40K on a Hyundai :D

Exactly. Could have bought a base Boxster, BMW or Audi and had your 43k car worth 35k the minute your wheels left the dealer's lot. The market isn't going to tank and even if it did Whats the value of your seat time.

Plus you may take this car to Australia. You don't even want to know what they are worth over there. Its really a pretty safe buy.

Congrats. That number sounds familiar ;)

You'll have to come out and join us for the next Bay Area drive.

Indeed! Honestly, having concluded this whole process, probably my one regret is that I didn't end up buying your car. I could have seen it, driven it, and potentially walked away with it the same day. And a blue and tan combo would have been preferable to black on black. Live and learn, though. I suspect I won't notice the color much when I'm behind the wheel!

I did have some thought of putting white or grey Carrera side script on it, just to give the exterior some contrast, but I probably won't.

By the way, thanks to everyone in this thread who offered advice, encouragement, and links to cars for sale :) I've already started down the rabbit hole...

Yes, it's too bad that we both ended up doing long distance deals when we're in each other's backyards. But I sold my car to a great guy on the east coast and it sounds like you got a great car. So win win.

Post some pics once you get the car.