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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 8:42 am 
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Well I spoke to a dealer yesterday who cant get bids of £6k on a 996 he has, another checked out three 996's and all had cylinder scoring, he sends any Boxsters to auction and they aren't selling. IMO money is far safer in a well engineered and built 944 than a built to cost 996 unless you just prefer to tell people you have a 911 and drive with your fingers crossed.


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:06 am 
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Well I spoke to a dealer yesterday who cant get bids of £6k on a 996 he has, another checked out three 996's and all had cylinder scoring, he sends any Boxsters to auction and they aren't selling. IMO money is far safer in a well engineered and built 944 than a built to cost 996 unless you just prefer to tell people you have a 911 and drive with your fingers crossed.



Its the luck of the draw my friend , two of my friends have 996s and they are fine , ones even got GT3 factory body kit on it , both bought well under 10k, most people p/x there problem 996 to dealers , so there are no come-backs , not every 996 has problems, they are a good car likewise Boxsters ,

As i said in my first , I hope the chap sells it

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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:05 am 
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You have a point Mike. The benchmarking against different cars thing is always interesting and is probably exactly what potential purchasers do. You make the point about 996s and Boxsters and its totally valid, but you could also make the point about 3.2s and 964s at £20k+. Accordingly, I think the only really relevant comparison is other 944 turbos and there are plenty that have sold for more (and plenty for less). In that little market, I think my pricing is about right. And in the even smaller SR market, I think my car is the cheapest right now. The only SRs I have seen in the last year or so for less have had some major issues. Mine doesn't.

Anyhow, in other news, I had the rear fuel lines replaced when the subframe was dropped for the new torsion bars. So just one more thing a new owner doesn't have to worry about. With new MO30 torsion bars, the rear ride height raised a fraction and a fresh alignment, the car feels better than ever.


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:45 pm 
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There was a good straight SR for sale recently that was owned by a guy who had to unexpectedly return to NZ. He told me a 944/68 specialist offered him £3k for the car :shock: .


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:21 am 
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I've been monitoring 944 Turbo prices for a while as I'll be looking to get one in the early part of next year when my leased Mercedes goes back. Unfortunately I don't have the space until then and there's no way I'd leave a 944 on the road. This one looks lovely. This is of course no help to the OP, but I'm secretly hoping this is still around for a while longer. :)

As a potential buyer, this weak market for them is good - but I know that if I pay top money selling it on for that will be a long process... worth what someone will pay. Sellers who have spent a fortune keeping on top of these cars will naturally want to try and recoup some of what they've spent on the car over their ownership and from a buyer's point of view, I'd rather have one of these cars than a cheaper one which has been left to stagnate. However I'm well aware that spending the premium wouldn't be guaranteed money back, just as spending £3K in improvements/fixes myself would not increase its value by £3K.

In terms of dealers ... eporsch recently had a SR up for £8500 which they've since sold. Shirley's has two red ones - one for £11K (but I think they might be selling this on behalf of a customer as it occasionally crops up on eBay and doesn't sell) and one for £8K. Four Star Classics recently sold a white one which was up for £12K and have another one in their trade section for £6.5K. Of course we don't know what these cars actually sold for.

That was a bit of a ramble. Best of luck with the sale OP. If it's still around in 2014 (unlikely!) I'll definitely be coming to see it.


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:43 am 
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I have put the standard indicators back on the car, std steering wheel refitted, windscreen banner removed and turbolader sticker removed. The ride height and alignment are also back closer to standard and it actually drives better. Its as standard as its going to get. I clayed, polished and waxed her over the weekend.

Some new photos up on pistonheads, just to show the new look - http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/ ... ed/1408506

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I think its getting more likely this car may go to Asia or Australia as the nibbles from that part of the world are looking more concrete.


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:46 pm 
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Any news on this?


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:29 pm 
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944s2Fla wrote:
Any news on this?


Yes, it's now worth an extra £5k +.


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:11 pm 
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Definitely +


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:25 pm 
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I'd say 7k+


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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:00 pm 
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And it's been sat in my garage since January 2014. :D

It now has the wheels back to the correct Silver colour after a professional refinish, the side mouldings re fitted, the interior changed to front Sport Seats with the single piece rear seat back with new plaid cloth/burgundy leather on all the seats and door cards, rear retractable load cover fitted, 3 spoke steering wheel, new Cat 1 alarm, Classic Becker head unit and the engine remapped by Wayne Schofield @ Chipwizards at Ninemeister in Warrington with the dump valve replaced with a Forge Motorsport recirculating valve.

The car has been to Germany twice for the Dinslaken Porsche Festival in May and is a pleasure to drive.

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This was before the door cards were swapped over

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 Post subject: Re: Silver Rose 944 Turbo for sale
PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:02 pm 
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Minty! Excellent work. This and a Cup is just greedy :alien:

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:54 pm 
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Richair wrote:
Minty! Excellent work. This and a Cup is just greedy :alien:


Thanks Rich :)

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