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1987 Porsche 944 Turbo with 5k miles

Published February 17, 2015 by Paul

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The Porsche 944 Turbo, known internally as the 951, is leading the charge in terms of the 944’s popularity with collectors. As such, prices have been on the rise for these forced induction coupes, as P-car enthusiasts begin to view them as worthy alternatives to the almighty 911. We saw a low mileage 1986 944 Turbo sell last month for $21,500. Good examples are regularly approaching and exceeding the $20,000 mark. Now comes along this 1987 944 Turbo with just under 6,000 miles. Surely this is one of the lowest mileage examples we’ve seen yet at GCFSB. The asking price is also one of the highest we’ve encountered. Worth the price of admission for an almost new 944 Turbo?

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1979 Porsche 928

Published February 16, 2015 by Paul

Andy McCulley from flüssig magazine is back with another early 928 for sale in Michigan.

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Minty fresh! This 1979 928 appears to be very reasonably priced considering the mileage and condition (more cosmetically challenged examples have sold for between $17,000 and $21,000 within the past week). Despite being an automatic, the condition of this car certainly adds a significant premium to the value. It also sports the classic Ferrari color combo of red on tan (Guards Red on Cork in this particular case is quite comparable to Rosso Corsa on Cuoio).

I spoke with a salesman at the dealership where this 928 is advertised, and he informed me that the car is on consignment and that the owner is a very loyal client. Although I had some difficulty understanding the salesman over the phone, he mentioned that he believes the car has been entirely repainted, that it is a one owner car, and that it comes with a complete service history and multiple concours awards. An Internet search informed me that this car won 3rd place in the 924, 944, and 928 Touring category at the 2010 Porsche Club of America parade concours in St. Charles, Illinois in 2010.

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1989 BMW 325ix

Published February 16, 2015 by Paul

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Last Friday, we featured a four door version of the car you see before you, a 1989 BMW 325ix. Like that car we featured last week, this one is equipped with the automatic gearbox option. Enthusiasts will certainly cringe, but as one astute commenter pointed out in our last post, perhaps those cars equipped with a manual gearbox were run a bit more ragged, which is why you see few in good shape come up for sale. This example has over 100,000 miles, but presents very well for its age. In popular Alpine White, it would match the white stuff on the ground a lot of us are struggling to get through this season.

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Coupe Week: 1993 Porsche 968

Published February 15, 2015 by Paul

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We’ve saved the best for last for Coupe Week here at GCFSB. Porsche is a company with a colorful history. These days, though, not much emerges from Stuttgart that captures my imagination like the sports cars of my youth. Call me nostalgic, but I don’t aspire to own an SUV with an turbo badge on its rump, no matter how fast or capable it is. Then again, I am attracted to the odd special edition 911 and the new Cayman GT4 that recently dropped is rather tasty with its inclusion of a clutch pedal.

Always one to explore the hypotheticals, what if Porsche continued to develop some of the platforms of their past? The front engine, four cylinder experiment ended after an almost two decade run in 1995 with the 968 Coupe and Cabriolet. This was an extremely versatile platform, giving us everything from basic 924s to the beastly 944 Cup Cars of the late 1980s. This 968 Coupe for sale in Miami strikes a good balance between collector piece and high mileage runner and has the desirable 6-speed manual gearbox.

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1998 Mercedes-Benz C280

Published February 15, 2015 by Paul

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Over the years, we’ve enjoyed showcasing high-performance or rather posh vehicles here at GCFSB. However, we do have an appreciation for the more mundane. These would be your base model or workaday vehicles. Those which are well-preserved especially grab our attention. This 1998 C280 for sale in Missouri represents the first year of the W202 C-class facelift. Two years later, W202 production would cease. Along with the demise of the R129 SL in 2002, a generation of styling language would come to an end.

The W202 C-class is a car I’m quite familiar with. I drove a 1998 C230 for six years and sold it to a friend, who has racked up over 200,000 miles. My mother, to this day, pilots a 2000 C280 in this very color combination. Her car is closing in on 130,000 miles, having bought it as a Starmark certified vehicle with only 7,000 miles on it. There is constant talk about replacing it with a present day Audi A4 or Volvo S60, but the old Benz just keeps going on from strength to strength.

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