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Yikes! My offer for 500 for a car was accepted..

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well i emailed my friend Susan, her porsche mechanic i will toss it to if i buy it. However i got to figure out how to pay him back for the work.
 
Originally posted by: MX2times
Walk away. You will lose your ass on this one. Trust me.
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Jeez. I'm sure he's gonna have to declare bankruptcy after wasting $500... :roll:
 
I dont think I would of taken the car, if someone gave it to me for free..

924 is the cheapest porsche ever made, I believe ..
 
Come on now...... thats' not awful!

How is the interior?

Just imagine that car with a nice paint job (not too hard to do) and some rims.

Engine may be another story. Doesn't look too bad.

 
Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
well i emailed my friend Susan, her porsche mechanic i will toss it to if i buy it. However i got to figure out how to pay him back for the work.
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Wow, you are buying a fixer-upper and you aren't even doing it yourself?
 
Originally posted by: KingPhil
Come on now...... thats' not awful!

How is the interior?

Just imagine that car with a nice paint job (not too hard to do) and some rims.

Engine may be another story. Doesn't look too bad.
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you don't know what you're talking about. a nice paintjob will cost him >$2000 easily. That's not even counting that rust problem he's got
 
Don't buy it unless you feel like throwing away $500.

A Dell 2001FP or 2005FPW LCD would be a better purchase.
 
Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
well i emailed my friend Susan, her porsche mechanic i will toss it to if i buy it. However i got to figure out how to pay him back for the work.
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Ok, I might have changed my mind a little. If the engine is fine and the interior is good (or just needs a good cleaning) then you could redo the body/paint and put some new rims and tires on it and have a nice Porsche for 4 grand. However if you have very little money (and it sounds like you really don't if you don't even know how you'll pay for it) I would not tie up money in a fixer-upper.
 
Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
1977 Porsche 924 .. needs a bit of work.

BUt for 500 and a little bit of work one can have a porsche.. the thing needs a some body work if any. It ran about 12 years ago apparently, they never drove it after that. The Car would need some rebuilding..

Who wants to get into this deal. Call it Pimp Mobile..
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_Big_ mistake. A $500 924 will need at least another $2000 to get it into decent shape. You are going to need to replace everything rubber on that car (tires, hoses, belts) and pray that the pistons aren't rusted to the cylinders. Also, the brakes are almost certainly frozen. No car likes to sit, and Porsches like it less than other cars. After 12 years, you're looking at a full-on restoration, not a simple refurbing.

Also, remember that the 924 was meant to be a Volkswagen. The engine is a direct drop-in from an Audi _truck_ and makes a whopping 110 HP in US trim. The 0-60 time is roughly 10 seconds, you _will_ get smoked by 10 year old economy cars with oil smoke coming out their tailpipe even with the best example of a stock, non-turbo, 924 in existance.

The handling feel is great, not quite 914 level, but very nice. Overall limits aren't spectacular, but the car feels very good when approaching them and has no real vices.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
well i emailed my friend Susan, her porsche mechanic i will toss it to if i buy it. However i got to figure out how to pay him back for the work.
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Wow, you are buying a fixer-upper and you aren't even doing it yourself?
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Yes, that's not a great idea.

I can't see pics of it, but based on what people here are saying you might as well just send me the $500 and save yourself the trouble.

Also, given that Zenmervolt has an old porsche or two, he's probably the guy to listen to here.

You said 12 years, but the ad says it's not been driven since 1983. That's 22 years. Basically, anything that once moved no longer will, and would need to be replaced.

THe parts car for this car would be a functional 924 🙂

 
After looking at the pictures, RUN. You'll be putting at _least_ $4,000 into the car, probably more. For $3,000 to $4,000 you can buy an impossibly clean 924 that you'll be able to drive without having to work on. Unless you have a shop of your own in which to work on this car, I would recommend against it. Porsches are not good starting points if you want to get into car repair. Start with something like an MG. Simpler design and easier to work on.

As far as Vic claiming unreliability for the 924/944/968, he's wrong. I've had two 944-based Porsches (the current 944 and a 924S, which is a 944 chassis with 924 fenders) and both were exceptionally reliable machines. The older 924 with the Audi engine is even more reliable. The caveat, of course, is the same as with all Porsches; it is absolutely, 100%, essential that _all_ maintenance be done when it is called for in the car's service schedule and that it not be done the cheap and easy way. Properly maintained a Porsche will be every bit as reliable as a Honda, but if you skip a single thing in the maintenance schedule, or even just put it off slightly, the car _will_ do very expensive and very bad things in very short order.

ZV
 
Zenmervolt is totally right, you are going to put thousands of dollars into that car and when you do it will be worth maybe $1500 or $2000 if you're lucky. Just spend that money in the first place and get a working car you will be happy in the end. If you are serious about porsches go check out pelican parts they have a forums which is top notch.
 
Are you Crazy?!?!!? That car is a pile and it'll be a ton of work to even attempt to part it out. DON'T BUY IT!!!

And yeah, the point about keeping up with the service schedule on Porsche's couldn't be more accurate. My buddy used to work at a Porsche shop and he always told me how cheap Porsche owners are. Apparently they think they bought a high-performance Honda:roll:

Same friend's grandmother has a 944 turbo. Nice car😎
 
It just needs a good washing and it should be fine.


Be realistic. A new engine or any engine parts for that car will be really expensive. A decent paint job will cost 2-3x the value of the running car. You could easily spend $10k restoring it and not be done.
 
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