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[ryker]

Sorry to keep posting these but this mileage is SO LOW! I think price is reasonable given the miles and condition.

http://www.autotrade...TCALERTSEMLSRCH

[94SilverCab]

Why would you be sorry. I paid more than this for more 16K cabrio in 2000. Sounds like a bargain if it checks out.

Jay

[bombfactory]

Nice car - but of course it's all about the maintenance at this point, even with next to no miles. And this is being a bit picky, but even in those small pictures you can see how much the paint has 'yellowed' on the plastic parts. I almost bought a white car before I ended up with my black one, and it had the same issue.

[flash]

yup - at this point, there are things that would actually be a detraction, where they used to be an advantage. extremely low mileage would be one of them. M030 is also a problem now, as you can bet that the shocks and struts need to be redone, and even when you are done, you will have spent a bunch of money on something that isn't as good as other stuff out there now. when i see an M030 car, i generally subtract at least $1000 from the value, where we used to add at least that much (unless they have records showing rebuilds). the engine could easily be soggy now too, due to ring collapse. no way to get those to expand again either. who knows what shape any of the rubber bits are in?

i agree. it's all about the maintenance. also, it would help to know where the car was kept inside, outside, east coast, west coast, etc)

[94SilverCab]

...dealer maintained, all records...

OK, while no one in the world is as anal as you, I would take a chance on this 968. If I was searching for a coupe, this would be my candidate...Keep in mind that I purchased a 1994 Cab in 2000 with 16k on the odometer for $30k. It was arguably, the best one available in the country at that time (I think I actually got there just before you). It was in MN, so not a "California" car.

Jay

[Rap]

30k? Wow

[bombfactory]

The ad says it was garaged - so with such low mileage it spent a LOT of time in the garage. This leads me to believe that sun exposure is not a factor in the paint 'fading' on the plastic parts of the car. Perhaps it's the flex agent added to the paint. Flash, does your white car look similar to this? And are there other colors that are following this pattern?

[flash]

i don't know what fading you guys are talking about.

[bombfactory]

On some white 968s, I've noticed that the white paint on the plastic areas of the car - front and rear bumper covers, lower side panels - does not match the white paint on the metal areas of the car. The paint on the plastic parts tends to have a yellow-ish tint to it.

[flash]

ah - yeah - just saw that on saturday on another car. it hasn't happened to mine yet, but it spends most of its life in a garage.

paint behaves differently on different materials. it is very common for there to be a difference between panels. some colors show it more than others.

[Tahoe968]

ah - yeah - just saw that on saturday on another car.

That's why she'll get a respray once everything else is done on her.

[flash]

yeah - not taking any shots - it happens

[Rap]

My white car has those color differences although they are not extreme.

[Scott Collins]

Those are very poor photos and I bet the car looks much better in person. If the driver's seat and passenger seat look about the same, as they do in the photos, I would be very excited. I would have put those miles on it within the first two years. And as far as the paint, again, the photos are poor, probably exaggerating the difference in the way paint looks on metal vs plastic. Even on brand new cars, I notice a difference between the paint on metal vs plastic on the car. If I loved white, which I don't, I would pay $25K for that car if it all checked out and the owner did the timing belt and water pump within the past 2 years. If not, I would try to negotiate a $1,000-$1,500 credit because I would have to turn around and immediately spend that to have that work done.

And just think about this - over 20 years, that car traveled an average of just 880 miles per year. Even if not driven much, that's a whole lot less wear and tear than most of what is left out there. Heck, I had a car stolen in Philly and it went 1,100 miles in 10 days! Again, just 880 miles per year. Dreamy....

[Bulti]

How do you know they did not fiddle with the odometer? I mean, things that look too good to be true..

[ryker]

I just bought a one-owner 1996 Subaru SVX with 14,500 documented miles. A few very minor glitches but feels like I bought a brand new 1996 vehicle. A stack of records since new, so I can see that the PO really did drive around 850 miles/year. Pretty cool to find these gems, although my Subaru is not quite as nice as this perhaps $20 Million 1966 Ferrari 365 Verlinetta Specialle that was driven just a bit over 100 miles/year!

http://www.autoblog....-beach-auction/

Edited by ryker, 28 July 2014 - 10:03 PM.

[steve g]

This car is located about 15 miles away from me and if anyone here is really interested , I would be glad to check it out in person. Over the last year, I bought 2 older E30 BMW 325 cars both with low mileage and documentation from the owners - a 91 convertible with 24k miles and an 89 4wd sedan with 40k miles that I use for daily drivers. Both needed timing belts and valve adjustments and belts and hoses, so all in all, a good experience and no surprises beyond deferred maintenance.
My concern, if I were really considering this low mileage 968 might be a pinion gear issue - if that's the most expensive risk, it seems that anything else is just maintenance. Of course I would love to sell the convertible and buy this 968 as a summer daily driver.

Edited by steve g, 31 July 2014 - 08:41 PM.

[bombfactory]

It's pretty cool that there are still some automotive 'time machines' out there! And I didn't mean to slag that particular car - as it does look pretty spectacular - on the paint issue. It's just something I've noticed on other white cars as well, and seeing it on such a low mileage one that presumably spent most of its life in a garage I thought was a bit unusual. Hell I've got at least 4 different shades of black on my own car from various paintwork that happened before I bought it. Flash and I are the only ones who seem to be able to see it, but yeah it bugs me!

[Rap]

It's amazing what you can see on your on car that others can't. This happens all the time with my red one. I think can't you see those swirls? Interesting what shines can hide!