944 Turbo SE price guidance please!

944 Turbo SE price guidance please!

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diametric123

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146 posts

119 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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Have a last-of-the-line (Aug 91) mint condition 944 Turbo SE, silver / blue on pinstripe, 51k miles that I'm thinking of swapping out of

Any guidance on what price I should be looking for?

randlemarcus

13,599 posts

238 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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Can I start with a bid of a crisp ten pound note?

IMI A

9,683 posts

208 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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£20k in current market - well done for holding on to it. In your shoes I'd keep it.

utgjon

713 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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Depends how quickly you're looking to sell? £16-18k seems to move fairly well, and I'd say top of the market sits at £20k currently... and if yours is immaculate then I'd say with 51k on the clock, and being one of the last (bridge spoiler?), you should be able to command that sort of price.

Personally, I think that there needs to be a car which pushes through that barrier, and once that happens we could see £25k fairly quickly for the rarer stuff.

blade7

11,311 posts

223 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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If I was buying a 24 year old car with 51k on it I'd want to see a LOT of history to back it up and regular maintenance too.

benjj

6,787 posts

170 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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The OPs post was done at a most appropriate time thumbup

utgjon

713 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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benjj said:
The OPs post was done at a most appropriate time thumbup
Hahahaha. Great spot!

diametric123

Original Poster:

146 posts

119 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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Thanks guys - very helpful

In terms of history, this car beats everything else I own (and if you see My Garage its got a few things in it…). Literally ring binders full of pictures, articles and service invoices

Useful guide on the price. Feels like £20k would be good and closer to £25k great

blade7

11,311 posts

223 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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diametric123 said:
Thanks guys - very helpful

In terms of history, this car beats everything else I own (and if you see My Garage its got a few things in it…).
Sounds like a car that sold for £18k not long ago ?

IMI A

9,683 posts

208 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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blade7 said:
diametric123 said:
Thanks guys - very helpful

In terms of history, this car beats everything else I own (and if you see My Garage its got a few things in it…).
Sounds like a car that sold for £18k not long ago ?
I think I remember it - was lovely. It had done 51k miles then. More titanium than silver?

utgjon

713 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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diametric123 said:
Thanks guys - very helpful

In terms of history, this car beats everything else I own (and if you see My Garage its got a few things in it…). Literally ring binders full of pictures, articles and service invoices

Useful guide on the price. Feels like £20k would be good and closer to £25k great
I sincerely hope that you get close to £25k ... but then again, I do have a vested interest in 944 prices!

MartinRS2K

598 posts

126 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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Sounds very much like my old car that I sold in January to fund my 944 Turbo Cup Car.

In the last 7 months the market has moved forward and I think a price of £22k for this car is not unreasonable. I would buy the car back tomorrow if I had the space in my garage (and the money spare) smile

To any potential buyer, this car has wanted for nothing prior to me owning it and during my ownership. All the belts were replaced at Hartech along with a new water pump and the service history file is comprehensive and complete.

Good luck with the sale, but you may regret it as there are very few of these cars in this condition left.

utgjon

713 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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MartinRS2K said:
Sounds very much like my old car that I sold in January to fund my 944 Turbo Cup Car.

In the last 7 months the market has moved forward and I think a price of £22k for this car is not unreasonable. I would buy the car back tomorrow if I had the space in my garage (and the money spare) smile

To any potential buyer, this car has wanted for nothing prior to me owning it and during my ownership. All the belts were replaced at Hartech along with a new water pump and the service history file is comprehensive and complete.

Good luck with the sale, but you may regret it as there are very few of these cars in this condition left.
Sounds like a great car, and agree with the closing sentiment.

Do you still have the silver rose listed in your profile?

MartinRS2K

598 posts

126 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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utgjon said:
Sounds like a great car, and agree with the closing sentiment.

Do you still have the silver rose listed in your profile?
Yes I have the 944 Silver Rose and the 944 Turbo Cup car





utgjon

713 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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Lovely, lovely cars.

Here's (a slightly crap photo of...) mine .... interestingly it's another E*** CTU numberplate. Do you know if that means that have any sort of connection? Same dealer?


MartinRS2K

598 posts

126 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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utgjon said:
Lovely, lovely cars.

Here's (a slightly crap photo of...) mine .... interestingly it's another E*** CTU numberplate. Do you know if that means that have any sort of connection? Same dealer?
I'd say definitely the same dealer and probably in the same month

Is your car registered on www.944silverrose.co.uk

utgjon

713 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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Some better pictures from when it was freshly cleaned!

And yeah, my car is on the register, but not submitted by me! Nice to find another owner - when i was researching the car before i bought it, it seems as though they're a bit of an elusive one. Very rare, but also largely unknown unless you're 'in the loop'. I certainly didn't know what it was when I saw the ad.

GC8

19,910 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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This wont go down well, but people not wanting to hear doesn't make me wrong: a 1991 Turbo is called a 1991 Turbo, not a Turbo SE.

Turbo SE was what PCGB elected to call the 1988 M758 Turbo S. In France Sonauto called it the Turbo Cup. Its full name was Turbo with Special Equipment. Catchy, eh?

Understandably this caused confusion, with people thinking that the M758 car was a Turbo S, so the myth was born that it was the 1989 250bhp model Turbo that was actually the Turbo SE (and I am aware of the recent pamphlet that PCGB printed erroneously referring to the 1989> as the 'Turbo SE' but this doesn't make it correct).

Those doubting me should spend a little time researching and looking at the period brochure and price list. You will see that the car was indeed a '944 Turbo'.

utgjon

713 posts

180 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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GC8 said:
This wont go down well, but people not wanting to hear doesn't make me wrong: a 1991 Turbo is called a 1991 Turbo, not a Turbo SE.

Turbo SE was what PCGB elected to call the 1988 M758 Turbo S. In France Sonauto called it the Turbo Cup. Its full name was Turbo with Special Equipment. Catchy, eh?

Understandably this caused confusion, with people thinking that the M758 car was a Turbo S, so the myth was born that it was the 1989 250bhp model Turbo that was actually the Turbo SE (and I am aware of the recent pamphlet that PCGB printed erroneously referring to the 1989> as the 'Turbo SE' but this doesn't make it correct).

Those doubting me should spend a little time researching and looking at the period brochure and price list. You will see that the car was indeed a '944 Turbo'.
GC8, you're entirely correct ... and indeed my V5C says 'Turbo S'. However, with so many people referring to the later turbo cars as 'SE' it appears to have become the adopted, if incorrect, name for the 944 Turbo post-Silver Rose.

MartinRS2K

598 posts

126 months

Thursday 30th July 2015
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GC8 said:
This wont go down well, but people not wanting to hear doesn't make me wrong: a 1991 Turbo is called a 1991 Turbo, not a Turbo SE.

Turbo SE was what PCGB elected to call the 1988 M758 Turbo S. In France Sonauto called it the Turbo Cup. Its full name was Turbo with Special Equipment. Catchy, eh?

Understandably this caused confusion, with people thinking that the M758 car was a Turbo S, so the myth was born that it was the 1989 250bhp model Turbo that was actually the Turbo SE (and I am aware of the recent pamphlet that PCGB printed erroneously referring to the 1989> as the 'Turbo SE' but this doesn't make it correct).

Those doubting me should spend a little time researching and looking at the period brochure and price list. You will see that the car was indeed a '944 Turbo'.
Yes I totally agree the 1991 car is a 944 Turbo (not S or SE), and the 2 Silver Rose cars above are both Turbo S cars.

But let's leave S, SE, Cup etc for a different thread smile