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Just be careful of the handling!
Exiting a roundabout onto a dual carriageway, artic - 928 - fiesta - me
The porsche pulled out as did the fiesta and myself. 928 floored it at about 20mph and span right in front of us across the grass only central reservation onto the other side. Luckily nothing was coming!
Sparks
Exiting a roundabout onto a dual carriageway, artic - 928 - fiesta - me
The porsche pulled out as did the fiesta and myself. 928 floored it at about 20mph and span right in front of us across the grass only central reservation onto the other side. Luckily nothing was coming!
Sparks
Spent a while looking at them myself. Nice cars, engines supposedly good for 200k so interior condition etc prob more important than miles.
Electrics are the major bugbear, so check em out thoroughly.
Rust shouldn't be an issue as body is pretty much all galvanised.
I'm no authority though so someone else can probably be far more specific!
Oh yeah find a good 928 specialist to work on the car, seems most porsche centres are staffed 99% by 911 mechanics, specialist have a better rep amongst the owners I spoke to.
Check out the 928 mailing lists (as well as the uk one already sent)
http://boards.rennlist.com/928/
Electrics are the major bugbear, so check em out thoroughly.
Rust shouldn't be an issue as body is pretty much all galvanised.
I'm no authority though so someone else can probably be far more specific!
Oh yeah find a good 928 specialist to work on the car, seems most porsche centres are staffed 99% by 911 mechanics, specialist have a better rep amongst the owners I spoke to.
Check out the 928 mailing lists (as well as the uk one already sent)
http://boards.rennlist.com/928/
The one that spun at the roundabout would be an automatic that selected a nice low gear the moment the driver accelerated, and bingo. There's a lot of power on tap, and many's the time that I've embarrassed (enjoyed!) myself fishtailing away from traffic lights when they turned green.
Had three of them over a twelve year period, truly brilliant machinery, and totally misunderstood by the 'motoring press' who couldn't accept anything that wasn't a 911. Once you've come to terms with the automatic you can't really go wrong. The handling is fine, but if you lose it remember it's a heavy car and you do need to be on the ball to get it back again.
Better to buy one with a full Porsche service history. Yes, there are plenty of good 928 specialists out there, and they will look after a 928 as well as anybody, but don't lumber them with a heap of rubbish at the outset.
Best buy is an S4 auto. The manual box doesn't suit the car as well (IMHO), and good manuals are hard to find. Full inspection advisable, and better done by Porsche dealership. The good dealers will know the 928 inside out if they've had the franchise for fifteen years or more.
I never had a moment's trouble during my twelve years' ownership, and if you have any specific questions I will do my best to answer them.
Had three of them over a twelve year period, truly brilliant machinery, and totally misunderstood by the 'motoring press' who couldn't accept anything that wasn't a 911. Once you've come to terms with the automatic you can't really go wrong. The handling is fine, but if you lose it remember it's a heavy car and you do need to be on the ball to get it back again.
Better to buy one with a full Porsche service history. Yes, there are plenty of good 928 specialists out there, and they will look after a 928 as well as anybody, but don't lumber them with a heap of rubbish at the outset.
Best buy is an S4 auto. The manual box doesn't suit the car as well (IMHO), and good manuals are hard to find. Full inspection advisable, and better done by Porsche dealership. The good dealers will know the 928 inside out if they've had the franchise for fifteen years or more.
I never had a moment's trouble during my twelve years' ownership, and if you have any specific questions I will do my best to answer them.
If you don't mind LHD look for an S4 in Germany via www.mobile.de
Excellent bargains to be found on this site.
Excellent bargains to be found on this site.
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If you don't mind LHD look for an S4 in Germany via www.mobile.de
Excellent bargains to be found on this site.
They even sell trabants for 100Dm or £30.00 - weird.
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Check out the guys at www.928.org.uk
That's us, that is! I am one of the founding members of 928UK. I first had a 1989 auto S4 and now have a 1993 manual GTS that performed very nicely at Goodwood a few weeks ago.
All the comments so far are good ones. Other things to keep an eye out for are tired handling, lack of power over 4k rpm (for S4, GT and GTS) and general neglect. They are stupidly cheap at the moment, S4s are going for £10k and S2s for £5k. At that age, buy on condition not price and preferably a decent service history which MUST include cambelt changes.
If your friend is still interested, there are a couple of 928UK members' cars that are for sale.
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