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[timstar92404]

Probably not a good idea but I ended my auction 3 hours before it was going to end. No one had bid for the past 2 days and the reserve was 850u.s and the current bid was 810 u.s so it looked like whoever would bid was going to wait until the last second and it wouldn't go over the reserve or it would barely go over the reserve price. I set my reserve at 850 but I was hoping it would go over a bit.

Not sure what I'm going to do with the car now, I'm not driving it anymore because of the CO so I just left it covered outside my house. I might list it in the papers and see if I get better offers, I was hoping 1200-1500 cdn. the original owner listed it for 2700

if I can't get what I want for it I'll try and fix the exhaust system summertime. I'm not sure if it "smells" because of no cat or the engine nto being tuned right, everyone tells me it stinks and smells rich. fuel mixture was adjusted by a shop a few weeks ago.
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78 924 sold.
85.5 944

[timstar92404]

this is off topic but does anyone know if the mk2 golf gti is an easy car to work on / maintain. I'm thinking of buying as a daily driver.

do they have interference engines? and this is probably a dumb question but the gtis are turbos right?
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78 924 sold.
85.5 944

[tj924]

[timstar92404]

you thinks so? I had posted that I would not sell the car unless the reserve was met and it was not met yet and there was 3 hours left.

Its not like the bidders know that they were close to the reserve. I had 19 watchers though... but I thought most of them thought the car would sell for less than a 1000.

its too late now, I probably screwed myself over but I wouldn't be happy if someone bid exactly 850 U.S and won the car.
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78 924 sold.
85.5 944

[Paul]

You should have set the reserve at something that was acceptable to you, otherwise you waste your money and everyone's time.
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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.

[timstar92404]

actually I made a mistake in setting the reserve price I was going to set it at 950 I tried fixing it but you can only lower your reserve once you set it.
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78 924 sold.
85.5 944

[moone924]

Tim you won't be able to handle a VW Gti..... I think you need to get a new korean car with a warrantee.
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Ryan Moone

Always shopping for a nice s2 931 to baby.
New philosophy : one car project at a time.

[StienbargerR]

I think vw's are pretty dependable cars. I know quite a few people who have golfs and jettas, and never service them. They drive them to death, and they are fine. (although, they sure arent as quite and nice as a routinely serviced car)

Ryan

[Khal]

See below...
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'80 924 Turbo

[timstar92404]

what's your problem, I just asked a question, I didn't make a thread about it.
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78 924 sold.
85.5 944

[Khal]

I was being harsh again, sorry.

It does get a bit tedious, though.

I know I don't have to respond if I don't want to... the old "switch channels if you don't like it"

Still, timstar92404's posts are like a train wreck... I just can't look away. Then I read them and see the carnage and I just wanna scream


Anyways, timstar92404, I just don't know what to say. I am utterly confused by your threads. They make no sense to me whatsoever.

If you want a cheap daily driver, we've been through it already. If you want a car that's easier/cheaper to maintain, we've been through it already. If you want a sports/performance car, we've been through it already.


From what I can decipher, you want a 944. You know they're expensive (and no, I don't care to compare it fifty ways, just face it... they're expensive).

However, you need a reliable car to get you about for a couple of years.

I have no doubt that if you buy a good 944 and keep up the maintenance, it will be a fun, completely reliable and even somewhat practical ride.
The kicker is, you probably can't afford a good one and you probably couldn't afford the upkeep. Face it, you're a college student. Unless you've got rich parents or some other means of obtaining large-ish amounts of cash, you've got no chance.
You can't buy a project car 'cause you need reliable transport -and by definition that's not what a project car is. Witness your 924 as an example.

Are you seeing the catch-22 here?


And I must add: The above applies to all old sporty European cars; including all Porsches, Fiat 124's, X1/9's and Spiders, BMW E21 or E30 3-series, even 2002 Tii's, Alfa Romeo GTV6's and Sprints/Sud's, Lancia Beta's or Fulvia's, MG's, Lotus', Jaguars, etc, etc... (there's hundreds more, these were just the ones I could list off the top of my head). If you want retro cool, you're going to have to be prepared to pay for it.


All that being said, I am just absolutely, positively and completely at loss to understand what it is you're after?

What is it? WHAT DO YOU WANT?!

I know what you NEED. You NEED a reliable car. But that's beside the point.

You go on and on with weird ideas about buying a fixer-upper 944 when you and the rest of us know damn well you won't be able to afford it (you're a college student... A COLLEGE STUDENT! College students don't drive around in Porsches!).

Then you change tack and start talking about buying a cheap reliable car.

Then you're selling your car.

Then you're not.

Then you're going to keep it but leave it for a couple of years as a side project.

Then you're selling it again... but then you're not again.


I tell ya, it's driving me mad! *bzzzz... click click... barrrp*
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'80 924 Turbo

[Belgian924t]

timstar,

first of all: the mk2 Golf GTI is NOT a turbo. I don't know where you got that?

then: Khal's opinion is also my point of view. Buy a reliable japanese or korean car.

last: It was very stupid to remove your add at ebay those last hours.
It is in those last hours or minutes that the high bidding starts...stupid idea...
Please sell the car!!!!!!!!
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'79 931 with Carrera GT look
'86 944 turbo (sold)
'88 944 turbo S (sold)
'85 911 Carrera 3,2 (to be restored)
'80 911 SC "SOLD"
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2224272

[timstar92404]

haha sorry khal I know what you mean.

I was going to save up for a while and buy a 944 for 6000 I was thinking of doing the timing belt etc myself but now I changed my mind its a stupid idea, its too risky I could end up paying 6 grand and just end up destroying the motor and having a parts car.

Anyways I'm going to stop talking about it but I'm going to try and fix my 924 in the summer I'll have lots of money by then and lots of time (maybe new exhaust system with cat/ resonator)

I don't really need a car until next January the college I'm going to is pretty close, but next year I'm going ot University in another city and I'll need a car for shure or I'll have to go live on campus but I don't feel like it because its a pretty boring University from what I've heard.
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78 924 sold.
85.5 944

[Khal]

[Belgian924t]

Khal, we try to explain it as clear as possible, but he wouldn't listen...

that is his problem. why do I bother????


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'79 931 with Carrera GT look
'86 944 turbo (sold)
'88 944 turbo S (sold)
'85 911 Carrera 3,2 (to be restored)
'80 911 SC "SOLD"
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2224272