928. Madness? Thoughts on this one?

[edo]

Had a drive of this today...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...

Manual car. Lots of histroy but original book is missing so first few years stuff isnt present.

Engine has recently been out and had all the belts done, gearbox (manual) was swapped but still needs to work on synco. Original is supplied but probably needs a rebuild. No real rust to speak about - tiny bit on rear under lower corners of rear hatch. Iterior is pretty good - tear in rear centre and dash needs repair to fix screw holes from 80's phone.

Drives straight, engine pulls well stops fine.

What are thoughts on the manual over the auto?

[DiscoColin]

edo said:

What are thoughts on the manual over the auto?

Manual is significantly rarer and there is a lot of nostalgia for swapping your own cogs... Possibly the better investment?

[POORCARDEALER]

Ive owned two manuals over the years and both had synchro issues...

[edo]

Yup, seems to be a theme. Chap took the oriinal out with syncro issues and the replacement was the same. Changed fine up through the bx but changing down made me sound like a learner.

Anyone know the rebuild/refurb replacement cost?

[POORCARDEALER]

edo said:

Yup, seems to be a theme. Chap took the oriinal out with syncro issues and the replacement was the same. Changed fine up through the bx but changing down made me sound like a learner.

Anyone know the rebuild/refurb replacement cost?

Wouldn't be huge to repair the synchros, from memory we were charge 300 quid for the box repair at a gearbox specialist

[mudy]

wouldn't worry about the first few years of history missing either - these are old cars there will always be something missing.
Get it checked out by someone who really knows them through, and be prepared for them to show up lots of things - as i said theses cars are old super cars so there are always things that need doing even on the good ones -

[Bo_apex]

As mentioned syncros are relatively cheap and simple fix. This car seems good value for a manual experience. I have an S4 and a GT, both great cars with the manual having the edge on dry and high days. Considering a decent GT manual will start from circa £15K and north now days, this looks a prudent choice for the manual option. These are strong cars.

Edited by Bo_apex on Tuesday 25th November 22:10

Edited by Bo_apex on Tuesday 25th November 22:12

[edo]

Thanks. I have decided to leave this car. Individually I could live with the issues, but collectively I felt they were too much for the money; No early history, no service book, not that much spend over the last 5 years, poor paint enough to probably warrant a respray, gearbox work, and repairs to dash and various trim pieces. It hasn't had a decent service for a few years, and I think all things considered with paint, box, service and trim would end up needing the purchase price again spending for what is still an 83 car with over 80k on the clock.