VERY QUICK ADVICE ON PURCHASE OF 928S4

VERY QUICK ADVICE ON PURCHASE OF 928S4

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DJ635

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114 posts

220 months

Wednesday 25th October 2006
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HI THERE
JUST NEED SOME ADVICE ON THE PURCHASE OF A 1988 928 S4
IT SEEMS IN GOOD CONDITION GOOD BODY WORK... LOW MILAGE 78K... 3 OWNERS {ONE A FEMALE!!!}
BUT WHEN I DROVE IT THE ACCELERATION WAS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE...
SOME HISTORY BUT HAS BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS AND ALL THE BIG BILLS ARE NOW YEARS OLD.
THERE WAS NO SIGN OF DAMP UNDER THE PASSENGERS SEAT SO I GUESS THE ELECTRICS ARE NOT DAMP!!
BUT THE WINDOW SWITCHES DO NOT WORK
BUT THE SUN ROOF DOES
THE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE BRAKES TURNS ON THE DASH WHILE DRIVING???
THE PORSCHE ALARM WAS REMOVED
AND FINALLY FOR SOME REASON THE BACK SEATS DO NOT FOLD DOWN??


BY THE WAY IT WAS MY FIRST TIME DRIVING A 928 SO ARE THEY IMPRESSIVE OFF THE MARK AS THIS ONE WAS NOT...
I DROVE MY BMW 635 AFTER AND IT SEEMED QUICKER??
HELP AS I WANT IT BUT DO NOT WANT IT SITTING ON MY DRIVEWAY....
AND IF I BUY IT AND IT GOES WRONG WILL THE BILLS BE HUGE!!
IM TEMPTED BUT MY GUT FEELING SAID WAIT AND TALK TO THE EXPERTS (IE YOU)... ALSO THE CAR WAS SOLD TO THE DEALERS FRIEND IN THE SUMMER AND WAS NOW BACK WITH THE DEALER??? AND HE SEEMED TO ALOOF AND KNEW THE PRICE WAS GOOD AT £5500??

DJ635

Original Poster:

114 posts

220 months

Thursday 26th October 2006
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well thanks to you all for your advice i think this car is not for me ... he reduced it by £500 yesterday... hope he is not reading this!!! but hummm...maybe he is and if we keep it going the car will eventually be worth buying ...
really all your advice has saved me maybe thousands!!!

DJ635

Original Poster:

114 posts

220 months

Friday 27th October 2006
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cheers lads but im rally looking for a black one ... if anybody has a well cared for s4 ot gt/gts ill be interested...

DJ635

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114 posts

220 months

Friday 27th October 2006
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really looking for a black s4 or gts/gt... if you know of one going im in the market so long as its cared for...