The Next Wheeler Dealer Car

[husker boxster]

Been busy with the 928 Mistress, so I've never had time to document my last Wheeler Dealer car...

During the transition period back in June when the lady from IA said she wanted to buy my silver 09 Boxster S and when she came to pick it up, I was contacted by a guy from the Sacramento area who wanted to buy a 987.2 Boxster S w/ PDK. Why is it a WD car can go for months w/o interest and as soon as 1 person wants it, another one does too? Anyway, I told him I'd keep an eye out for one but they were hard to find. The '14 Cayman S suddenly found me and he wasn't interested in it - had to be a Boxster S. It took about 3 mo to sell the CS, but this guy Brian would ping me occasionally to see if I had found anything for him. He seemed serious about wanting a car and me selling it to him. When I have a car for sale, I keep a Rolodex of potential next cars b/c you never know when your current car will sell and you need to replace inventory. But the few 09-12 Boxster S cars for sale were not cars I could buy and make any profit on. When I sold the CS in mid-Oct, I looked hard for a Box S but to no avail. Then the Mistress dropped into my lap. While the Mistress wasn't an expensive purchase (before all the $$$ I've spent since), there still were not any reasonable cars that fit my WD mold and he wanted to get a car so here's what I did:

I put a list together of the few potential cars that I would have been interested in if the price fit my model. There weren't too many. I also suggested he might look at the 981 Box S since there were more of them available. I added a couple of 2013 S's to my list. I asked him if there were any that intrigued him. Turns out he was interested with the 981. One of his requirements was no silver or white (yes, he was interested in my silver 09S but that's because there are so few 09S and most are the silver Launch Vehicle). There was a blue 981S on my list not far from him that he looked at, but the dealer / salesman was a dork and didn't treat him well. The other 981S I included was in LA. It was a dark gray, so technically not silver and he was OK with the color. I contacted the seller (private seller) and it ticked all the boxes. Contacted Bryan and he was interested. So I coached him on how to buy a car from long distance and what to look for when inspecting it. He had a PPI done, made arrangements to buy, flew down to LA, bought it, and drove it back. He was so happy, esp with the color. A few wks later, a thank you card with $100 arrived. That was nice of Brian.

He called me last wk to see how I was doing. He said he loves his Boxster and was so happy I helped him. I asked him to txt me some pics. Here they are:




So technically this qualifies as a Wheeler Dealer car. I have a local friend who wants me to help him sell his 09 Cayman S, so that one will hopefully be ready in a wk or two.

[BIGJake111]

So when’s your show coming up on motortrend?

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by BIGJake111

So when’s your show coming up on motortrend?

Hi Jake! Welcome back.
Based on some of the crap on MT, I think I could hold an audience. My 928 adventures would be at least a season's worth of filming. I have a friend who insists I should start a YT channel (I have one for my track adventures). While the monetization may be intriguing, I like to do things my way and I'm sure there would be 20 comments on how I did something 'wrong'. Plus John Ross of WatchJRGo and Sarah of Sarah-n-Tuned both comment on how much work and time it takes to make and edit a quality video. Not ready to invest in that yet.

But you never say never.

[MrBen]

$100 ain't enough I bet Wayne Carini gets twice that 😎

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by MrBen

$100 ain't enough I bet Wayne Carini gets twice that 😎

Probably true but I'm a believer that Karma has no expiration date.

Esp with my last boss.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

Probably true but I'm a believer that Karma has no expiration date.

Esp with my last boss.

+1 on Karma .. :-)

[Newsguy]

If you ever decide to really work on a TV show, let me know. 35 years of experience producing news and entertainment here!

[Wolf]

How much is your friend selling the cayman for?

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by Wolf

How much is your friend selling the cayman for?

We're still assessing value. He stopped by last week for me to take a quick look and see what I thought. He's currently having the Veloce Brothers detail the exterior. He talked about having me do the interior, but I don't know that for a fact.

Here's what I do know. It's Meteor Gray Metallic w/ Sand Beige int, PDK, 51K mi, very new Firestone tires, Sport Chrono, bi-xenon, PCM, Bose, heated / power seats. There are a pile of receipts, incl the window sticker and owner's manuals. One key. I believe he's the 3rd owner, having purchased it from his 2nd owner dad.

Here's what I don't know. There are mods, but I'm not sure how many or what they are. It's had a software upgrade, not sure if it's Softronic or Cobb and the exhaust has also been upgraded. The front bumper cover has been repainted and I think he said the rear cover was repainted too.

Once he has the car ready for me to sell, I can nail down a price. We've got an idea but I don't want to say specifically right now, right here without knowing more about it. We're going to do a CarFax, but that's been delayed b/c my CF contact hasn't gotten back to me (I may need to go with my other guy). There's also not a lot of similar cars like it for sale, so it's hard to get a handle on the mkt. Sorry to be so elusive for a simple question but there are too many unknowns yet for us to say for sure what we're going to set it at.

If you're interested, we can chat via PM or you can contact me at 531-777-4303.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

We're still assessing value. He stopped by last week for me to take a quick look and see what I thought. He's currently having the Veloce Brothers detail the exterior. He talked about having me do the interior, but I don't know that for a fact.

Here's what I do know. It's Meteor Gray Metallic w/ Sand Beige int, PDK, 51K mi, very new Firestone tires, Sport Chrono, bi-xenon, PCM, Bose, heated / power seats. There are a pile of receipts, incl the window sticker and owner's manuals. One key. I believe he's the 3rd owner, having purchased it from his 2nd owner dad.

Here's what I don't know. There are mods, but I'm not sure how many or what they are. It's had a software upgrade, not sure if it's Softronic or Cobb and the exhaust has also been upgraded. The front bumper cover has been repainted and I think he said the rear cover was repainted too.

Once he has the car ready for me to sell, I can nail down a price. We've got an idea but I don't want to say specifically right now, right here without knowing more about it. We're going to do a CarFax, but that's been delayed b/c my CF contact hasn't gotten back to me (I may need to go with my other guy). There's also not a lot of similar cars like it for sale, so it's hard to get a handle on the mkt. Sorry to be so elusive for a simple question but there are too many unknowns yet for us to say for sure what we're going to set it at.

If you're interested, we can chat via PM or you can contact me at 531-777-4303.

Just by those details i know its out of the price range. Been looking for one around the 22-25k mark with less miles than my Boxster, it is time to upgrade. Figured id ask because you’re located like 60 miles away from me lol

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by Wolf

Just by those details i know its out of the price range. Been looking for one around the 22-25k mark with less miles than my Boxster, it is time to upgrade. Figured id ask because you’re located like 60 miles away from me lol

Yeah, we're going to need north of that. I can say for certain the 1st digit will be a 3. I talked to him late Sun and he thinks it will be ready to hand over to me by week's end. The Veloce Bros couldn't get it in until month's end, so he's having someone else detail it. I also forgot it has Cayman R style wheels.

There were only 1966 Caymans sold in the US in 2009 - and that's base and S combined.

[husker boxster]

I cleaned the int yesterday, moving to the engine today. Should be hitting the classifieds in a few days. All we need are some sunny skies for a photoshoot.

[huskermack]

Go Big Red!
TIA

[dghii]

Nice looking car! I look every night but as you mentioned, prices are stupid. These are still just cars and cars depreciate with age and use.

Not specifically looking for this but I've noticed a few 2007 Box S's for sale in the mid $20K range. I remember test driving a local, decent 2007 S 4 1/2 years ago that was for sale at local indy for $17.5K. Other than needing tires, it was in pretty nice shape. I didn't bite back then and ended up buying a 65k mile, 2003 996Cab with over $15K of documented maintenance (including LN IMS) for $19.2K from a long time neighbor.

I often wonder what the 911 would sell for today but of course, any decent replacement would be dumb money.

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by dghii

any decent replacement would be dumb money.

Yeah, it's a great time to sell but hurts if you want to replace or upgrade.

Our plan was to wait until Dec - Jan when convertible prices are at the bottom, but in today's mkt who knows if that will hold? This one came up, it checked his boxes so he decided to pull the trigger. It was a mkt correct price with very low mi and 1 owner. He still has a stack of ca$h left over from the C4S sale, so he's happy. Under normal conditions with any 987.2, you have to move quickly when you find what you like. That's more true now in this inflation generated mkt.

[Gilles]

Husker, how much did your friend paid for the white 987.2? It was a nice looking car!

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by Gilles

Husker, how much did your friend paid for the white 987.2? It was a nice looking car!

Low to mid $40s. Felt that was a good price considering the other cars we saw were a couple thousand higher and had 30-40K mi. It is very clean. Crazy times - that car would have been mid-$30s in early 2020. In late Feb '20, I had my eye on a nice '12 Blk Ed Box S w/ 30K mi in L.A. Was going to offer him $32K but held off b/c I figured the sports car mkt would go down the crapper with the onset of COVID. Boy was I wrong. Today the asking price on that car would be $45K.

And prices don't seem to be slowing down, even with winter almost here. Amazing.

[husker boxster]

Well I teased this one in my "History Repeating?" thread but have been holding off until I had it secured and the $$$ transferred (been chasing this one for 2.5 wks). That happened today.

1989 928 S4
56K mi
2 owner CA & NV car
5 speed :dance:

Been sitting for quite a while (yrs) and needs the ususal 928 maintenance. Having it shipped here. Will clean the gas tank and go from there. Seller claims it's in very nice cond. I plan to keep this one 2-3 yrs and enjoy it. The Mistress gave me a taste for 928s but I didn't get to fully enjoy her. Hope to do that with this one. Plus the Wheeler Dealer mkt is going to be shaky for at least 2 yrs as the mkt corrects itself - there will be a big down turn before things start getting better. So I'm going to sit it out and enjoy this S4. I might be paying a bit much for this one just before the big mkt slide down, but it's a 5 spd so it will always be valuable. And I think 928s are still under valued. There were only 1000 928s sold in the US in 1989. The std est is 25-30% are manuals. So how many of those 300 manuals are left? Reportedly the 89 S4 is the best of the S4 yrs.

You know what they say: it's better to have 8 in front than 6 in the rear.

Now I have to wait while the shipping gets arranged. Here are some pics.

[BruceH]

Very nice find, enjoy

[PaulE]

Congrats! Please post updates on all your progress like you did with the last one, those were great stories to read!