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Question:

Hi, I just checked out your website. It appears that you purchased your 944 Turbo for $2100? Could you advise me on how you did that and what I may do go get one? I've been looking into getting a 944 Turbo for quite some time now, but haven't been able to find one in my price range. I'm mechanically inclined and don't mind getting dirty working on it. Thanks.

Answer:

You can check around at all the local wrecking yards but remember the price of the whole is not as valuable as the price of the pieces. Meaning, they can probably make more money buy selling the car piece by piece, then selling the car whole, so be prepared to pay a little extra. You may try checking with mechanics. They will usually know where all the wrecked cars are. But then again, the mechanic is usually the first guy to get a chance to buy the car, so they usually end up with all of the good wrecked or damaged ones. I have the advantage of being in Monroe, LA. This city has one of the worst economies in the country. There are only about 20 or so Porsches. So if there is a wrecked Porsche sitting around it's gonna sit for a while. These cars are not in demand around here, no one knows what they are, no one knows how to work on them, no one knows where to get parts for them, and no one has the money to buy them. Basically these cars are in low demand, everyone that wants one already has one, so the price is cheap. However I would much rather have a nice clean $10,000 car, which came from a previous owner that loved and pampered the car. Your probably not going to save any money by buying a cheap trashed out car, like I have and fixing it. But the one and only good thing about it is if you don't have the money to make the initial purchase of a nice car, then you can essentially pay it off over time. You can buy your parts and pieces as you can afford them. But be prepared to do a lot of work.