SOLD
Overview
This is a daily-driven 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 with ~218k miles on the odometer. I have driven the car about 70k miles in the almost 5 years I've owned it. I have spent that time repairing many of the components of the car that were neglected over the years. When I got the car, none of the power windows or sunroof worked, the locks sometimes worked, and none of the HVAC worked. The stereo didn’t work, the power seats didn’t work, and many lights didn’t work. I fixed all of that, upgraded the stereo a bit to modern standards, and repaired several of the mechanical bits along the way.
Mechanically, the car is very sound, and it has rarely left me stuck. I just finished a ~1300 mile road trip to Hershey, PA (for the Porsche swap meet), State College, PA (to visit some family), Baltimore, MD (for a conference), and Washington, DC (to visit more family) with no issues. The front trunk and backseat were packed, the kiddo was in the back, and my wife was also along for most of the ride. The car was very full, and I wouldn't hesitate to depend on the car for another road trip. Even the AC blew cold when needed.
This is a car I have loved (and still love) owning. I have autocrossed it a few times, though I haven’t been a serious autocrosser in years. I have ice raced it too. I highly recommend it. I have driven it year round in the northeast, through snow and ice and rain and everything. I have road-tripped in the car thousands of miles, carried home Christmas trees on the roof, and made runs to the dump. Until the last few weeks, there’s a child seat in the back for my 15-month old daughter who has been a regular passenger since she was born. People stop to ask me about it all the time. Other Porsche owners wave at me as I drive by. Owning this car has been a wonderful experience, and this will not be my last Porsche.
Price
I’m asking for $19,000.
Pictures
Here’s a full album of pictures to look at.
All the pictures in that album are very high resolution - just keep clicking them until they fill your screen. Please request any additional close-ups or angles and I will try to accommodate the request.
Why I’m Selling
The fundamental reason I am looking to sell the car is the rust I see bubbling around the passenger door. While it doesn’t look bad, I know it will only get worse if I just keep driving the car. I don’t have any interest in taking the car off the road for months or more while I do a restoration that I am ill-prepared to complete. I also don’t want to watch the car waste away while I continue to drive it ignoring the problem.
The Details
This whole posting includes lots more information than a typical listing. Some of it is real problems with the car I eventually meant to address. Some of the problems are really nit-picky and only I would care about. I list all of it in the interests of full disclosure. The buyer of this car gets a wonderful car, a very rewarding ownership experience, an investment in the ever-increasing values of air-cooled Porsches, a project for a resto-mod, etc, and I want that person to know everything I have learned about this car.
If you're interested, please read the whole post full of everything you could want to know about the car's history, condition, what's good, what's bad, etc: http://www.jenandneil.com/serenity
Thanks!