928 advice sought

Went and saw a black 928 GT of 1990 earlier today. Took it for a small
spin too, around a rather populated block of flats. Felt good. The Brit
owner, who came across as someone nice and not particularly as one
trying to palm off a lemon, won't budge any lower than USD 9k.

The paint job is good, tires are new (Pirelli) and body appears to be
in an excellent condition. The owner said that he replaced the entire
aluminum engine 40,000 miles ago and the engine felt nice.

Apart from the reasonableness of the quoted price, I thought I should
get one other thing clarified here. He mentioned something strange -
that this particular model isn't so much known for sporty acceleration
as exhilarating long-distance endurance cruising. I found things even
stranger when he mentioned that the motor is a 5 liter V8! A 5-liter
Porsche engine that doesn't accelerate?

Anyone here who'd owned this car or known someone owning a similar
model who might give me some inputs?

I basically need to make a call between a 1993 968 and this 1990 928,
both of which are quoting the exact unyielding USD 9k.

Thanks,

Ramapriya

I failed to mention that he stated the 0-60 figure as just over 7 secs.
I believe he had that recorded by a professional set of people
recently. I think he said 7.5 secs.

Ramapriya


Vball23 wrote:
> A 1990 928GT for $9k is a steal unless it has hellacious miles on it, and
> even then it is probably a good deal. He's completely wrong about the
> acceleration and endurance. These cars are made for 100 mph+ cruising and
> are quite quick and fast and the huge gas tank is there specifically for
> long distance driving. The 0-60 is less than 6 seconds, while that's not
> supercar acceleration by todays standards, that's still pretty good. There
> may be some performance issues with this car in particular that makes it
> feel slower to him, but that's not the norm for these cars, especially the
> GT's. If it's mechanically sound and cosmetically acceptable, pounce on this
> car!
>
>
> "D Ramapriya" wrote in message
>
> > Went and saw a black 928 GT of 1990 earlier today. Took it for a small
> > spin too, around a rather populated block of flats. Felt good. The Brit
> > owner, who came across as someone nice and not particularly as one
> > trying to palm off a lemon, won't budge any lower than USD 9k.
> >
> > The paint job is good, tires are new (Pirelli) and body appears to be
> > in an excellent condition. The owner said that he replaced the entire
> > aluminum engine 40,000 miles ago and the engine felt nice.
> >
> > Apart from the reasonableness of the quoted price, I thought I should
> > get one other thing clarified here. He mentioned something strange -
> > that this particular model isn't so much known for sporty acceleration
> > as exhilarating long-distance endurance cruising. I found things even
> > stranger when he mentioned that the motor is a 5 liter V8! A 5-liter
> > Porsche engine that doesn't accelerate?
> >
> > Anyone here who'd owned this car or known someone owning a similar
> > model who might give me some inputs?
> >
> > I basically need to make a call between a 1993 968 and this 1990 928,
> > both of which are quoting the exact unyielding USD 9k.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ramapriya
> >