914 Value Options

[RonnieJ]

I was reading Excellence magazine the other day with the 914 value chart and they value our cars at from 12K to 18K. Why do we sale our cars so cheap and place such low value on them when Excellence themselves think our cars are worth more. The value and price of these cars would rise to the level they should be if everyone stuck to their guns and when selling a 914. When I insured mine it was for an agreed value which I put at 12K, I had to provide pictures and when I submitted evrything the insurance company had no problem with the value I put on the car. I think just as much of my Porsche 914 as a 911 owner and I believe that is how most of us feel. Apologies for the long rant but I see guys on here asking what they should ask for their cars when they sale them and all I here is 4K to 6K and ocasionally I see someone asking what the true value should be.

[Madswede]

Bah! I think stuff like the NADA and collectors' marketing is the reason some previous owner took the 1.7 DJet out of my 73 and dropped in a 2.0 bus motor with major life sustaining issues, even after putting on a new carburetor (sacrilege to some, yes I know).

Hey, I know it's my own fault for not taking Howard up on a PBI (or anyone else out there in the Thousand Oaks area) and becoming blinded by the e*bay light, and I *do* have a great car with no rust that I only drove for a few months before ol' bus motor died ... but I still think one of the evils of car collecting is the destruction of a perfectly good car in an attempt to make it more valuable, even if real collectors are rarely fooled by this and more often the opposite occurs (a beautiful car is restored, but hardly ever driven). Only second to that is the destruction of a perfectly good car in the name of performance that falls on its face due to ignorance or arrogance, but at least those ignorance instances can be corrected with practice. Or using someone who knows what they're doing, heh.

- Nelson