Shopping for my first 928

Yea, that is a real beauty! Other than the S4 wing and upturned exhaust (I'd get rid of both of those things post haste) that car is SWEET! With a full good set of luggage I think you got a real winner there!

www.928oc.org

That will get you to the links to join the club!

Thanks for the link! I'll get signed up this week.

A bit disappointed here. I didn't realize how many pieces of luggage there was supposed to be. I have the two suitcases but no garment bag.

At least they're in nice condition with all straps and Porsche emblems. They'll have to stay in the house, the lady I talked to today at Hagerty said they wouldn't be covered if stolen out of the car.

Yep that sure is a beauty!

I knew there was something up with the exhaust tips on the pictures you showed in the thread on RL. It wasn't too clear, but they looked real wide or something. Now with your own clear pictures the tips are upturned like James mentioned. It doesn't look right to me that way, but it's your car.

I can't figure out why the PO would add that S4 wing. But again, that was his car and he must of liked the look.

BTW your pictures look great. You don't always need sunny weather for good pictures.

Love the muffler and that's a keeper. Has a nice mean sound and yet not annoying. Brand new from the cat back too.

Congratulations - a gorgeous car. I'm envious. Your biggest issue will be deciding how stock to keep it. Whatever premium it has because it's a limited edition could be lost with customization to get it the way you want, but that may limit your fun. Could be the start of a collection like James'

A few things that occurred to me:

1. You mentioned that it was missing the Certificate of Authenticity. I believe you can get these, at least for a regular car, from Porsche. Perhaps you can get one for a Weissach

2. You mentioned you are missing a piece of the luggage. Roger at 928RUs mentioned he has a couple of full sets ($1,100 IIRC). I doubt he'd break up a set, but perhaps he has single pieces too, or you could split a set with other Weissach owners

3. Your dash is exceptional. They are prone to crack, even vinyl, but less so than leather. You can read plenty of threads on keeping them out of the sun

4. Looks like your console switches have most of the icons worn off (or it could be the pic). You can buy overlays, but James will tell you they don't look as good

Martin is right...you can buy the overlays for the buttons, but they don't look NEARLY as good! LOL! They are a hell of a lot cheaper though and I use them on a few of my cars... not my super show cars, but some of the minor show cars get them! LOL!

As for the muffler, keep the muffler but take it to a muffler shop and tell them to cut the tips off and just make the straight out from the canister, that would look infinitely better...more like it *SHOULD* look...

Of course it is YOUR car so do what you like, but the purists (like me for the most part...though there are some mods that I do really like) will say those tips look a little ricer-ish...

It is a hell of a good looking car!