Clean 74k '86 951 No reserve on BAT

[Tom]

With sports seats too...

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986- ... turbo-229/

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[chester]

Makes me miss my metallic black 1987 944 turbo. I sold it with 49,000 miles and it was pristine. Oh well

[Tom]

Sold for $32,999, plus the BAT 5%, so nearly $35k.

I bought mine with 32k miles in the late 90's when it was still a fairly new car and paid $11k, but the clutch springs snapped before I could pick it up, so the seller and I split the $1800 the dealer charged to replace the clutch. At the time, $11.9k was at the high end of the range for a 32k 951. On the other hand, I had recently sold a 42k mile Carrera Coupe for $20k, so you win some and you lose some....

[Skwerl]

Was an interesting result in that the winner outbid the second-place guy by $7k rather than the usual smaller increment. Not that I'm complaining as the higher winning bid makes the 951 market look healthy but I do wonder if he could have won at $26k.

[chester]

Large bid gaps may be the result of fewer bidders. I saw this recently on a 1993 Lotus Esprit where there was only one bid on the final day. I do think large gap bids are intended to « break the back » of rival bidders.