914 or '81 911 SC targa?, First world problems Options

[rjames]

I may have the option to acquire a silver '81 911 SC Targa at no cost. The catch is that if I ever sold it, the $ would go back to the original owner's estate.

Seems like a no brainer, but I only have one garage space and the 914 is in it. The 911 is in good condition and worth about $20k more than the 914, but I'm not sure I will like driving the 911 as much as I do the 914 (despite the 914s shortcomings in comparison).

I could potentially keep both, but that would mean storing one of the cars off site in a storage facility ($100?+ per month) and paying insurance on 2 cars. Money I'd rather not spend. It would also be a huge PITA when I wanted to drive the car that lived in storage. So it doesn't seem very realistic or practical to keep both vehicles, but I'm having hard time with the thought of selling the 914.

Would love to hear from those that chose one model over the other after having owned both.

[rjames]

Last chapter in the story...


Some additional info on the 911:
It hadn't been driven but a few times in the last 20 years. There was something mechanical that happened to it that caused my cousin to park it and not drive it. Five years ago he got it fixed (don't know what was done), he drove it a bit, and then it puked all of it's oil out on the garage floor and it has sat ever since. It's at the dealer now and they want $9k to get it running again. His wife couldn't tell me any specifics on what it needs or about service history. Too many unknowns. When I thought I was going to take it, I offered to pay half the repair costs to get it up and running again. After a sleepless night I realized I don't have $5k to spend on anything at the moment and would need to sell the 914 to raise the money. Didn't seem like a wise choice with so many unknowns on the car.

So I decided to turn down the opportunity to own a 911. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Too many variables, too many potential costs and complications. If life wasn't so busy I may have been more inclined to figure out a way to make it work, but the only way I could comfortably and financially make it happen with no place to put two sports cars was to sell my 914 and I couldn't bring myself to do that. Why? Dunno. My 914 isn't anything special and is worth about 1/4th what the 911 is, running or not.

I must be crazy and I'm sure I'll regret the decision the next time I stand next to a one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) It would have really been fun to wrench on a 'real porsche'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[My 914]

Last chapter in the story...


Some additional info on the 911:
It hadn't been driven but a few times in the last 20 years. There was something mechanical that happened to it that caused my cousin to park it and not drive it. Five years ago he got it fixed (don't know what was done), he drove it a bit, and then it puked all of it's oil out on the garage floor and it has sat ever since. It's at the dealer now and they want $9k to get it running again. His wife couldn't tell me any specifics on what it needs or about service history. Too many unknowns. When I thought I was going to take it, I offered to pay half the repair costs to get it up and running again. After a sleepless night I realized I don't have $5k to spend on anything at the moment and would need to sell the 914 to raise the money. Didn't seem like a wise choice with so many unknowns on the car.

So I decided to turn down the opportunity to own a 911. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Too many variables, too many potential costs and complications. If life wasn't so busy I may have been more inclined to figure out a way to make it work, but the only way I could comfortably and financially make it happen with no place to put two sports cars was to sell my 914 and I couldn't bring myself to do that. Why? Dunno. My 914 isn't anything special and is worth about 1/4th what the 911 is, running or not.

I must be crazy and I'm sure I'll regret the decision the next time I stand next to a one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) It would have really been fun to wrench on a 'real porsche'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I think 10 or 15 years from now you'll be telling people about the crazy opportunity you had to get a 911 back in 2016 for almost nothing (the 5K will seem trivial at that time).