The latest east coast ebay car Options

[terrymason]

In my quest to find my first 914 for next to nothing (mission impossible I'm lead to believe) I stumbled upon this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-914...spagenameZWDVW+

the part where it states:
"needs inner/outer rockers"
leads me to believe that it's rusted through. Anyone going out to take a look at these?

[VaccaRabite]

Also, if you are planning to ship the car from NY to VA, you might find it is not that much more expensive to ship from SOCAL to VA. And from SOCAL, you are going to get a nicer car for cheaper.

Or, look for more complete local cars. You will pay more, but if you tally in the cost of shipping (from anywhere) a more expensive - but nice - local car will be very similar in price.

On a local car, go look at it in person, to be sure it is worth the extra money.

By "more expensive" I mean $4K - $6K, not one of the $10K+ cars that you see. A $4K - 6K car on the east coast usually has a bad, but newer, paintjob - a little rust, but not much, a strong EFI 2.0, a nice and complete interior, and clear inspection stickers.

The same car could be had on the left coast for 1/2 that, but you would pay the rest in shipping. Even shipping from NY is going to be expensive. From the cars that I have looked at (all in MD, PA, VA - and all in the past 6 months) always rent a trailor when you buy the car. Don't drive it home. Unless it is clear that the PO had new fuel lines installed, you have to assume that the car is spraying fuel on the engine block.

The uhaul trailor from Silver Spring to York PA was $150. Tow truck for the same distance was $400 - $600 depending on who you called.

I know that there are is a strong 914 contingent in NOVA and the surrounding area. Check Craigs list. All the people I talked to when looking at cars were just fine with me getting under the car to look for rust.

Zach