How to buy a PORSCHE 928 - Part 1 - ORIGINALITY - S2 S3 S4 GT GTS MANUAL AUTO Buyers Guide
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2021
- A walk around this lovely Japanese market C08 1991 Porsche 928 S4 shows us exactly how to spot originality and common problems.
Join us for PART 2 where we go for a drive!
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Just bought an 82s jubilee edition! Even got the euro engine! Can't wait to restore it back to original
I know the ones! With the embroidered logo in the headrests? I don’t think we ever got that edition in the UK. Love an ‘82 S!
Just bought myself one of these at 22yrs old. Just a base 928 but feels good to have a classic
I got my first 928 when I was around 22 years old... Had me hooked :)
Amazing condition. I've owned a 1980 928S for 4 years and have done a lot of research to get it sorted. There are so many things in your video that I didn't know. It's one of the most informative 928 videos on UA-cam. Thanks for sharing some of your 28 vehicles worth of knowledge!
Thanks Joseph! Glad you enjoyed it :) when it comes to 928’s there is so much to cover it’s ridiculous. Yours sounds like it must be a nice one, they are one of those cars that are extremely satisfying to improve and get right, because when they are how they should be, they drive amazingly. In my humble but not entirely unbiased opinion of course! Thanks for watching!
928s are such a beautiful cars! And they drive so firm comfy too. Awesome mile eaters
Completely agree - Superb mile munchers, even in 2021 :) they are ridiculously comfortable things!
Great job with the video! So thorough and so informative... without any BS or useless chatter.
Thanks @T Kong ! I really appreciate your comments, it is very hard trying to squeeze in a lot of detail into a short video when talking about 928's because there are so many interesting features and points to note... You can probably tell I am a big fan. And sadly this car is now sold! :(
I just looked up the 928 that I wanted to buy on the Internet. Then traveled by train to the Porsche car dealer in Sussex, England. Slapped my money down on the table, Sales dude gave me the keys and some books and paper work and I was gone in a haze of V8 growl and glory. I’ve never forgotten that day - @3:15pm May 25th 2002. The culmination of nearly quarter century planning and saving for my dream car, and 23 years after I saw my first Porsche 928 😊
Very cool!! Do you still have it?
@@Auto_Funk not anymore, I sold it to a wealthy Scottish businessman after 13 years. The best years of my life went away with that car, I’m just glad I sent it off to a good home when I could no longer afford to keep it after losing my job.
@@Pulsonar that’s a shame but it sounds like you’ve got some great memories of it… Reckon you’ll have another classic at some point? Would you have another 928?
Stunning example.
I wish Porsche would sell parts to restore these cars much lower so that more people would restore them. Such a well-designed car and so many are rotting away.
Thanks Andy - It is quite a special one! You're right about parts prices although not all of them are as expensive as you'd think... Thanks for watching :)
Oh, and I forgot to mention - your (I assume former) car is pure perfection.
What a stunning example, wanted a 928 since I was a kid when they first came out. Still on my wish list forty odd years later. Who ever buys this is very lucky.
Thanks Lee! You ought to have a 928 while we can still enjoy a petrol V8! :-) it’s now gone to it’s new owner 😭😭
Perhaps we didn’t have that option in the US. The only raised letters I have ever seen here were after market! My apologies!
No worries! I did wonder if it wasn’t a US option…!
@@Auto_Funk Here is my ‘88 S4 and it has the stock “928 S4” sticker. That is all I have ever seen in the US. ua-cam.com/video/QqZZ5N_PvhU/v-deo.html
Nice James! What a collection 😍😍😍 I will check out some more of your vids, I think I’m already subscribed to you!
Gratitude to you for sharing the knowledge I wish I had it when I bought my 84 S I'm close to buying another one ( my resistance is failing me) your tutorial may help me NOT repeat my previous mistake don't get me wrong I love the type its just that I was a young man who worked hard enough to lay hands on one without knowledge to match the car wasn't the problem I was im an older man making a bit more now & knowing a great deal more about a great many things we'll see how it goes this time if I pull this trigger again
Get that trigger pulled ! :-) thanks for watching and if you want any advice drop me a message 👍🏻
@@Auto_Funk I will definitely make use of your knowledge
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Currently trying to sort and fix a botched restoration done on the '78 my Grandfather bought to bang around in just before his death in 1994. I have always been an air-cooled Porsche man but I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering all of the early 928 quirks. Just look the door on an early model. You'll find typical elegant German over engineereing in the locks but the door panels look like they were assembled by guys fired from a Trabant factory!
Yes their build quality/methods on the 928 is quite interesting, I actually think they are extremely well put together when you compare with anything else from '78. They must have seemed like they were from the future at the time, there is nothing else quite like them. How are you getting on with the resto? Does it run? Thanks for watching!
I just found and bought a red '89 GT with 16 thousand miles on it - like a brand new car. Paid $88 thousand for it. The original sticker was on the car - $76 thousand.
Wow! That sounds amazing Landon!! :) :) Sounds like a great car and a sound investment to me. I had a GT back when they were very affordable and it was a lovely thing. Completely different character to the automatics.
Thanks for watching!
This particular one's just not for me but really appreciate your videos! Thumbs up on this one and the test drive.!
Thanks for tuning in! What is it you don’t like about this one and what’s your dream spec 928? :)
@@Auto_Funk I like the most bare-bones manual everything on cars so you don't have electrical problems that are a nightmare to figure out. With yours it was like Porsche did all that work making it with aluminum doors, fenders and hood to keep it nice and light to appease a person like me, but then they weighed it down again with 12 way power seats with memory that slowly drains the battery and other junk that weigh it down to appease some soccer mom! What even are 12 way power seats? I only know of 6 way and 8 way and they're heavy when I take them out of cars.
@@slashmaster2 yep I know what you mean… the thing is all 928’s are inherently ‘heavy’ although still light compared to most modern cars. The lightest models are the earliest manual 4.5s with manual seats and I think some of them even had no AC but those models are ridiculously rare. 12 way adjustable seems a lot but trust me those seats are VERY comfy!!
Just a beautiful car... .
Thanks David! :)
Good advice and great looking car; but, but, but... concerning the originality of your car, please get rid of the non-original CUP2 wheels and replace them with the original Porsche 16 inch rims with the correct offset for the 928 S4.
Thanks David!! You are totally right about the wheels… It has the original 16’s with the RDK sensors but I prefer the GTS cup wheels due to style but more importantly modern tyre availability as there is very limited on choice for correct sizes on the staggered 16's. In actual fact I believe I am right in saying that you can’t get a set of matching tyres from a single manufacturer across both axles and that is no good for me. So the 16s have to stay in the garage for a rainy day!
Not that it makes any difference in this instance but the cup 2 wheels are original 928 GTS wheels so still genuine Porsche and not aftermarket.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
beautiful car!
Not bad eh!! 🙂🙂 thanks for watching!
Hi there, I have never seen the S4 decal in a raised plastic form before, where could I get hold of that part? 928’sRus sell the sticker, but that certainly looks nice in a raised 3D font. Many thanks
Hi ! Thanks for watching 😊 I think the raised plastic decal was an option, it might be worth trying Porsche, they may still have them in stock… I think you’d have to have it painted in body colour though 👍🏻
Hello! Great and very informative video. Is the car still available for sale?
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it :-) the car is sold now!
25? It´s my first ;)
Aha! Which model? Enjoying 928 life so far? Thanks for watching ☺️☺️
The 928S4 shouldn't have a dual exhaust pipe. It's either a 928GT/GTS muffler, or an aftermarket muffler.
Hi David - All '91 cars regardless of S4 or GT had a GT exhaust (which is what this one is!) as a standard fit, certainly in RoW cars. That is the case here, a completely factory fitted exahust. Have a read up online to confirm...
That is NOT the original “928 S4” logo. Someone produced those in the aftermarket. The original is a sticker.
Hi James! Thanks for watching - Respectfully you’re wrong, it’s listed on a spec print off I had from Porsche when I owned the car. It was a special option “colour coded raised rear letters” or similar. I can’t check as I don’t have the paperwork but the Porsche part number for raised primed lettering taken from the ‘91 PET is 92855992101. Not sure if this was RoW spec which is why you may not have seen it in the US but it’s fairly common on the Euro cars over here…
Love it! Accuarte, respectful response. Well played sir. I just bought ( this week) a white on tan '90 S4 (aka in '90 as a base); 72k miles, gorgeous condition. They're hard not to love!.
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Car sold yet?
Yes, it sold not long after I made these videos! I Thanks for watching :)
Nice but I left hookah
Adds to the exoticness of it!! 😄😄 thanks for watching!