Keith’s Blog: The SCM 928 Could Be Yours

After six glorious months and 3,000 miles, it is time for our 1991 928 S/4 GT automatic to move on to a new home.

Long-time SCMers know my pattern. I get interested in a car (often for reasons unknown even to me), buy one, spend what it takes to make it right, drive it and then sell it on.

Once we got it sorted, this dark blue metallic over dark blue leather S4 has been a delight in every way. Everything works the way it should, from the cruise control to the power seats to the rear a/c to the rear hatch release.

We bought it from 928 specialists High-Tec Automotive in San Rafael, CA, for $29,928. It had 60,000 miles on it, all documented. It had been in storage for a long period. Mark Woudsma and Greg Maissen there know the car well and can vouch for it.

Here is the listing. 

After driving it up the coast to Portland, we had another $6,000 worth of work done to it by 928 specialists A&P Specialties in Portland. We added a $2,000 Blaupunkt stereo with Bluetooth and upgraded speakers.

We’ve learned through tough experience that there are several stages in bringing a car back into service. First is doing all the stuff that is necessary. Second is driving it a few hundred miles and making a list of the things that emerge. Third is going back to the shop for those things to be attended to.

It is very important to me that my cars run like they are supposed to. If the 928 were not in top shape, how could I expect to judge the car against its contemporaries? Driving a crappy, worn out old car with needs gives you no idea of what the car performed like when it was new.

We just completed a 900-mile Porsche club tour in it. It cruised easily at triple digit speeds, and the a/c blew ice cold. We emerged from 300-mile days rested and ready for more.

The 928 is headed to Matt Crandall (911r) of Avant-Garde Collection to go on Bring a Trailer. Checking the historical data, several auto 928s have brought in the mid-$40k range on BaT, and none of them were as nice as ours. It has a clean CARFAX and has never been hit or painted.

Our price on the car, pre-auction, is $52,928.

If you follow 928s, you know that their prices are all over the map from $10,000 beaters to near $100,000 manual gearbox GTS models.

This will be a great car for someone looking for a completely sorted S/4 928 – Porsche’s iconic supercar of its era. And with all the work already done to make it a usable, functional high-speed cruiser.

If you are interested, email me at [email protected], or text me at 503.970.1070.