PORSCHE 928 S4

Year of manufacture 1990 Recorded mileage 84,205km Asking price £33,950 Vendor Slade’s Garage, Penn, Bucks; tel: 01494 812115; www.slades-garage.co.uk

WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £48,900 (’88) Max power 320bhp Max torque 317lb ft 0-60mph 6 secs Top speed 162mph Mpg 18

This S4 has had lots spent on its upkeep by its obviously meticulous most recent owner, who’s selling the Porsche because it’s out of step with his collection of British cars. It came from Japan in 2012, and has seven stamps in the book up to 64,329km in 2010. There are two more stamps in the English service record at 75,932km, but superseding all of those was a big €4800 bill for work carried out in Germany, where the owner is based, in 2016, just 2700km ago. That included a new Porsche (Behr) radiator, all fresh drive belts and a water pump. Prior to that, it had a cambelt in 2012, the rear dampers received attention in 2015, and the latest MOT carried an advisory for deteriorated steering rack gaiters.

The bodywork is all straight and unscuffed, apart from a couple of tiny stone-chips at the back of the driver’s door, and slight peppering to the lower front bumper, which could do with a repaint to make perfect – though there would be little point if you plan to use this as its maker intended. The alloys are unmarked, wearing 2013-dated Contisport Contacts rear and 2004 Bridgestones front. The spacesaver spare is unused, the toolkit still wrapped and the boot retains its parcel shelf. Underneath, the exhaust system looks to be in excellent shape.

Inside, the seat leather upholstery is lightly creased and only the outer bolster is worn, as per usual. The dashboard plastics are all smart, and there’s a (probably later) Porsche navigation system.

The engine bay is tidy, with a few small spots of surface rust on the headlight mechanism. The coolant is clear, blue/green and up to level, the oil cleanish. It starts instantly once you’re past the Toad alarm and drives well in that comforting, familiar way of the 928 – a bit weighty but accurately defined – though some miles would probably loosen it up.

Everything works, apart from an intermittent low-coolant light, with air-con blowing cold, temperature steady at 85ºc and mostly a fulldeflection 5bar on the oil gauge, dropping only to 3bar at tickover. The 928 will be sold with two keys, books and an MOT until 10 November.

SUMMARY

EXTERIOR

∑ Generally very good, with the usual speckles on the bumper

INTERIOR

∑ Excellent, mostly unworn

MECHANICALS

∑ Not many miles; recent belts, water pump and radiator

VALUE ★★★★★★★✩✩✩

For Well kept overall

Against They don’t take kindly to standing for long periods

SHOULD I BUY IT?

Properly fettled and looked after, with lots of bills in the file, drives as it should and priced about right