One of the many draws for this particular car when I went to see and drive it, I thought, was the condition of the interior. It appeared that the two previous owners took extremely good care of it...as well as the entire car. And one piece of advice I found online and heard in person was that if you find a healthy body and interior, you can almost believe (until the mechanic sees it, anyway) that the engine was taken care of, too, and the previous owner(s) was/were attentive to the car and its needs. My mechanic has said this car was garaged- the body (and engine) is super, the dash is superb with no cracks and the leather/vinyl (front and rear seats, doors, ceiling) definitely received attention through conditioning/cleaning treatments considering it was new in 1989.

*There are only two minor issues: 1) on the left side of the bench of both the driver's and passenger's seat (see image #4) there is on each seat a one inch seam rip (not a tear) in the same exact location- the left seam line to the left side of where the the left leg is positioned. I heard this could be remedied with a) profesional hand sewing (for a couple of hundred bucks and it may or may not last more than six months) or b) an auto upholsterer recommended (of course) to replace the front seats (at $1800.!). The rips are minor enough to not sweat about it. The second issue is also reeeally minor: on the driver's side bolster (the part that touches the driver's left hip and left side of the waist, there is a small amount of wear in the form of dark scratch-like marks about six inches in length, which could be logically attributed to getting in and out. Normal for that part of the seat and abnormally small. Again, no biggie.

The car came with a 993 steering wheel, which the seller (a gear head son of a car restorer father) said he loved. Without ever driving with the stock wheel, I think the 993 wheel feels terrific. The shift boot and knob seemed to be of generic quality- the boot is low-grade leather and the knob is black plastic. The knob is average comfort, but there's an aesthetic issue, too. I'm replacing the combo with an upgraded OEM full leather set ($82. uninstalled). The mats were generic, and I replaced them with an OEM set ($125.). The mats were of good quality, but without fail every time I would get in to drive and while driving, I'd have to adjust the mat because it would inch toward the gas pedal. A pain in the butt and dangerous! The OEM mats fit perfectly and do not move. Otherwise, everthing inside the compartment is sweet, as you can see.

The cargo cover was not attached when I went to pick up the car on the day of purchase. The seller said he'd include it since it wasn't attached when I test drove it a week earlier. This is a significant piece of equipment to have with the car because it 1) protects cargo from interested eyes, 2) protects the interior from the sun and 3) an OEM cargo cover costs about $200.!

The exterior was well-cared for. There were the requisite nicks and small paint chips for a 1989 model, but they are relatively minor. There are two minor dings about the size of a quarter next two the driver-side headlight. Looks like a minor bump against something small, but there is no paint missing or scratches. My car's mechanic, at Overseas Motorworks in Philadelphia, PA., has an exquisite attention to detail to make a Porsche owner happy and confident, and he shared with me that those minor dings could have been worse and may have been knocked back into shape by a body shop. Also, the mechanic mentioned that the passenger's door (or that section) was repainted because he noticed that the small chip under the handle revealed a layer that was the same color! But whoever worked on it did a fine job, he said. A tip he shared with me about body work (on Porsches and any cars, I suppose): say there was a dent in the middle of the driver's door, or a bent fender well that needed finishing and repainting. A sign of quality work is 1) a smooth fender or door (of course), and 2) no difference in the paint finish, which is achieved by painting approximately two or three feet in all directions from the point of repair. Or, ideally the paint needs to be blended with the body, and that requires painting the extra, lengthy area. The cabin is leak proof, and the molding around the sunroof, hatch, windows and footwells is tight.

The finish on two or three of the phone dial rims (image #7) were faintly worn, which seems to be from age if anything. There are no curb dings. Otherwise, this 1989 Porsche -- bumper-to-bumper -- is super.