Tickets and tuition and money... Oh my!

[Benjamin Kaupp]

Hey folks... I'm not sure if this is gonna happen, but it is looking
more and more like a possibility that I will need to sell my baby.
I'm not putting her up for sale yet, but merely polling the list to see
what a fair price would be.
It's an '87 4kcsq with the leopard leather (tan and black). I would
give the interior an 8.5 or 9. The leather is nearly perfect, and
everything but the oil temp gauge works.
Mechanically it has new front suspension, new front brakes and wheel
bearings (sitting in my garage, but easily installed), 5000 miles on
the Bridgestone Potenza RE950s (great tires) all round, and a recent
full tuneup. The paint is still beautiful with the exception of a large
blemish (bad respray?) on the front right fender and your usual sundry
dents and dings for a fifteen year old car. From fifteen feet away, the
Alpine white paint looks spotless, and it's perfectly presentable from
close distance as well.
Problems include:
it needs new rear shocks and bushings something fierce
the throttle can't be touched for the first minute or two the first
time you start it up, but that went away when I drove it more than
twice a week
the valve cover gasket is leaking tiny amounts of oil into the fan
blades, which makes the engine compartment filthy and stinky
the right rear taillight is leaky and nonfunctional (brake lights work
still)
The odometer stopped working at 157,000 miles, but I have kept rough
estimates of distance since and we only have around 3500 miles since
(1000 of them last weekend)

Of course, the sound system o' doom is a negotiable addition to the
car, or I could just throw in some of my old Blau speakers

It's a great car, and I hate to see it go, but I'm looking at losing my
license and potential for jail time (unlikely, but the threat exists)
and I don't want to leave her sitting for six months. Add to that new
financial burdens and something slightly more reliable and slightly
cheaper to run is tempting (at least until I can afford that UrS4).
Once again, I am not looking to sell the car just yet... just looking
for what's a fair price in Northern California.

TIA
-Ben Kaupp
'87 4kcsq (but for how long)
coming soon - narrowed down to a 240z (thanks Rob), a Miata, a 510, and
an RX-7 convertible (did I say cheap? oops)