Hey Porsche Universe, let’s help this guy sell his car!

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Despite what the legions of Kiss Army members try to tell you, it’s never cool to go to a concert wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of the band you’re about to hear.

But, I have to wonder, is it cool if you go to a concert driving a car previously owned by a member of the band you’re about to hear?

It’s a question I suspect will be answered only by someone willing to spend $19,975 to determine the answer.

If that amount sounds like chump change in the quest for sociological advancement, go to Mark Juhl Auto Sports right now and hand over the 20 stacks needed to drive away in a 1988 Porsche 928 S4 previously owned by Kiss frontman Paul Stanley.

At this point in the conversation, there are two more questions worth asking: Was this black ride really owned by the Paul Stanley? And, if so, why is it sitting in a car lot showroom on the north side of Sioux Falls?

Fortunately, Mark Juhl doesn’t mind answering such questions.

The car salesman proves the Starchild owned this Porsche by freely sharing the car’s title - which curiously is in Paul Stanley’s name, not his birth name of Stanley Eisen - and providing a document that shows the car was insured by the Kiss company. And just in case there’s any further doubt, the title is paired with a Paul Stanley trading card.

As for its journey to Sioux Falls, Juhl says the car landed in Iowa after Stanley ditched it. The Porsche subsequently was traded in to Billion Automotive and sold to a fellow who sold it Juhl.

Voil1/3.

So, how powerful is the pull of this rock star sports car to Kiss fans?

Juhl says he regularly is e-mailed by curious Kiss fans who found the listing online. And at least one woman who claimed to “know” Stanley had her picture taken with the car because, well, she “knows” Stanley.

Diehard Stanley or Kiss fans probably remember this car was up for auction on eBay last year - I’m not sure if it sold. And that Stanley drove a very similar Porsche in the video for Kiss’ “Reason to Live.”

Naturally, Stanley’s attachment to the car’s history amps up the vehicle’s intrigue.

But Juhl says Stanley doesn’t have enough pull to boost the Porsche’s price.

“It would have to be somebody more famous than him, like Elvis Presley … then it would increase the value,” Juhl says. “Paul Stanley is very famous. But it would only increase the value to a Kiss fan.”

Which is why it makes sense that Juhl says a Kiss fan in Omaha is trying to buy the car that can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 5.7 seconds - or, about the time it takes Gene Simmons to roll out the full extent of his tongue.

Sitting in the same leather seat that held Stanley, it only took three seconds to realize why this car is worth more than the annual earnings of my first professional job offer.

The Porsche’s seats are softer than a Paul Stanley love ballad and could hold you comfortably through an entire concert of material from Kiss’ torturous makeup-free era.

The car’s back seats are so dainty, only children or Ronnie James Dio could fit without squeezing inside. And though its showroom position wouldn’t allow me to test its torque, just sitting in the driver’s seat made it easy to believe this car would burn past Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” or impress Tracy Chapman enough for her to ask you to take her anywhere.

Basically, it’s a rock star ride that - despite its dated JVC tape deck - could make bozos like me appear to be cool, as long as I don’t drive the car to a Kiss concert. That’s just trying too hard.

Robert Morast’s 1989 Nissan 240 SX sold for $927. Morast can be reached at 605-331-2313 or rmorast@argusleader.com.

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