RE: PH Carpool: Porsche 911 Carrera RS (964)
Discussion
Munich said:
Not a bad price...
I'm thinking I should buy a 996 GT3 because I can't see them getting much cheaper.
Agreed, £30k for a GT3 at the moment, amazing value, surely they can't drop much more? I'm thinking I should buy a 996 GT3 because I can't see them getting much cheaper.On another note, the GT3 was and is adored by the journos, yet the 964RS was generally boo'd at the time for being too harsh and skittish and early values were very low for what was an unpopular car.
I went along to Paul Stephens in the late nineties with my chequebook open. He had a red car in, low mileage, LHD, everything looked fine. It was £22k.
My wife was worried about their "reputation" for being tail happy and spinning. I said, yeah, yeah, urban myth, never happens, don't worry.
Paul took me out for a test drive, he was driving, wound it up a bit on a roundabout and spun it. Now he has some talent at peddling Porsches, being a gentleman racer. But he still spun it, in the dry, and not going very fast.
I spent the money on a Caterham Superlight instead.
Money issues aside (which makes me WEEP), I'm still happy with that decision.
My wife was worried about their "reputation" for being tail happy and spinning. I said, yeah, yeah, urban myth, never happens, don't worry.
Paul took me out for a test drive, he was driving, wound it up a bit on a roundabout and spun it. Now he has some talent at peddling Porsches, being a gentleman racer. But he still spun it, in the dry, and not going very fast.
I spent the money on a Caterham Superlight instead.
Money issues aside (which makes me WEEP), I'm still happy with that decision.
Paul Dishman said:
The Bandit said:
"On a road trip to France my wife asked me to pull over at the side of the road so she could change to a sports bra"
I offered to buy my wife a sports bra on seeing the effect of a bouncy road...
Back on topic, really nice write-up about a lovely car, being used properly.
Absolutely wonderful machines. The 964 really has matured into a beautiful incarnation of the 911 evolution.
I'll confess to being more of an asthetic fan of the standard wheels over the oversized BBS rims, however that can hardly be a critisism.
I'm off to ponder the "next big thing" for an investment for the future, and a fantastic machine to open the garage doors onto.
BTW .... Not only is the RS owner showing Hans Stuck a clean pair of heals, he's also educating him on the "correct" line to approach the out-of-view bend .... Hans hasn't a clue about where to place his car by the looks of that picture
I'll confess to being more of an asthetic fan of the standard wheels over the oversized BBS rims, however that can hardly be a critisism.
I'm off to ponder the "next big thing" for an investment for the future, and a fantastic machine to open the garage doors onto.
BTW .... Not only is the RS owner showing Hans Stuck a clean pair of heals, he's also educating him on the "correct" line to approach the out-of-view bend .... Hans hasn't a clue about where to place his car by the looks of that picture
mat205125 said:
BTW .... Not only is the RS owner showing Hans Stuck a clean pair of heals, he's also educating him on the "correct" line to approach the out-of-view bend .... Hans hasn't a clue about where to place his car by the looks of that picture
Very kind, but he's on the racing line into Wehrseifen - and I'm desperately out braking myself in the vague hope of keeping in front of the old bugger. 
wtdoom said:
I'm interested to know the reasons for changing to 18 inch wheels.
One of the rear 17" mag alloys cracked 
At the time I had no spare wheels and those mags are pretty much unobtainium.
So - I resigned myself to needing to buy a full set of wheels.
I thought it would be interesting to try 18's - I naively thought it was a simple wheel/tyre swap and ordered the BBS LM's.
BBS went in receivership, and came out of it again, and eventually after about 18 months I got the 18's and Manthey set up the car - new anti-roll bars, revised front suspension mounting points, rolled the wheel arches, new geometry, etc.
Since then the handling has been just sensational (as opposed to the usual excess of understeer that blights most 964's) - I love it to bits.
I'm sure as a road car it is less good on 18's, though for me it is more of a track car.
I did in fact eventually find a set of original mags and so now have a set of 5 all refurbed in storage (one of them had in fact never been used and is still in the Porsche wrapping).
I always like these notes that confirm the "owner stayed with his car" - despite issues etc he still owns it, likes it etc, whatever marque it is.
I find I cannot bear to part with some of mine after many years, ok the brilliant E Type is allegedly for sale at moment after 13 years - will it go out the gate posts on a one way journey - I doubt it.
As for someone else having the RS2, that impossible - the list goes on plus the reasons to keep them.
I have always fancied an air cooled 911, was involved in the buying of one at Goodwood Auction, goaded my mate on and for £15k or less he bought a genuine 911 modified by the highly rated german specialist and it now north of 70k.
Good luck with an excellent car and hope you keep yours long into the future, it is possible to get attached to a piece of machinery, a bit like patting the family dog.
I find I cannot bear to part with some of mine after many years, ok the brilliant E Type is allegedly for sale at moment after 13 years - will it go out the gate posts on a one way journey - I doubt it.
As for someone else having the RS2, that impossible - the list goes on plus the reasons to keep them.
I have always fancied an air cooled 911, was involved in the buying of one at Goodwood Auction, goaded my mate on and for £15k or less he bought a genuine 911 modified by the highly rated german specialist and it now north of 70k.
Good luck with an excellent car and hope you keep yours long into the future, it is possible to get attached to a piece of machinery, a bit like patting the family dog.
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