Think I'm going to miss out on my ideal 996...

[Mat Hammond]

petrolhead76 said:

Thanks Mat. Haven't purchased it yet - nearly did a deal, but then the seller got cold feet over the part ex. I may just not look at the classifieds, drive my M3 until summer and then look again when the market is moving again.

Love my M3, but have a 911 itch to scratch whilst the kiddies are still small. Once they grow up I can go back to the M3.

I deffo have that 911 itch! And a 4 and 7 year old to boot, I think they will just about fit in.

Not sure about my surfboards though.....

[chris_w]

petrolhead76 said:

chris_w said:

petrolhead76 said:

TOENHEEL said:

I have 18inch carrera classics on my boxster but i've never thought they look right on a 911 with an aerokit, no aerokit they look fine. That looks like a tarted up old car, i would avoid personally.

Thats the beauty of cars - all personal choice.

Hang on, which wheels do you want (ideally), the GT3 style or the Carrera Classics?

The ones in the link - not sure what they are called

Aha, I've got it now! Think you might find that a rare combination as *most* of the aero kitted cars will have the GT3 style wheels like these:

[petrolhead76]

Is that your car Chris? - looks awesome

[chris_w]

Mat Hammond said:

petrolhead76 said:

Thanks Mat. Haven't purchased it yet - nearly did a deal, but then the seller got cold feet over the part ex. I may just not look at the classifieds, drive my M3 until summer and then look again when the market is moving again.

Love my M3, but have a 911 itch to scratch whilst the kiddies are still small. Once they grow up I can go back to the M3.

I deffo have that 911 itch! And a 4 and 7 year old to boot, I think they will just about fit in.

Not sure about my surfboards though.....

Shouldn't be a problem, you'll just need the Porsche RTS (that's roof bars to you and me...)

[thegoose]

Don't shoot the messenger but the trade value of the M3 is definitely no more than £15,000 - still a lot more than the £10k you got offered though

I could sell you a 2000 'X' 29,000 mile Carrera 2 manual with full GT3 kit (and correct GT3 wheels), with Sports chassis too (being 30mm lower really suits the GT3 kit), in superb condition (recently had usual creaking wishbones replaced etc etc) for £30k inc a full a year's OPC warranty. Looks great in zanzibar with black too. If you only buy black cars it won't be for you, but gives an idea of what can be had and for how much .

[chris_w]

petrolhead76 said:

Is that your car Chris? - looks awesome

No but could be, mine is identical in appearance though is a C2. Seriously, if you're tempted I could be seperated from it as I quite fancy a targa...

[flow99]

£30K? that's facelift 3.6 territory, with or without GT3 kit.

[petrolhead76]

chris_w said:

petrolhead76 said:

Is that your car Chris? - looks awesome

No but could be, mine is identical in appearance though is a C2. Seriously, if you're tempted I could be seperated from it as I quite fancy a targa...

Couple of questions - does it have black interior and is it a manual / tip?

How much you looking for it ?

Do you fancy a M3 meantime ?

[petrolhead76]

thegoose said:

Don't shoot the messenger but the trade value of the M3 is definitely no more than £15,000 - still a lot more than the £10k you got offered though

I could sell you a 2000 'X' 29,000 mile Carrera 2 manual with full GT3 kit (and correct GT3 wheels), with Sports chassis too (being 30mm lower really suits the GT3 kit), in superb condition (recently had usual creaking wishbones replaced etc etc) for £30k inc a full a year's OPC warranty. Looks great in zanzibar with black too. If you only buy black cars it won't be for you, but gives an idea of what can be had and for how much .

Thats mate - I'm defo after black so will give that a miss - also for £30k I'd start looking at 02 plates to be honest at which point the GT3 kit becomes less of an issue with the facelift.

I'm looking to spend M3 + £5-6k max.

[996TT_STEVO]

Vr6-er said:

Hi I'm in Kazakhstan and was wondering if I could have the car inspected by my mate from Latvia? You could drive it there for him to look at in 11 hours.

[996TT_STEVO]

Petrolhead, you don't need any advice when buying (look over the past few days, lol)

I think you will pick up a cracking, decent used 996 from some fellow member here, good luck.

[outnumbered]

PH_76,

How come your advert doesn't mention the dangerous nature of your M3, which goes sideways on the motorway with no provocation ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by outnumbered on Friday 4th January 20:38

[bcnrml]

outnumbered said:

PH_76,

How come your advert doesn't mention the dangerous nature of your M3, which goes sideways on the motorway with no provocation ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by outnumbered on Friday 4th January 20:38

Rumbled

[thegoose]

flow99 said:

£30K? that's facelift 3.6 territory, with or without GT3 kit.

It is, if you're happy with double the mileage. If I said £29k (taking off the warranty cost) would it sound better? Certainly sounds better than £27k for a 1998 with 70k, don't you think?

[Chauch]

Couple of nice black GT3 kitted 911s on Autotrader, one at a trader so you may have some luck with a decent trade in??

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/PORS...

[996TT_STEVO]

bcnrml said:

outnumbered said:

PH_76,

How come your advert doesn't mention the dangerous nature of your M3, which goes sideways on the motorway with no provocation ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by outnumbered on Friday 4th January 20:38

Rumbled

Fixed issue on page 4 of that thread

Now Petrolhead 5 - 0 bcnrml

[petrolhead76]

Its fixed so whats the problem - it was the classic M3 problem of RTABs - I would NEVER sell a car that wasn't perfect when it left me - don't need the hassle and couldn't live with it TBH.

If I did want to sell it in that state I wouldn't be daft enough to put in on PHs and then put a link to it with my current user id!

I guess your post means every car you have ever had has never had an issue that required a mechanical fix --- or perhaps more likely you've been sat in the corner licking your wounds waiting to take a cheap shot but it didn't work ?

LMAO you Loser.

[bcnrml]

petrolhead76 said:

Its fixed so whats the problem - it was the classic M3 problem of RTABs - I would NEVER sell a car that wasn't perfect when it left me - don't need the hassle and couldn't live with it TBH.

If I did want to sell it in that state I wouldn't be daft enough to put in on PHs and then put a link to it with my current user id!

I guess your post means every car you have ever had has never had an issue that required a mechanical fix --- or perhaps more likely you've been sat in the corner licking your wounds waiting to take a cheap shot but it didn't work ?

LMAO you Loser.

By being abusive here and on the other threads (GT2) you're confirming this (and the others) got under your skin!


Happily I won't get dragged down into your standards of discourse either!

Off to begin a lovely weekend of Tres Reyes now (as we do over here!)!

Happy searching!

[petrolhead76]

JUST LEAVE ME ALONE YOU STRANGE PERSON !!!!!!!!

[bull996]

By the way-I know its nit picking but your Ad says FBMWSH. Its not-you have 2 independants on there. Now it wouldnt bother me (in fact, I would have bought that car if I had seen it 3 months ago) but it will bother others.