PH's made me do it - New (to me) 996
Discussion
After reading Poppopbangbang's thread, and burying my head into guides, noting IMS bearing, bore scoring/ ovaling, 2nd gear "pop" and all that good stuff, I decided I STILL wanted some flat 6 Porsche in my life. 
This replaces a (rusty) supercharged MX5, and I was under strict instructions from my 4 year old that daddys new "racing car" MUST have 4 seats.
So, the hunt began for an early 3.4 C2, with a manual 'box. I looked at a fair few "trader" level cars, and all were either missing service history, or were languishing in the corner of the traders space, unloved and unwanted. I ideally wanted a convertible, but a coupe with a sunroof would be an ok compromise.
Then, browsing the Porsche General sub forum on here, I saw a post from a PH'er, asking about tiptronic boxes, from a viewpoint of usability and reliability. He had been rather unfortunate in that he had recently seriously damaged his left ankle, rendering him requiring out of his cherished C2 Manual.
The car has had all of the major fail-points done, IMS bearing (LN engineering), recon gearbox, air con radiators to name just a few, a credit to its previous owner. He had lavished attention on the car, intending to keep it forever and was gutted to see it go. He was a total pleasure to deal with from start to finish, very knowledgeable about his car and he taught me a thing or two i didn't know about 996's!
Anyway, enough of all that, here's a few pictures i took after a blat out this afternoon before picking up my very impressed 4 year old from school.
There's even an inch-thick stack of paperwork, all neatly organised in a box file
So what's the catch? Well, it's quite high miles from one of these, but with it's maintenance record and condition, I'm sure it won't bork too badly.... well hopefully anyway!
This replaces a (rusty) supercharged MX5, and I was under strict instructions from my 4 year old that daddys new "racing car" MUST have 4 seats.
So, the hunt began for an early 3.4 C2, with a manual 'box. I looked at a fair few "trader" level cars, and all were either missing service history, or were languishing in the corner of the traders space, unloved and unwanted. I ideally wanted a convertible, but a coupe with a sunroof would be an ok compromise.
Then, browsing the Porsche General sub forum on here, I saw a post from a PH'er, asking about tiptronic boxes, from a viewpoint of usability and reliability. He had been rather unfortunate in that he had recently seriously damaged his left ankle, rendering him requiring out of his cherished C2 Manual.
The car has had all of the major fail-points done, IMS bearing (LN engineering), recon gearbox, air con radiators to name just a few, a credit to its previous owner. He had lavished attention on the car, intending to keep it forever and was gutted to see it go. He was a total pleasure to deal with from start to finish, very knowledgeable about his car and he taught me a thing or two i didn't know about 996's!
Anyway, enough of all that, here's a few pictures i took after a blat out this afternoon before picking up my very impressed 4 year old from school.
There's even an inch-thick stack of paperwork, all neatly organised in a box file
So what's the catch? Well, it's quite high miles from one of these, but with it's maintenance record and condition, I'm sure it won't bork too badly.... well hopefully anyway!
Edited by eltax91 on Thursday 2nd March 16:41
Edited by eltax91 on Tuesday 7th March 20:13
I've decided to buy one before my 30th. (Manual, coupe, sensible mileage are my only stipulations)
Seen some alright ones starting at £15/16k, less than that seems to be run and hide territory.
I assume this was at the cheaper end of the 996 market with the mileage?
Really like these ever since seeing Kip Reigns steal one in Gone in 60 Seconds!
Seen some alright ones starting at £15/16k, less than that seems to be run and hide territory.
I assume this was at the cheaper end of the 996 market with the mileage?
Really like these ever since seeing Kip Reigns steal one in Gone in 60 Seconds!
Edited by TheLordJohn on Thursday 2nd March 18:35
TheLordJohn said:
I've decided to buy one before my 30th. (Manual, coupe, sensible mileage are my only stipulations)
Seen some alright ones starting at £15/16k, less than that seems to be run and hide territory.
I assume this was at the cheaper end of the 996 market with the mileage?
Really like these every since seeing Kip Reigns steal one in Gone in 60 Seconds!
Yes the cheaper end. It's got a full Porsche/ specialist history. And like I say all the main fail points have been done. I looked at loads of cars in the 13k-17k bracket. From 40k - 120k miles. They all had something wrong about them. Gaps in history or questionable paint, or in one case the ID numbers all scratched off. Seen some alright ones starting at £15/16k, less than that seems to be run and hide territory.
I assume this was at the cheaper end of the 996 market with the mileage?
Really like these every since seeing Kip Reigns steal one in Gone in 60 Seconds!
This is high miles, but the chap I bought it off covered 40k in his 2 years with it, commuting a long motorway hack, so with my relative low miles (5k) i thought it worth the chance.
I paid £9000 for it, that's right NINE grand. Hideous value IMO.
Yeah, you can't fall off for that.
If it's any support, I ran a P38 (with a proper engine in it) that had over 250k miles on it...!
I'm looking fairly leisurely at the minute but i'd like to think by the summer (or maybe autumn) I'll be in a position to look with intent to purchase.
There's one in Altrincham for a shade over £14k which looks decent VFM.
If it's any support, I ran a P38 (with a proper engine in it) that had over 250k miles on it...!
I'm looking fairly leisurely at the minute but i'd like to think by the summer (or maybe autumn) I'll be in a position to look with intent to purchase.
There's one in Altrincham for a shade over £14k which looks decent VFM.
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