the 'what car' musings thread

[Hitch78]

http://abudhabi.dubizzle.com/classified/autos4x4s/...gte=&seller_type=&is_search=1&kilometers__gte=&price__gte=&year__gte=&year__lte=2011&kilometers__lte=&keywords=manual&is_basic_search_widget=0&pricelte=

This was up for 88k about six months ago. If I didn't collect lady-sized landrovers I'd be on it like Chilli on his maid, or Shirt on soft furnishings...

[shirt]

i noted the price drop but i hate [and mean really hate] the tea tray on a narrow body car.

i'm off to look at doillies and stoke kittens, ciao :mwah:

[Hitch78]

You could always take it off and use it as an ironing board mate!

[shirt]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RARE-308-GTB-ONLY-3...

110,000AEDish

[Hitch78]

By the beard of Zeus!

What a fine motor. Buy it, import it, then sell it to me cheap when you get bored of burning a Ferrari gear gate pattern onto your palm every day!

[shirt]

i think i'd tire of the non existant cabin cooling first! achingly pretty though and in remarkable nick. you could even flip it and make a tidy profit given the scarcity value.

i was about to post up a lovely blue intergrale from dubizzle, but the price shown is in jordanian dinars and equates to 550k AED!

[Chilli]

How many pictures??!!
Stunning form the outside, but I don't like the interior. I know, I know...but I need toys. Is a blue neon light I see in the interior shots?

[shirt]

i *think* that blue is the top tint of the windscreen.

picture overkill i agree, but a lot of US ebay dealers do the same. contrast to here where all you get is a camera phone nightshot and 'is good car' tagline. i know which i prefer!

[shirt]

todays lust object:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/6...

both this and the fez make me think i should save and wait until winter before ditching the honda.

[Hitch78]

Lovely - I love the scuffed look too.

[shirt]

this is very me:

http://dubai.dubizzle.com/classified/autos4x4s/mer...gte=&seller_type=&is_search=1&kilometers__gte=&price__gte=&year__gte=&year__lte=1995&kilometers__lte=&keywords=&is_basic_search_widget=0&pricelte=

[Harris_I]

shirt said:

i was about to post up a lovely blue intergrale from dubizzle, but the price shown is in jordanian dinars and equates to 550k AED!

I think he probably means he wants to be paid in JD and the equivalent AED price is 110,000 as that would be fair value for a late Evo 2 in mint condition. This car, on the other hand, is of questionable provenance. 1990 suggests at best an early Evo 1, but the unsympathetic interior "upgrades" and the front bumper tend to suggest non Evo 16V trying to look like an Evo, plus the performance upgrades tend to suggest it's had a hard life hill-climbing.

[IanUAE]

I saw your yellow grale outside a2b a couple of weeks ago Harris. Does that mean our PH passenger laps are about to start?

[Chilli]

I keep stumbling accross this...

http://dubai.dubizzle.com/classified/autos4x4s/cad...gte=2009&added__gte=&seller_type=&is_search=1&kilometers__gte=&price__gte=&places__id__in=Enter+Location%28s%29+Here&places__id__in=&year__lte=&kilometers__lte=&keywords=&is_basic_search_widget=0&pricelte=

[Hitch78]

I'm not a fan of these anyway - I thought the styling was good first time round but looks dated now - but the 'all previous accidents repaired' bit and the fact that it is a library picture would keep me stumbling past.

[shirt]

190K for that, what are you on?


yesterday i found something very tempting.

http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/vehicle-mark...

works out to a smidge over AED82k + shipping/duty. a steal imo.

heart says phwoar, head says "can a supercharged porker be UAE registered?"

[Hitch78]

Got to be worth trying. Not that I think they'd even check. Stunning car - and that service bill...blimey!

[shirt]

the history does make for comforting reading i agree. a quick google suggests that TPC charger gives 100bhp over the standard carrera, a total of 350bhp hauling 1475kg. 4WD and manual, with a/c.....

forgive my mechanical incompetence but what would the benefit of adding an intercooler be? i see this is available from TPC as an option.

given the last 964 c4 manual i saw on dubizzle was AED120k, and is only AED7k more than the best price of the sharjah C2, i think this one just might be worth an email

[Hitch78]

Out of interest have you tried Al Balawi cars in Sharjah? They only sell japs and have had a couple of lovely 964s throught this year. Not sure if they have anything at the mo but they used to get new stock regularly.

[Harris_I]

IanUAE said:

I saw your yellow grale outside a2b a couple of weeks ago Harris. Does that mean our PH passenger laps are about to start?

Hehe. It's ready now. Been tucked up with a trickle charger under a soft fleece cover in my garage whilst I've been in the UK. I am so looking forward to driving it. I spent a week in the south of Spain driving an absolute sh/tbox of a Hyundai thinking wouldn't it be brilliant to be driving a 'grale on these roads...