RE: Porsche 911 (996) Turbo: PH Carpool
Discussion
Nice car-buying action.
My story is exactly the same, but it was a 964 Turbo I spent several hours looking over before handing over the cash, which was also my first Porsche at the time too.
There is something massively satisfying about buying private and working out for yourself if the car is a dud or not. All the information is out there, use your brain, and enjoy the experience.
For me, buying a car is the same if it is £200 or £20,000.00. Same basic stuff I go through, and so long as you follow your instinct then it should all work out well.
And I will stick up for his career choice, as I used to be one myself! Happy days.
My story is exactly the same, but it was a 964 Turbo I spent several hours looking over before handing over the cash, which was also my first Porsche at the time too.
There is something massively satisfying about buying private and working out for yourself if the car is a dud or not. All the information is out there, use your brain, and enjoy the experience.
For me, buying a car is the same if it is £200 or £20,000.00. Same basic stuff I go through, and so long as you follow your instinct then it should all work out well.
And I will stick up for his career choice, as I used to be one myself! Happy days.
Bit at the start reminds me of when I was a Sales Neg in Estate Agency and bought a clapped-out Mk2 Golf GTI. Started my boss reminiscing about having one new as a company car when he'd worked in London in the 80s. What a cliche?!
Love the 996 Turbo - decided long ago one of these for carrying the kids around and a 996 GT3 for a bit more fun would be just the trick. In reality, either on their own would do! Another of those cars you wish you'd been able to buy when they were cheaper :-(
Love the 996 Turbo - decided long ago one of these for carrying the kids around and a 996 GT3 for a bit more fun would be just the trick. In reality, either on their own would do! Another of those cars you wish you'd been able to buy when they were cheaper :-(
I had one from new and it was so damned good it was a tad boring - it was always going to be FAR better than me. (It was the X50 (S) version).
I still think, point to point, it's probably the quickest in bad weather. It just sticks to the road. Big time.
Wasn't so good in snow as the tyres were the size of Derby.
Lovely car... crap noise (which I couldn't change without voiding the warranty). And some decent space for 4 Tesco bags in the front and Douglass Bader on the back shelf.
If you have the cash... go buy.
I still think, point to point, it's probably the quickest in bad weather. It just sticks to the road. Big time.
Wasn't so good in snow as the tyres were the size of Derby.
Lovely car... crap noise (which I couldn't change without voiding the warranty). And some decent space for 4 Tesco bags in the front and Douglass Bader on the back shelf.
If you have the cash... go buy.
Harris's favorite turbo I remember rightly. Something to do with the steering I remember him saying. There can't be many better cars which can match pace, build quality, depreciation proof, good size for our roads can there? Of course if you don't like the tune your not going to buy the record but they do make a lot of sense in many ways
Always regretted not buying a turbo over my C2, at the time it wasn't much more money, the C2 dropped like a stone in value and the tubby went mad, would have had a much happier wife in the long run if I'd made a better investment and I think I'd have been happier with the car too. Not that I didn't love my C2.
Henry Fiddleton said:
996 Turbo near £30k or used GTR £37k ish..
I don't get the PH love in for the GTR. Its an awful big slab sided thing (In my eyes). Never driven one though but on the looks side the less lover 6t gets it done for me.The GTR will have greater running costs than the 996 as well I imagine.
Here is my baby!
I bought mine in Feb this year off a good mate who owned it for 4 years prior to me buying it. As a standard car (414Bhp, no mods, manual) they are a very quick car, far quicker in the "real world" than the paper stats suggest.
The problem with the turbo is that power is its party trick, & everyone thinks that is what the car is about. Dig a bit deeper, & you realize what an amazing chassis the car has, and from initially thinking the handling wasn't that great, taking a step back & thinking about it, the issue is that you are arriving at corners 20-30mph faster than you are used to. I also own an E46 M3, with a vast array of suspension mods for track work, it's a great car, but even after all of the work, the 911 suspension (80k miles old & totally standard) is better on the road, there just isn't a situation where it feels challenged. Add to that perfectly weighted controls, a lovely manual box & great looks & I think it's a pretty hard package to beat.
The best bit is, if you get bored tuning is easy, and opens up a whole new world of speed!
The problem with the turbo is that power is its party trick, & everyone thinks that is what the car is about. Dig a bit deeper, & you realize what an amazing chassis the car has, and from initially thinking the handling wasn't that great, taking a step back & thinking about it, the issue is that you are arriving at corners 20-30mph faster than you are used to. I also own an E46 M3, with a vast array of suspension mods for track work, it's a great car, but even after all of the work, the 911 suspension (80k miles old & totally standard) is better on the road, there just isn't a situation where it feels challenged. Add to that perfectly weighted controls, a lovely manual box & great looks & I think it's a pretty hard package to beat.
The best bit is, if you get bored tuning is easy, and opens up a whole new world of speed!
I was tempted a year or two back but a ride in one seemed a little bit dull until we were going really fast, not a criticism of the car, it was just so planted it felt slower than it was. I think there are glued water pipes inside the engine that can come unstuck requiring an expensive strip down to repair.
Edited by blade7 on Monday 22 December 16:49
My mate owns an independent porsche garage, so I often poke around around under ' just bought' cars, some people buy the car and then get a multi point check!!. Some are seriously ropey underneath now, rads, power steering leaks, and especially the coolant and air con piping which follows a torturous path around the engibe with loads of jubilee clips. Don't forget rear boots, etc you know the score. Not a cheap car to run despite what people might tell you. The sweet spot for buying these was definately 2009-2010, loads of them with the OPC warranty still running which gave you peace of mind, and some punters literally giving thier cars away for mid twenties when they had paid nearly 40 a couple of years before.
M@1975 said:
Always regretted not buying a turbo over my C2, at the time it wasn't much more money, the C2 dropped like a stone in value and the tubby went mad, would have had a much happier wife in the long run if I'd made a better investment and I think I'd have been happier with the car too. Not that I didn't love my C2.
I thought manual C2's were on the up as far as value was concerned??Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff