I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[ooid]

that blue boxster S, proper bargain.

IMS upgraded and less than 35k miles? If nothing else wrong with that car, the buyer is a winner (IMHO)

[snotrag]

People are paying more than 10k for 986's.
Next door neiguhbour paid lot more than that, the dealer he bought from reckons he can't get hold of them quick enough and has a lot advertised for 10-15k.
Nothing particulary more special than the one linked up there either, 04 facelift, 40odd k, very tidy but not unuaual.

[Phunk]

Yet took me a month to shift my 2.5 minter for £4K

[raceboy]

While we're on a slight 'not quite so poverty' Pork tangent, is there a prize for the most expensive 2.5 986?

http://www.parkwayspecialistcars.co.uk/stocklist/p...

[ATM]

raceboy said:

While we're on a slight 'not quite so poverty' Pork tangent, is there a prize for the most expensive 2.5 986?

http://www.parkwayspecialistcars.co.uk/stocklist/p...

Hardtop too. I can't quite decide if the 986 I am only thinking about buying needs one.

[dibblecorse]

anonymous said:

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Oops, my bad, lack of smiley results in quite understandable misinterpretation of my posts intentions, was meant to be tongue in cheek ... Apologies fella, have always enjoyed your posts on this thread since day one.

Dibs

[dibblecorse]

anonymous said:

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No worries, looking to get back into a Boxster so investigating 987 3.2 S's but need a Tip as left knee is shot ....

[dopsonj]

Worth a punt?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2003-PORSCHE-911-CARRERA...

"porsche 911
carrera 2
996

75000 miles
with service history

it has
18" alloys
xenon head lights
sun roof
switchable exhaust
sat nav
soundpack

car is midnight blue with metropole full leather interior
car runs and drives for loading purpose only
the engine is mixing water and oil suspected head gasket or cylinder liner.
would make a ideal track car once engines sorted

it was a cat c in 2010"





Few nice toys on it - PSE for example...

MOT HISTORY: (Not perfect...)

Edited by dopsonj on Saturday 6th August 22:39

[edc]

Next to no miles in 3 years but still problems at each MOT. Then suddenly from Nov 15 it piles on 20k and knacker's the engine ...

[dopsonj]

edc said:

Next to no miles in 3 years but still problems at each MOT. Then suddenly from Nov 15 it piles on 20k and knacker's the engine ...

Indeed! But not infrequent that it's sold and the new owner does more miles - It's a bit rough, but price reflects that no?

[griffter]

I suppose if you got away with a head gasket it might be a "cheap" 911, but how many of those advisories are unresolved? It sounds like it needs two new rear wheels, tyres and brakes at least. Still too much imho.

[YoungMD]

I think I would be thinking about how much a sorted one is? And they are not that much, add tyres, engine work, and a few other things and your probably up to the price of a good non cat C. Car with all the work done.

Utility would be different if 996s were priced at 20k+ but they aren't at the moment ..

[LotusAlfaV6bloke]

Wow, it is a quandary isn't it!

There is no real way of "home spannering" these engines for the likely faults that cause the oil and water to mix, even if you are usually fairly hardcore at this stuff. On the other hand, if you already have a 996 with a peachy engine but the car has suffered from a shunt, fire/flood damage then this may tempt you. But, if you are going that route, would you want a Cat C car for the swap?

A lot of skewed man maths, but for someone and at the right price point I am sure this works.

[dopsonj]

Good! I like a bit of a debate!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-P-PORSCHE-911-3-6-C...

This seems cheap? 04 plate - nice spec - low miles - FPSH - good MOT history.

Crap generic ad, but i'd have expected 22k+ for similar age/milage cars?

[edc]

On the face of it the C4S looks a potential steal.

[NJH]

That Cat C 996 is a race car donor if ever there was one, the fact its still sat around at £6k tells you something about how much those builders/preparers tend to pay for these things. To put into perspective one outfit I know of was paying only a touch more than that for fully working 996 donors and I kid you not but £2k to £3K for fully running 968s when they were building those.

The C4S looks too cheap if you know what I mean.

[edc]

Also 0% positive feedback despite dozens of cars for sale. Quite a wide range and pricing of cars. £24k for an E46 M3 convertible? No thanks.

[dreamcar]

dibblecorse said:

Just bought a 98 Boxster 2.5 in poverty spec in blue with tan

Edited by dibblecorse on Tuesday 17th January 11:34

Congratulations - enjoy in the knowledge that you'll suffer hardly any depreciation and you've got a far far better engine than the latest 718

[ooid]

hmmmm.. earlier 996 c2 manual with dual rows, only 54k miles?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

[ooid]

anonymous said:

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I really like it though. Somehow that dark tones,visually, conceals over-stretched back of 996 and 997.