964 C4 on track?

[marky911]

cragswinter said:

If you're taking the a69 back over after the lakes give me a shout & call in for a look at the Z mate

Would love to Craig. Very interested in having a closer look at a the car. Would be rude not to stop and say hello too, if I'm driving right past. I'll check with the girlfriend tonight, what the plan is and let you know.
We maybe in the girlfriends Focus yet mind (hopefully not though), as I've just checked the 5 day forecast and the only day it isn't raining is Sunday. :Laugh:

graemel said:

Don't talk about Z's. My sister bought a brand new Z4MC three years ago. Sold it last year with 1200 miles on the clock. Bloody pissed off I never got to drive it. Don't ask

Bloomin'eck! 1200 miles in 3 years. I thought I was bad. A bargain for someone I bet. It's hard to ignore them at the price they're at now.

boxsey said:

Sorry to hear it's a no go Marky. The signs were looking pretty good on this one until the final hurdle. Even though the OPC rebuild was done 50K miles ago, it does make you wonder what they did if it now needs rebuilding again!

Morning Boxsey, yep, I really didn't think the engine would be the problem given its (admittedly old)rebuild. I'm guessing they didn't do the rings in the top-end rebuild and kept it to strictly the top-end. Crazy, if that's the case. There's a receipt in the history file so a quick look would confirm. It was done at an OPC and cost £4700 back in 2001 iirc. What a bummer though. Still, there'll be more come along.

Andiroo said:

Good call Mark, did your homework there mate

A good one will come in your spec, be patient, but lhd would be my choice in a manual c2 anyday mate

Hi Andy, yep something will come along. As long as it's in time for summer! I keep considering LHDs but I think it'll take ages to master a one. I am very interested in trying a left-hooker 964 to see exactly how different they are though. C2 is still top of the list obviously but, if a nice C4 comes up and the money left over will buy my mods, I'm still very open to one.

Are you still toy-less then? You should have got down for a look at those two £60k '64RSs, the red one and Amazon one. A safe bet and still useable at that price.

[ras62]

You must be very frustrated after all that effort! Still as you say, that is what an inspection is all about. Out of interest what were the leakdown numbers?

[marky911]

Mornin' ras.

Bit frustrating but, yep the inspection done it's job so I've dodged a bullet, so to speak.

Leakdown results ranged from 28% on the best pots, to 38% on the worst, with the others somewhere in between.
A healthy motor is about 10-15% I believe.

[ras62]

Hi Mark, wow those figures are way high across the board, Im surprised it wasn't blowing some oil out the pipe. On a positive note it is approaching the time of year when cars come onto the market in bigger numbers, hopefully one with your name on it! It is a bit disheartening going through the search, inspect, reject routine.
My car is in the doghouse after a breakdown yesterday, crank position sensor failure

[boxsey]

ras62 said:

My car is in the doghouse after a breakdown yesterday, crank position sensor failure

I saw it this morning mate. It's in good hands and will be sorted soon I'm sure. You can then carry on with your supsension test driving.

[ras62]

Hi Steve, LOL I did wonder why John was asking about the weather in Wales the other day! As you say its in good hands, better having this happen locally than en route to Le Mans I guess. I must give a big thumbs up to the free recovery system that came with Classic Line Insurance, the car was in the garage in less than 75 minutes. Very efficient.

[marky911]

ras62 said:

Hi Mark, wow those figures are way high across the board, Im surprised it wasn't blowing some oil out the pipe. On a positive note it is approaching the time of year when cars come onto the market in bigger numbers, hopefully one with your name on it! It is a bit disheartening going through the search, inspect, reject routine.
My car is in the doghouse after a breakdown yesterday, crank position sensor failure

Yeah, it does seem high yet the garage said it drove fine with plenty of poke. I agree that yes somemore cars will appear in the spring. I'm not going to rush it. If I get five inspections done that's £1000-£1500 of my budget gone. Slightly worrying.

Nightmare regarding your breakdown. I hope you weren't heading anywhere important. Out of all the 911's I've had and all the faults, I've only ever been left stranded once, when a throttle cable snapped. That's what I love about them, even when they develop a problem they allow you time to arrange for it's repair.

Good luck getting it sorted, I hope it's not an engine out job or anything daft like that.

[shoestring7]

marky911 said:

Hi rlw,
I think I know the one you mean. Malton = Can't afford it, in my world though.

Same thoughts as I mentioned previously though. Lhd. Don't think I'd be that good at driving one. I'm crap on holiday in hire cars.

One left hooker I would love mind is Jonny Tipplers peppermint pig from the Porsche mag. I love that and would make allowances.

I have been to-ing and fro-ing all weekend but working nightshifts at the minute so I am usually too much of a zombie to just make up my mind!

Think I'm going to go for this grey one though. I can have it fitted with Recaro seats, carpets and doorcards, suspension tweaked and setup for under £16k which seems good. Will probably ring the guy back tomorrow.

Appbiz - Anyone used these? Seem cheap. Is it tat?

Tipler's Peppermint car is currently for sale: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Peppermint-Pig/...

SS7

[stef1808]

how do you see a 10k c2 with 10k of mods (suspension, brakes, exhausts, ecu, stripped) vs a 50k gt3 compare??

[MDL111]

Just read this as I am considering a C4 and wanted to get some input on weight etc vs C2. Oh how I wish the prices were still at 2012 levels - or even just double 2012 levels would help ....

[Wozy68]

MDL111 said:

Just read this as I am considering a C4 and wanted to get some input on weight etc vs C2. Oh how I wish the prices were still at 2012 levels - or even just double 2012 levels would help ....

Tell me about it. Bought my C2 manual with sport seats and 40K miles on it in 2006 for …. £12.5K from Adrian Crawford and sold it a year later back to the Trade for £12K ….