Just about to push the button on this - opinions?

[John Laverick]

Went into the dealer today to have a look and ended up putting a deposit down in this:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

Any thoughts? Good or bad.

It looks reasonably competitively priced to me? What figure should I be aiming at after haggling do you think? Any opinions on what figure it would have traded in at?

[Flying machine]

Looks fab!

I'm no good when it comes to haggling etc, so not going to offer any sensible advice here other than if you're happy then just go for it, pay what you've agreed and enjoy the car!

[MrVert]

Errr....you really should haggle and agree a price before placing a deposit?

[John Laverick]

MrVert said:

Errr....you really should haggle and agree a price before placing a deposit?

Not necessary with this dealer, he didn't actually want any cash as a deposit. I told him I wanted the car subject to test drive and haggling and offered some dosh to hold the car and show I was serious, he took my card details but said he wouldn't bother taking any cash as it was a pain to refund if I changed my mind. I didn't have sufficient time to test drive there and then.

He knows I'm serious about the car so it's no problem. Going back tomorrow to agree details.

[BlackGT3]

I would strongly suggest you also get the car PPI'ed by a well regarded specialist including a bore scope inspection.

There was a recent tread that has since been removed (for breaking the Name & Shame rules) where a chap purchased a 997 from a so called, Porsche Specialist. The car had a Full OPCSH. A couple of months into ownership he found that the car needed a full engine rebuild.

[John Laverick]

BlackGT3 said:

I would strongly suggest you also get the car PPI'ed by a well regarded specialist including a bore scope inspection.

There was a recent tread that has since been removed (for breaking the Name & Shame rules) where a chap purchased a 997 from a so called, Porsche Specialist. The car had a Full OPCSH. A couple of months into ownership he found that the car needed a full engine rebuild.

Hi, I've read and read about borescope. Is it an issue on a Gen II? I thought not which was part of my justification for spending a little more money for a later car.

[BlackGT3]

John Laverick said:

BlackGT3 said:

I would strongly suggest you also get the car PPI'ed by a well regarded specialist including a bore scope inspection.

There was a recent tread that has since been removed (for breaking the Name & Shame rules) where a chap purchased a 997 from a so called, Porsche Specialist. The car had a Full OPCSH. A couple of months into ownership he found that the car needed a full engine rebuild.

Hi, I've read and read about borescope. Is it an issue on a Gen II? I thought not which was part of my justification for spending a little more money for a later car.

I have not kept up to date regarding potential issues with the Gen 2, however, I would still advise that you get the car inspected. If the dealer group has an OPC, they would normally sell a good quality used car through that channel. They may decide not to do this if the car needs too much prep work to pass the OPC used car standard or, it may fail on something such as over revs.

[J-P]

John Laverick said:

BlackGT3 said:

I would strongly suggest you also get the car PPI'ed by a well regarded specialist including a bore scope inspection.

There was a recent tread that has since been removed (for breaking the Name & Shame rules) where a chap purchased a 997 from a so called, Porsche Specialist. The car had a Full OPCSH. A couple of months into ownership he found that the car needed a full engine rebuild.

Hi, I've read and read about borescope. Is it an issue on a Gen II? I thought not which was part of my justification for spending a little more money for a later car.

No it's not an issue on gen 2. I don't think that there are any reports of catastrophic engine failure on the gen 2, or if there are, they are very few and far between.

[John Laverick]

Well I went for it, could only negotiate £500 off it though 😝😝

[J-P]

John Laverick said:

Well I went for it, could only negotiate £500 off it though ????

Congratulations! Enjoy!