993 bargain, too good to be true?

[jamesallum]

Hi all

You can buy a decent LHD 993 in Kuwait for about £10k. On the road in UK for £15k. Anyone see the catch here (other than the hassle)? Decent LHD 993's trading for about £18k private in UK?

Cheers
J

[verysideways]

Assuming low mileage and a decent service history, in a decent interior/exterior combination and with a good spec seems like a good plan...
what's the catch?

[997gt3]

Might have bullet holes in them if from Kuwait?

[fidgits]

seems like a lot of hassle for £3k... remembering you have shipping costs, import duty etc etc..

unless you come across a very good example at that price - or a similarly low 993TT, i cant see it being worth the hassle and to do so?

[jamesallum]

Humn I'm thinking of a gradual way to get into a TT. Buy one run it for 3 months sell it on for a £3k mark-up and only need to do 5 of them to get me into a 993TT! TT would be about low 30's on the road from Q8

[tonikaram]

Don't know about Kuwait, but in Dubai where cars are dirt cheap, you need to be a citizen to buy a new one. Probably a used one as well.

I think we have the catch right there.

Kay

[Silver3]

Any contacts on Dubai, Kuwait cars etc??

[SBG]

Hi,

Here's a guide for import costs on a £10k car

Cost of shipping, approx £500

10,500 + 10% import duty =11550
11550 + 17.5% vat = 13571.25
ESVA test is about £180

[911wise]

The price sounds cheap but by the time you add up all the costs it does'nt seem worth it. Plus I bet its had a hard life in kuwait Air cooling in them temperature's!, the paint can fade too if its a dark colour.

[Harry Flashman]

A friend of mine lives in Dubai and has bought a similarly cheap 996.

His words of warning when I considered an import through him - people are really into new cars there. Second hand cars get little respect - and get absolutely caned, constantly. His experience was that a 2nd hand Porsche bought in the middle east will have almost certainly been driven as if it were stolen, every single day.

Get a good (and I mean very, very good) inspection. Cheap Porsche does not equal cheap repair bills.

[jamesallum]

Good advice cheers. They do seem to be exceptionally well specced out there.

Kinda fallen in love with this one http://rides.webshots.com/album/55460 - think it sold for just under £20k.

[willdew]

My uncle lives in Abu-Dhabi and runs a Maserati Cambicorsa which he bought brand new for £35k.

Also, about 15 or so years ago, my dad imported 3 new Mitsubishi Pajero's (Shoguns to us) into the UK from there, a few months before they were launched in the UK. There was enough profit in importing the three at the time to pay for a 4th one for us.

So I can vouch for cars being cheap out there.

[greg964]

They made a 993 targa RS ?!

[verysideways]

RS badge and wheels, red calipers (not big reds though i don't think), C2S split grill and turbo front PU? Interesting combination.

Looks good though, i'll admit.