Anyone know this car?

[Waitey]

These are its nitrons...

[gilbo]

Waitey do you know the car very well? Opinion of it?

[Jibberingloon]

I know the car, have been in the car, and seen it while up on a ramp, however best bet is to ring DAE and speak with James who owned it

DAE's number
Tel: [phone]

[gilbo]

I've done that and he was very helpful. Filled me in on many details about the car and it's past. Just trying to gauge general opinion/value on the car as I'm really struggling with it. Can't decide if I'm better buying a standard car or not. The feedback I'm getting about this car is very mixed, which concerns me from a prospective purchase point.

[ds2000]

If you like the car and it ticks all your boxes then go for it. It sounds like its had a bit of a rough life and then a good chunk of money spent on it to restore it to a good example (from these posts here). Given the mileage it will be harder to shift on if/when you come to sell but if that is not a worry and its mechanically sound you should be ok.

[IanV12VR]

I thought the car had been sold? Why is it now back on the market? The other buyer got cold feet after finding out the real mileage on the car. It's not the modifications that worry me because they have been done by a reputable firm BUT how easy is it going to be to move a car on with 125k miles plus on it regardless of how many are on the latest engine. Really doubt that you will get a lot of interest unless you pay an awful lot less than the asking price. All IMO of course.

[BravoV8V]

Waitey said:

Its mileage is >130k though so it'll never be worth much unless you advertise it like the guy did in the OP and miss the true mileage off....

Selling a 130k car as 25k (without declaring it)? Nice.

That alone would make me run a mile.

[gilbo]

I've been told it has a deposit on it but the chap has not yet come to view the car, only that he will pay full asking price on collection. It's supposed to be collected this week. So sold but not signed, sealed, delivered! Appleby's told be they put a brand new engine in it and virtually the entire car was 'recommisioned' when they carried out all the work on it. But the mileage and previous 'history' still concerns me at that price.

[AMDBSNick]

"high mileage (100k miles +) and had some bodywork damage"

For the money you are looking to spend you can get a 100% straight car with a lot less miles

[sukh_m]

AMDBSNick said:

For the money you are looking to spend you can get a 100% straight car with a lot less miles

+1

Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, buy a legit one!

[gilbo]

Pure chance I got talking to someone today about this car who filled me in on a little history. Apparently it's done over 155k miles and has been in at least 2 wallops in its life, front and rear. One which was the reason for its rebuild to its current state. And the second in the current owners very short ownership recently.
Barge pole......

[mikey k]

gilbo said:

I've been told it has a deposit on it but the chap has not yet come to view the car, only that he will pay full asking price on collection. It's supposed to be collected this week. So sold but not signed, sealed, delivered! Appleby's told be they put a brand new engine in it and virtually the entire car was 'recommisioned' when they carried out all the work on it. But the mileage and previous 'history' still concerns me at that price.

"recommissioned"
Sure as hell the suspension bushes, the gearbox & diff oil seals, as well as all the fluid hoses (coolant, oil & hydraulics) weren't change.

It needs to go to a Porsche specialist on the East coast