911 for £25K - am I mad?

[gadgetmac]

JasonRIx said:

In answer to the original question, I would say that you can almost get a decent 911 for that price but frankly I would go for a good 997.1 S and for that I'd say you need to be in the high twenties.

I can't help feeling that a 3.6 doesn't give quite enough power and with a 3.8 you would really need a good specimen; Nikasil-lined cylinders, bigger IMS bearing and a new clutch thrown in at time of rebuild for good measure. At least yearly oil changes and general signs of love.

For those you are heading higher than your budget for now. If you can then wait and save a bit more, if you can't then buy a gen2 Cayman S because they are brilliant.

You can't really lose.

Thats how I see it too.

[StreetDragster]

I see a few people mention that a 997.1 with a hartech rebuild is a good idea, suggesting that this can be attained for £25k.

Where are these cars? I've not seen any of these advertised for under £30k so far

Matt

[mollytherocker]

StreetDragster said:

I see a few people mention that a 997.1 with a hartech rebuild is a good idea, suggesting that this can be attained for £25k.

Where are these cars? I've not seen any of these advertised for under £30k so far

Matt

If thats the case, then we are pushing in to gen 2 territory. 35k gets a nice one.

[JasonRIx]

mollytherocker said:

If thats the case, then we are pushing in to gen 2 territory. 35k gets a nice one.

For a 3.8 i think it's more like the 40s.