Opinion on £30k 997

[The_Doc]

RSJ as of today 4th July have seven 997s at £31k or less,

I don't want tiptronic, I'm fairly fairly sure on this

In this forum's opinion, which is the one to go for?

Less-money-higher-miles, or top-of-budget newer car?

Bearing in mind £5,000 is a lot of money between the top and bottom of this/my particular market

[The_Doc]

BubblesNW said:

I know the risks are comparatively low but I would go for a Gen II 3.6 rather than a Gen I 3.8. Similar performance but the peace of mind about engine reliability would sell it for me.

That's probably £10k more that I do not have budgeted.

[The_Doc]

BubblesNW said:

The_Doc said:

BubblesNW said:

I know the risks are comparatively low but I would go for a Gen II 3.6 rather than a Gen I 3.8. Similar performance but the peace of mind about engine reliability would sell it for me.

That's probably £10k more that I do not have budgeted.

Check out the stock at PCT in Coventry.

Hmm. I hadn't spotted that that one was Gen2, Seems too cheap at £34k and 27,000 miles. Perhaps it's just a bargain

[The_Doc]

berty37 said:

The_Doc said:

BubblesNW said:

The_Doc said:

BubblesNW said:

I know the risks are comparatively low but I would go for a Gen II 3.6 rather than a Gen I 3.8. Similar performance but the peace of mind about engine reliability would sell it for me.

That's probably £10k more that I do not have budgeted.

Check out the stock at PCT in Coventry.

Hmm. I hadn't spotted that that one was Gen2, Seems too cheap at £34k and 27,000 miles. Perhaps it's just a bargain

It's a gen1. 58 plate 2009 MY was first gen2. That said I did hear on the last of the gen1 Porsche used a ceramic IMS bearing helping reliability and strength...the rear main seal ( no where near as serious an issue) had also been redesigned by then 3/4 times. Looks a nice car that.

So it is Gen1, but a late, good one. I stand by my assertion that the Gen2s are up to £10k outside my budget.

I'm going to aim for a Gen1 2S at about 40-50,000 miles, I think.

[The_Doc]

this is all very helpful, thanks

[The_Doc]

WindyM said:

The_Doc said:

RSJ as of today 4th July have seven 997s at £31k or less,

I don't want tiptronic, I'm fairly fairly sure on this

In this forum's opinion, which is the one to go for?

Less-money-higher-miles, or top-of-budget newer car?

Bearing in mind £5,000 is a lot of money between the top and bottom of this/my particular market

Thought I'd quote OP's original message as we seem to be getting into another manual versus PDK debate!

OP says he doesn't want tiptronic and as he hadn't considered Gen 2 presumably had excluded PDK too?

What OP didn't tell us is whether this is a daily driver or weekend hooner. Assuming the latter, my opinion: 997.2 C2 Manual.

Daily driver. Mostly A roads, not much motorway. Annual mileage 7-8,000.

It's Cumbria, so I have access to some of the best A roads available, but 50% of the time I'm going to be doing 25 min trips of 12 miles or so. I tried a PDK at Newcastle Porsche and back to back test drove a manual 997 C2. This made my mind up: I don't want any form of auto gearbox. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's my cash.

This Gen2 C2 PDK thing is really above my budget. If I had £35k to spend, it would be easy, but for the purposes of working to a budget, £30k is the top whack.

In a year or two I plan on trading in and buying a 2009+ car, which will by then be reachable and I will only have had to manage/suffer 12-24 months of a Gen1 car. At which point I'm slightly stymied, because the dude at Newcastle Porsche said 80% of Gen2s are PDK and 93% of 991s.

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