190mph Boxster!

[CraigVmax]

why do people do it...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[kambites]

It seems to say 163mph to me.

[CraigyMc]

kambites said:

It seems to say 163mph to me.

In the text it says the following:

advert said:

Book stats: 252bhp, 226 ftlb of torque at 4,500 rpm, 5.9 seconds 0-60mph, top speed of 190mph

[falkster]

kambites said:

It seems to say 163mph to me.

Where you looking?

[kambites]

Ah OK. It says 163mph in the performance section.

[Uncle John]

Bloody hell they are cheap now!!

[CraigVmax]

but he clearly thinks 190mph

[kambites]

Uncle John said:

Bloody hell they are cheap now!!

£7k doesn't seem especially cheap for an 11 year old car to me.

[DanDC5]

Top speed aside, it looks quite a tidy one.

[falkster]

Uncle John said:

Bloody hell they are cheap now!!

Bought my wife an 02 plate over 4 years ago at the bargain price of £10500!! Needed new pads all round.
I'd be happy with £7k now even though I tried to buy her a 987S but she wants a guard red one and it's not the most common colour anymore.

[Garlick]

kambites said:

Uncle John said:

Bloody hell they are cheap now!!

£7k doesn't seem especially cheap for an 11 year old car to me.

Blimey, it does to me. Cheaper out there, but not bad value at all for used Pork IMO.

[kambites]

Garlick said:

kambites said:

Uncle John said:

Bloody hell they are cheap now!!

£7k doesn't seem especially cheap for an 11 year old car to me.

Blimey, it does to me. Cheaper out there, but not bad value at all for used Pork IMO.

It's about, what, 20% of its original value? There are cars that hit that within five years.

I'd have thought most people would be tempted by a sightly older 996 which are available for not much more.

[KrazyIvan]

Why has he put ? after each of the "extras" he listed, doe he not know if it has them?

[eggchaser1987]

Garlick said:

Blimey, it does to me. Cheaper out there, but not bad value at all for used Pork IMO.

Just sold mine. Although a 2.5 and not a 'proper engine' only managed to get £4500 :-(. Even though mine could do 180!! :-D on a good day down a steep hill.

[off_again]

Who remembers the playground banter of "my dads speedo reads to 120MPH, so my dads car is faster"? Well maybe this chap has taken it to the extreme. Says 190MPH on the dials, must be able to do it?

[Garlick]

kambites said:

I'd have thought most people would be tempted by a sightly older 996 which are available for not much more.

True, but I'd be very wary of the £10k 996, less so of the £7k 986.

[sebhaque]

off_again said:

Who remembers the playground banter of "my dads speedo reads to 120MPH, so my dads car is faster"? Well maybe this chap has taken it to the extreme. Says 190MPH on the dials, must be able to do it?

Seeing as the speedo only reads to 175 he might struggle

I think he's popped the boot as well as the panel gap in the front suggests it's sitting on the latch. Either that or it's a fopping big panel gap.

[off_again]

sebhaque said:

Seeing as the speedo only reads to 175 he might struggle

I think he's popped the boot as well as the panel gap in the front suggests it's sitting on the latch. Either that or it's a fopping big panel gap.

Ah, was a good but wrong guess then!

[BuzzLightyear]

Yeah, but with the back seats folded down...

Oh, wait...

[s3fella]

Seems like a lot of car for the cash tbh.