Anyone know this 993?
Anyone know this 993?
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Yell_M3

Original Poster:

389 posts

229 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Hi anyone know this car?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Not looking for a debate on colour or gearbox cheers!

Just in case anyone of you know something about the car...

Cheers
j

ClassicCarMad

385 posts

202 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Its Yellow
Its a tiptronic
Its a targa.

Small audience for something like this.

supersport

4,631 posts

256 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Given his user name I suspect yellow isn't an issue, anyway yellow 911s are great.

xftdr

1,069 posts

233 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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ClassicCarMad said:
Its Yellow
Its a tiptronic
Its a targa.

Small audience for something like this.
Gotta love PH. He explicitly says he doesn't want discussion on colour or gear box and you post that

I have seen this car at some club events and I thought it looked good then - I was after a yellow 993 but could never find one. Looks really nice car. Good mileage and price just a couple of K over where I think it should be - I have a 993 Targa with 65k miles.

Have a good look at the roof mechanism. Mine went at 60k as did a friends and it can be bloody expensive!

jonttt

686 posts

200 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Oops double post

Edited by jonttt on Tuesday 16th July 20:42

jonttt

686 posts

200 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Oops double post

Edited by jonttt on Tuesday 16th July 20:42

jonttt

686 posts

200 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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I went to see it last march. They were selling it SOR for a friend of the owner. They did not know much about the car or 993s and there were big gaps in the paperwork which they said they would chase up. The main problem for me though was signs of rot under the very glossy exterior ie normal windscreen sills but also areas such as under rear quarter rubbers.

I got the impression it had been stored indoors but somewhere very damp ? When I raised this with them they were not really interested / did not know what to say.

Body kit is personal taste looks ok from some angles but not really for me in the flesh. The yellow and black interior was nice though.

They have dropped the price and min it would be worth what they are asking IF warranty offered that's worth the paper it's written on AND you got a full in dependant PPI done first.

I did not bother taking it for a test drive though which says it all.

Paying dealer prices I would rather buy from a specialised who knows 993s

Ps also there was an aweful old radar detector beeping away when you start it up.

mollytherocker

14,465 posts

238 months

Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Proof yet again that mileage is only an indicator.

Yell_M3

Original Poster:

389 posts

229 months

Wednesday 17th July 2013
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Thanks for the (useful!) replies guys, saves me a long trip to view...

schwarz993

286 posts

213 months

Wednesday 17th July 2013
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A neighbour of my parents' owned a yellow Tip Targa with the aero kit for several years (from new), there can't be too many of them around with this exact spec. It lived in West London. If it's the same one, all I can say is that it seemed very well taken care of at the time.

jonttt

686 posts

200 months

Thursday 18th July 2013
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Even if its the same one its been several years since they owned it for several years from new ;-)

stuttgartmetal

8,156 posts

245 months

Thursday 18th July 2013
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10k too dear

mollytherocker

14,465 posts

238 months

Thursday 18th July 2013
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stuttgartmetal said:
10k too dear
rofl

Chris993C4

656 posts

240 months

Friday 19th July 2013
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jonttt said:
there were big gaps in the paperwork
Some fairly big gaps in the bodywork too... hehe