New owner help please

[HOW5ER]

Always fancied a 911 and this popped up http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Im not too experienced with these things so any advise on this car would be superb, Its around 450 miles away so would need to be 99% sure about the car before setting off.

To my inexperienced mind the engine and gearbox work makes it look like a good one and the bodywork looks pretty good too???

Any help appreciated.

Cheers and happy new year all

[pete a]

Find out who did the engine work, if it was Hartech and if you like a tiptronic and if you like it with a terracotta interior then its a good buy?

thats a lot of if's though...

[Trev450]

I would want to know who rebuilt the engine and a detailed account of what was done before proceeding any further. Oh, and do you really want a tiptronic gearbox?

[HOW5ER]

lol I take it these gearboxes aren't good then. My only experience with anything other than a manual box was a Hyundai Santa Fe V6 and it was crap!!

Ill be calling him at some point today so will find out exactly who built the engine.

The interior i actually like, Ive had a few black leathers which are pretty boring, a grey which was horrible so see this as pretty unique.

[Carl_Docklands]

HOW5ER said:

lol I take it these gearboxes aren't good then. My only experience with anything other than a manual box was a Hyundai Santa Fe V6 and it was crap!!

Well, it looks like a nice clean car. It did do 120k miles before the 'box was replaced/rebuilt. It may not have needed a full rebuild and may have been done just to tighten the car up.

[hondansx]

As above. I'd just want to know who did the work and then ideally see if you verify it with the company in question.

Aerokit and Tiptronic combination sends a shiver down my spine, but horses for courses i guess.

[belfry]

This lokks like a lot of car for the money. I have a Tiptronic and I love it. I spend some time in rush hour traffic and it is such a relief to be able to switch between auto and "manual".

[mollytherocker]

Service due on time not mileage?

Check this out, I bet it hasnt been serviced for 2 or 3 years and has been stood.