Looking for 993/996 in South Africa ...

[fmariette]

... looking to buy a car there ... 993 S or targa or maybe 996 ... anyone has one for sale in J'burgh or Cape Town?

[boxbob612]

Hi,
I was in Durban a few months back, and was amazed @ the prices for new and used Porsches.

There's an article in this months 911 & Porsche world about Porsche Centre South Africa, might be worth contacting them ([phone] or www.porsche.co.za)or how about contacting club members, who I'm sure will know of any good cars for sale.

Try these contacts [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Good luck

[fmariette]

Thanks ... reason for high prices is due to about 80% tax being charged on foreign cars ...

[zaktoo]

fmariette said:

Thanks ... reason for high prices is due to about 80% tax being charged on foreign cars ...

Ja, that and our consumers' inability to notice/care/act when completely and utterly robbed by cartels. To wit - the recent settlement between manufacturers and the DTI (I think it was) who won a case of price fixing against them. Also witness MTN/Vodacom/Cell-C absolutely ripping us off for every little thing, and the other cartel - the banks - to whom we pay almost as much as to our beloved Receiver ( And let's not even start on about Telkom...
Ons is lekker geroof hier in SA

[Issy]

zaktoo,

You can def say that again!!

We pay a hefty premium on almost everything here. My 997S costed me the equivalent of $150 000 and that was before all the options.

[fmariette]

You do have amazing banks in SA ... took me over 6 months to open an account there... only to find it closed when I cam back to SA ... thanks Nedbank!

I am moving permanetly in August ... so I need a car and anything which is high end is absolutely rodiculous in price ... I went to see Investmentcars and they had nothing decent below R700,000 ... Porsche had nothing below R895k ... madness. Now looking for a SL55AMG as they are made in SA ... but that's mad price as well.

[fmariette]

Issy, why a 997S as opposed to the standard 997? Did you try both? I drove both and much prefered the srtandard model ... that said I stillprefer a 993 turbo!

[zaktoo]

fmariette said:

Now looking for a SL55AMG as they are made in SA ... but that's mad price as well.

Ja, you'd think that because a particular vehicle was made here & therefore escaped import duties it would be available at a more reasonable price.You'd be wrong more often than not

Ciao

Zak

[fmariette]

Ahhh Porsche South Africa ... you send them an email, then a second one ... tell them you want to spend £60k on one of their cars and still they don't answer back.

Great country, great people, great weather ... nice rainbow country ... but really utterly s*** customer service!

[Spiraldep]

There's a dealer called Carrera Motors in Johannesburg that specialises in 60's cars but occaisionally has a 993 on the floor - may be worth a try. I bought and sold through them when I lived in SA and they were pretty good (should have bought a 356C from them, brought it to the UK and made a packet!)

SD

[fmariette]

Cheers for the info SD. I just sent them an email.

Still no news from Porsche SA ... these guys really want people to buy their cars! I am going to write to Porsche in Germany about this.