Thoughts on Henry's 996TT X50 please....

[Erik997]

For the 996TT experts - what's the general concensus on Henry's latest:

http://www.911virgin.com/stock.htm

Not clued up about 996TTs so any thoughts on the spec and price would be appreciated.

Not that I'm looking at all or anything.....

[sambaman]

why not ask 'H'.he's cool......

[Lagerlout]

Looks very nice, not keen on the S badges - I gather they are not original as this is not a Turbo S? Only other turn off is the ruffled seats.. ugh..

[Wanta996(Gotta)]

Good price for a trade example. Mileage is good,seems to be well specced with non-standard add ons - Parking senosors,heated seats,PCM2 so i assume this was the first of the facelifts models?,First owner would have probaly paid close to £95K+ for this kind of spec.

I dont personally like the aerokit or ruffled seats but some people do.

Edited by Wanta996(Gotta) on Tuesday 21st August 17:07

Edited by Wanta996(Gotta) on Tuesday 21st August 17:08

[Erik997]

Did notice the 'S' badges but guess they'd be easy to remove.

[30121980]

Looks like it is or was MR WAHID`S car........Was up for sale private for a few weeks

see here

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/152378.htm

Car looks a great spec and price, pitty about the `old ruffled` leather.

Happy buying

stevie f

[kentmotorcompany]

Looks nice, and a cracking spec too. My last personal choice of colour, but if I wanted one of these I think you would struggle to find better for the money.

Makes the Cayman S special edition Ive just put a deposit on look expensive. You better buy it quick, before I change my mind and buy this instead.

[AL001]

Looks reasonably priced for a garage sale X50.

Is it just me but any fake badging puts me right off a car, as I just think it's owned by a wally (polite term ). It makes me wonder what other stupidity has been applied to the car.

Edited by AL001 on Tuesday 21st August 17:18

[cableguy]

Seems keenly priced, although as previously mentioned the Ruffled Leather is a bit of a turn-off IMO. Arctic Silver is also a little common too.

C.

[30121980]

IMO `the old ruffled leather look` is dated. The leather looks as if its a few years older than the car.
AND ARTIC SILVER just to many of them around for my liking.

Where`s all the Black, yellows, cobalt blue and seal grey`s (IMHO seal grey is a nice clour on a 996tt)

Was`nt this car up for a while private - had it up at over £55 k in the first place as I recall then dropped it to around £50 k ish


Will be a great buy for some one though - OH AND ITS GOT, WAIT FOR IT PCM2 !! YIPPY

Does`nt make much of a difference to alot of buyers though - TOM, TOM/GARMIN £250

[derestrictor]

I'm rather taken by his 928...

[Erik997]

Agree that the leather looks a bit crap (not a big fan...). Also, is it just me but do the parking sensors look right - seem a bit noticeable compared to my 997. Current car is Arctic silver so could live with it but not ideal.

If I were looking, which I'm not, honest (don't tell the wife.....) I'd love a Lapis blue X50 with aerokit and manual box. That would be perfect.

[hoges11]

So much to agree with in the above :

Ruffled leather is dated

Artic silver a bit too common in TT's

Love the 928 as well (potential money pit but lovely)

Lapis is absolutely the best colour for the TT

Henry's car does look good value

Seal grey TT's look fantastic (mine does anyway)

Henry's cool (ok so not quite in full agreement but he seems ok)

[Vr6-er]

sambaman said:

why not ask 'H'.he's cool......

Thats very good advice, ask the seller if he's selling the car at the right price ..... oh yes sir its a brilliant deal?

As for the ruffled leather I like it. Not sure about values though.

[Henry-F]

I think it looks absolutely stunning, my perfect spec and I can`t get over the price - wow now that is good value for money

A very petty car in the flesh & whilst ruffled leather wouldn`t be my first choice it looks better in real life than in the photos where it looks a bit tired (very hard to photograph black leather), if ruffled leather is the car`s worst feature then that`s not the end of the world & it could be an awful lot worse !

Had a very pleasant drive back to virgin manor in it - some days the job can be really tough.

Henry

[thegoose]

Henry-F said:

Had a very pleasant drive back to virgin manor in it - some days the job can be really tough.

Henry

Isn't that on Necker Island? I never realised the car had the amphibian pack too..........

[IMI A]

Looks lovely as long as all panels original? Blows the doors off more modern 997 C2s,C4s etc IMO having driven back to back.

[bluesatin]

If you look at the vmax thread i think it shows quite what these cars can do

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[djohnson]

Looks like a good price to me.

Mmmmm. I could be interested in that.