996 Turbo S 2005 for £55k - mods cost!
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A mate of mine has a black manual 2005 Turbo S with less than 20k on the clock. He's looking to sell and the best trade bid is £55k!
The car is heavily modified - with a GT2 body kit + Tech9 engine, exhaust and suspension mods... it cost £120k. As far as I can see every after-market £ you spend on a car results in a £ being knocked off it's residual. So next time you all run down to Halfords, make sure that in your head you double the sticker price of that spoiler!
The car is heavily modified - with a GT2 body kit + Tech9 engine, exhaust and suspension mods... it cost £120k. As far as I can see every after-market £ you spend on a car results in a £ being knocked off it's residual. So next time you all run down to Halfords, make sure that in your head you double the sticker price of that spoiler!
wrn said:
A mate of mine has a black manual 2005 Turbo S with less than 20k on the clock. He's looking to sell and the best trade bid is £55k!
The car is heavily modified - with a GT2 body kit + Tech9 engine, exhaust and suspension mods... it cost £120k. As far as I can see every after-market £ you spend on a car results in a £ being knocked off it's residual. So next time you all run down to Halfords, make sure that in your head you double the sticker price of that spoiler!
Wot he sed.The car is heavily modified - with a GT2 body kit + Tech9 engine, exhaust and suspension mods... it cost £120k. As far as I can see every after-market £ you spend on a car results in a £ being knocked off it's residual. So next time you all run down to Halfords, make sure that in your head you double the sticker price of that spoiler!
A standard Turbo S would be worth much more. Can he not put it back to stock and flog the parts?
wrn said:
A mate of mine has a black manual 2005 Turbo S with less than 20k on the clock. He's looking to sell and the best trade bid is £55k!
The car is heavily modified - with a GT2 body kit + Tech9 engine, exhaust and suspension mods... it cost £120k. As far as I can see every after-market £ you spend on a car results in a £ being knocked off it's residual. So next time you all run down to Halfords, make sure that in your head you double the sticker price of that spoiler!
Probably not a car to sell to the trade?The car is heavily modified - with a GT2 body kit + Tech9 engine, exhaust and suspension mods... it cost £120k. As far as I can see every after-market £ you spend on a car results in a £ being knocked off it's residual. So next time you all run down to Halfords, make sure that in your head you double the sticker price of that spoiler!
wrn said:
DanH said:
Probably not a car to sell to the trade?
You might be right - the bid is from an indy rather than an OPC. It's one of the most outrageously fast things I've been in (faster than his stock 997 TT) - but he doesn't have the time / inclination for a private sale...Simond001 said:
This must surely be the worst depreciattion for any 911
Horrendous.
Also, the car looks unbalanced with that front end, bit too max power for me.
Love the wheels though.
Yes - depreciation is not good. I know what you mean re: max power - I am a fan of original cars rather than mods, but that said this one does look jaw dropping in the flesh...Horrendous.
Also, the car looks unbalanced with that front end, bit too max power for me.
Love the wheels though.
Nice car. The wide angle photo's exagerate the size of the rear spoiler and front PU but I bet it looks awesome in reality.
If it's any consolation (probably not!) the original owner would have probably lost just as much had be bought a new GT2!
As it stands..taking the cage out might have helped marketability a for £60k, quite a few pèotential buyers would prefer a real GT2 but there is no doubting the appeal of a tweaked Turbo that retains the flexibility of rear seats.
If it's any consolation (probably not!) the original owner would have probably lost just as much had be bought a new GT2!
As it stands..taking the cage out might have helped marketability a for £60k, quite a few pèotential buyers would prefer a real GT2 but there is no doubting the appeal of a tweaked Turbo that retains the flexibility of rear seats.
Edited by MogulBoy on Friday 21st September 09:19
Tough looking car though!! Someone somewhere will be after a car just like that - If not, it should be a lesson to everyone over-speccing there Porsches with the salesman lieing through there front teeth about how you will make the money back on all the extras you put on it. Good luck though as OPC's are still looking at £70-80k for Turbo S's.
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Recently saw a used Gallardo SL full of carbon "bits" with the dealer asking £166K?? I am sure that some mug somewhere will pay this but will get there fingers severly burned a couple of years down the line.
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Recently saw a used Gallardo SL full of carbon "bits" with the dealer asking £166K?? I am sure that some mug somewhere will pay this but will get there fingers severly burned a couple of years down the line.
steve3 said:
Thought this car rang a bell! Theres a great little video of it on u-tube going through Austria on the 2006 Gumball!!
ouch...Modified cars are always an aquired taste - on something like a 911 Turbo even more so.
The best advice is to return it to standard and sell privately!
fbrs said:
LOL, who doesnt have the 'time or inclination' to at least pay someone else to put it back to standard and sell the bits and car seperately. i dont care how rich you are 10k is worth waiting a couple of weeks for.
I disagree. I don't have the inclination to sell a £70k car privately - and that stands true even if I don't have much money. The opportunity for being ripped off, duped, mugged on a test drive in a car like that is too high for many to risk. Including me.Gassing Station | Porsche General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff