what is an 'early' 3.4 996?
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If this was red..... Would most likely be jumping... Even with this colour it's tempting
How does this colour compare to basalt in the flesh?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
How does this colour compare to basalt in the flesh?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
gixermark said:
If this was red..... Would most likely be jumping... Even with this colour it's tempting
How does this colour compare to basalt in the flesh?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
That looks like a proper genuine car, not that keen on the colour or wheels, but someone will like it.How does this colour compare to basalt in the flesh?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
gixermark said:
If this was red..... Would most likely be jumping... Even with this colour it's tempting
How does this colour compare to basalt in the flesh?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Never mind red, at least it's a colour. That's my kind of car and a very keen price. How does this colour compare to basalt in the flesh?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
As a C4 it won't have any "early" features but as I say above, IMHO, not worth getting hung up over. You're buying the car in front of you, not a list of things someone else tells you you need.
Bet it's gone in a week.
griffter said:
Never mind red, at least it's a colour. That's my kind of car and a very keen price.
As a C4 it won't have any "early" features but as I say above, IMHO, not worth getting hung up over. You're buying the car in front of you, not a list of things someone else tells you you need.
Bet it's gone in a week.
It is very nice... What do you mean by bring a C4 it won't have any 'early' features? As a C4 it won't have any "early" features but as I say above, IMHO, not worth getting hung up over. You're buying the car in front of you, not a list of things someone else tells you you need.
Bet it's gone in a week.
griffter said:
Never mind red, at least it's a colour. That's my kind of car and a very keen price.
As a C4 it won't have any "early" features but as I say above, IMHO, not worth getting hung up over. You're buying the car in front of you, not a list of things someone else tells you you need.
Bet it's gone in a week.
It is very nice... What do you mean by bring a C4 it won't have any 'early' features? As a C4 it won't have any "early" features but as I say above, IMHO, not worth getting hung up over. You're buying the car in front of you, not a list of things someone else tells you you need.
Bet it's gone in a week.
gixermark said:
griffter said:
Never mind red, at least it's a colour. That's my kind of car and a very keen price.
As a C4 it won't have any "early" features but as I say above, IMHO, not worth getting hung up over. You're buying the car in front of you, not a list of things someone else tells you you need.
Bet it's gone in a week.
It is very nice... What do you mean by bring a C4 it won't have any 'early' features? As a C4 it won't have any "early" features but as I say above, IMHO, not worth getting hung up over. You're buying the car in front of you, not a list of things someone else tells you you need.
Bet it's gone in a week.
Early features like cable throttle is not available - maybe - on the C4. I know you could get PSM on the C4 so therefore it might be electronic throttle. All guesses!
As has already been said, don't get too hung up on early vs late, buy the best you can find. I looked at quite a few and even the so called good ones needed at least £3k spending on them. In the end I bought one that had had the most common age related work done (even the youngest 3.4s are 16 years old): suspension refresh + geo (£2k+), clutch + IMS + RMS (£1.5k+), headers and mufflers (£1k+), brake lines (£300+), wheel refurb (£400-£800), brakes (£500), tyres (£600) etc.
My car cost far more than I originally planned, but once I started looking I realised that cheap cars are cheap for a reason - the owner knows their are some big bills on the horizon. I would say that really good reasonable mileage manual 3.4s start at £16k (once you factor in the costs above), great low mileage ones are now £20k+. All will need money spending on them to a greater or lesser degree.
Unless you drive cable vs dbw throttle back to back, I would imagine most people couldn't tell the difference, especially as virtually all modern cars have dbw. You can buy a little gadget (Sprint Booster) for c.£150 that makes the dbw react faster if you like - people who have them seem to think they make a noticeable difference.
My car cost far more than I originally planned, but once I started looking I realised that cheap cars are cheap for a reason - the owner knows their are some big bills on the horizon. I would say that really good reasonable mileage manual 3.4s start at £16k (once you factor in the costs above), great low mileage ones are now £20k+. All will need money spending on them to a greater or lesser degree.
ATM said:
Early features like cable throttle is not available - maybe - on the C4. I know you could get PSM on the C4 so therefore it might be electronic throttle. All guesses!
You are right - all C4s had PSM as standard, and drive-by-wire throttle.Unless you drive cable vs dbw throttle back to back, I would imagine most people couldn't tell the difference, especially as virtually all modern cars have dbw. You can buy a little gadget (Sprint Booster) for c.£150 that makes the dbw react faster if you like - people who have them seem to think they make a noticeable difference.
anonymous said:
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As you say, a trader tries to make money on both ends of the deal. Without that he could easily lose a chunk of money, Paul French has been salting decent cars away for the last couple of years now and with the price rises, he ought to be in a good position.
With some bodywork to address the striker plate corrosion etc I think I'll be at (including purchase price of the car) £30,000 for a 60k mile 996, with everything in A1 condition. That's choosing to replace the serviceable roof with a new one to "fix" the cloudy plastic window, so some of this is definitely elective, but the majority of the 4k on the latest trip to the garage is required (engine came out to replace the bust AOS, whilst it was out we split the trans off and found the clutch was about to go etc).
Dammit said:
You can "fix" the clouding in the plastic rear window:
But sadly it comes back as soon as you drop the roof, thereby folding the window over on itself, which is where the clouding occurs the most.
I polished it with Autosol - you should've seen it when I first bought the car! Got your mail btw and will reply when near a PC Tuesday But sadly it comes back as soon as you drop the roof, thereby folding the window over on itself, which is where the clouding occurs the most.
Sorry for the delay in replying to you - I'm only at my laptop as we have a blizzard here in Colorado and I'm stuck in the hotel.
They say the devil makes work for idle hands, so here it is - projected (with actual to date) costs for the first 12 months ownership of a 1998 996 911 cab (which, despite this, I really do like and intend on keeping until I can't get into it):
They say the devil makes work for idle hands, so here it is - projected (with actual to date) costs for the first 12 months ownership of a 1998 996 911 cab (which, despite this, I really do like and intend on keeping until I can't get into it):
Dammit said:
Sorry for the delay in replying to you - I'm only at my laptop as we have a blizzard here in Colorado and I'm stuck in the hotel.
They say the devil makes work for idle hands, so here it is - projected (with actual to date) costs for the first 12 months ownership of a 1998 996 911 cab (which, despite this, I really do like and intend on keeping until I can't get into it):
Is that purchase price correct?...it's not what Bosse told me...They say the devil makes work for idle hands, so here it is - projected (with actual to date) costs for the first 12 months ownership of a 1998 996 911 cab (which, despite this, I really do like and intend on keeping until I can't get into it):
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