what is an 'early' 3.4 996?

[Dammit]

I expect that that is true- however amber indicator/cable throttle/dual row cars are rare- I bought the best available at the time.

[ras62]

Rare? Adding criteria like the colour of the indicator to justify calling a mainstream 911 rare is a bit silly. They are not rare.

You are saying you bought the best available and look at how much I've spent on it getting the car to a standard Im happy with. By implication you are saying other cars will not be "the best I could find" standard and will need a fortune spent. That again is nosense.

[stuckmojo]

I drove mine for 2 years every day and in 20k miles I added to it I haven't spent more than 2 grand.

For perspective

[Dammit]

ras62 said:

Rare? Adding criteria like the colour of the indicator to justify calling a mainstream 911 rare is a bit silly. They are not rare.

You are saying you bought the best available and look at how much I've spent on it getting the car to a standard Im happy with. By implication you are saying other cars will not be "the best I could find" standard and will need a fortune spent. That again is nosense.

Would you prefer me to use another term for "something of which there are few available"?

Have a look and let me know how many cars there are, in the UK, currently for sale that meet this criteria:

Amber indicator
Cable throttle
Dual row IMS
3 spoke steering wheel
Hard back sports seats
LSD
Extended leather
Door speakers/amp package
~60,000 miles
FSH

You can pick cab or coupe.

[edh]

You could have mine for £20k

[Dammit]

If it's not currently listed for sale then Ras62 doesn't get to claim it when defending his assertion.

The other thing to bear in mind was that I had a limit of 15k to buy the car and get it to A1 condition - which now looks silly, but I thought it possible at the time.

So I was looking for all of the above list of attributes in a car for 15k or less.

[ras62]

Dammit, I take my hat off to you. You've managed to buy a rare Porsche for £9500. If only it had a salmon pink interior, a body kit or heated seats you would probably say it was unique!

Edited by ras62 on Thursday 11th May 12:39

[Dammit]

Ah, I'd forgotten about the heated seats- well done, you can add value to a conversation even if it is clearly inadvertent.

[ATM]

Dammit said:

Would you prefer me to use another term for "something of which there are few available"?

Have a look and let me know how many cars there are, in the UK, currently for sale that meet this criteria:

Amber indicator
Cable throttle
Dual row IMS
3 spoke steering wheel
Hard back sports seats
LSD
Extended leather
Door speakers/amp package
~60,000 miles
FSH

You can pick cab or coupe.

I'd want manual too and definitely not a cab. The one I bought doesn't have -

Hard back sports seats
LSD
Extended leather
Door speakers/amp package
~60,000 miles
FSH

Also the lights have been de-ambered which is a shame.

I've decided the LSD is only strictly necessary for -

donuts
giving it full beans from a standing start with any steering applied to the front wheels
relatively large throttle in the wet in 2nd exiting a tight bend

[Dammit]

Looks very nice, I think the 996.1 shape is better resolved than the 996.2 that came after, I also really like those wheels - although I would say that as I've just put a set on my car.

One of my conditions was indeed that it had to be a manual - I've clearly become forgetful in my old age.

[LordHaveMurci]

ATM said:

I'd want manual too and definitely not a cab. The one I bought doesn't have -

Hard back sports seats
LSD
Extended leather
Door speakers/amp package
~60,000 miles
FSH

Also the lights have been de-ambered which is a shame.

I've decided the LSD is only strictly necessary for -

donuts
giving it full beans from a standing start with any steering applied to the front wheels
relatively large throttle in the wet in 2nd exiting a tight bend

Mine doesn't have LSD (to my knowledge anyway), in the 8yrs I have owned it & driven it in a spirited fashion I have never missed it. From what I've read they are highly unlikely to work properly at this age anyway.

[Dammit]

I asked Precision to check that as I'd (also) read that the plates were likely to have worn out by now, they gave it a clean bill of (fully operational) health though.

[ATM]

Raymondo2 said:

Can I play?

1999 3.4 C2 Arctic Silver

6 Sp Manual
Cable Throttle
M030 Suspension
LSD
Selectable TC
Factory Sunroof delete
Hardback Sport Seats
Litronic lights

Oh and three spoke wheel

No get out

[Raymondo2]

Sorry

[ATM]

Raymondo2 said:

Sorry

Ok come back. But stop telling people you have Selectable TC.

This looks nice but not strictly early - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322511549343

2000 C2 Manual
Aerokit
M030
FSH
6 stamps!

£16,250.00

[Dammit]

Also, given the most recent service the car may attempt to drive into multiple Olympic medal winners if it spots one.

[ForzaGilles]

Raymondo2 said:

Can I play?

1999 3.4 C2 Arctic Silver

6 Sp Manual
Cable Throttle
M030 Suspension
LSD
Selectable TC
Factory Sunroof delete
Hardback Sport Seats
Litronic lights

Oh and three spoke wheel

Nice spec, Raymondo

[ATM]

Fast Bug said:

I've chucked a grand at mine since I bought it on a big service, MOT, thorough check over and a few little bits here and there. If I was being hypercritical I'd want to paint the passenger door and roof and the steering wheel will be retrimmed in the next few weeks, but nothing that I would count as 'normal' running costs

It even scrubs up ok

Was it you who was looking for new rear tyres recently?

[Fast Bug]

ATM said:

Was it you who was looking for new rear tyres recently?

Might have been me. My summer tyres are narrower than my winters and the rear wheels look a little lost in the arches now. I was going to fit some spacers, but I may wait a few months and change the wheels and have those as a winter set and see what width I can fit under the arches

[stone]

Here's mine. Owned for a few months now. No bills yet but booked into Hartech for a 'Gold Major' service soon so expecting some costs!

99 C4 with factory X51