what is an 'early' 3.4 996?
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LordHaveMurci said:
You may have to start using the same line as me, 'I can't sell it now darling, prices are on the rise'...!
Yeah, I tried that one as well, but her argument is it costs more per year to run than it is appreciating.I just remind her of the 350+ pairs of shoes she has.
Chris Stott said:
LordHaveMurci said:
You may have to start using the same line as me, 'I can't sell it now darling, prices are on the rise'...!
Yeah, I tried that one as well, but her argument is it costs more per year to run than it is appreciating.I just remind her of the 350+ pairs of shoes she has.
Unless I have a breakage between now and December, then I think my total spend for the first year will be £1500. That includes a big service and thorough check over just after I bought the car, so I could've saved some money there but for peace of mind it was worth it.
I paid just shy of £11k for the car in December. It's a 99 C2 manual coupe with 135k on the clock, so I'm probably there or thereabouts one spend against value. As long as I don't lose my shirt on it, I don't mind
I paid just shy of £11k for the car in December. It's a 99 C2 manual coupe with 135k on the clock, so I'm probably there or thereabouts one spend against value. As long as I don't lose my shirt on it, I don't mind
Chris Stott said:
It's not the regular stuff that kills the finances - mine is generally c.£1K for annual service/MOT/pair of rear tyres etc. It's when you have to do something major, like a gearbox rebuild, or a full exhaust.
In 8yrs so far I've had 2 x water pump, header tank, a/c condensors, clutch, exhaust, 4 x coffin arms, top mounts & rear TCA's, several sets of brakes & numerous other bits as well as normal servicing, tyres etc.anonymous said:
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I paid 10k exactly for my 74k miles Ocean Blue '98 C2 (pictured on previous page). That was five yrs ago.I couldn't find much worth having for much less. It had a brilliant service history, interior, and mechanical condition, but the exterior was a bit scruffy.
Sold it a 3 years ago and it had covered it's costs, think it went for just over 12. I still see it - I moved and the bloke who bought it lives on my new route to work.
One I'd sorted house move getting back into one was high on the list.
ooid said:
Were they? I was really looking at them, 2012-2013..the lowest end was still (London), 11-12k over 100k 996 C2. Actually test drove one of them near Marylebone.
I do remember though, couple of air-cooled Cat D Targa's were around 10-15k in 2012 and not jumping into one of them probably was the biggest mistake.
Why would you want to buy a Cat D Targa? Aside from not having a tip 'box, I really can't think of a Porsche that would make a worse investment!!!!I do remember though, couple of air-cooled Cat D Targa's were around 10-15k in 2012 and not jumping into one of them probably was the biggest mistake.
ATM said:
I cant believe these were 7 or 8000 a couple of years ago. Imagine how badly maintained they were.
There's a receipt in my history folder for when the car sold a few years back, £8700 I think. There are also bills from around the same time which I haven't added up but totalled several thousand, so that previous owner wasn't scrimping despite the low value at the time!Fast Bug said:
...4 new tyres and maybe a ducktail as routine maintenance
Haha! I'm about to get 4 new tyres for mine (going with PS4) - would love to justify a ducktail as routine maintenance...
LordHaveMurci said:
Looks like a gap in the service history of 4 years though? another 10/12K max car not so long back gets a mop, wheel refurbishment and service and now 18.5K. I give Friends Green credit though for keep turning them up and banging them out for sale, their stock never seems to hang around long.JS1500 said:
Haha! I'm about to get 4 new tyres for mine (going with PS4) - would love to justify a ducktail as routine maintenance...
Just say it quickly when you tell your other half what's been done to the car and it becomes part of the routine maintenance 
IanG1 said:
Looks like a gap in the service history of 4 years though? another 10/12K max car not so long back gets a mop, wheel refurbishment and service and now 18.5K. I give Friends Green credit though for keep turning them up and banging them out for sale, their stock never seems to hang around long.
I spotted the gap in the history too...It was a £10-12k car, it's not anymore though. Prices have changed, I won't lament over the £15k 964 I should've bought, or when the G Body cars were £10k and I ummed and ahhed over if I should stop spending money on old VW's and buy a 911
ATM said:
I cant believe these were 7 or 8000 a couple of years ago. Imagine how badly maintained they were.
As others have already said, although you may could have bought one at that price, the median price for one certainly was higher than that.Have a look at this PH Feature from 2011
and this Thread from 2014
PS
For future reference, it would be nice to include a screenshot of ad's featured in threads. Most annoying if the links doesn't work anymore in a couple of weeks , let alone a couple of years!
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