996 - only buy from a reputable dealer?

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jwbc1984 said:

As I started this thread and I got some great advice along the way, I thought I'd bookend it with an update - I ended up buying a 01 c2 from TWG in Peterbrough. The car was priced at the slightly higher end of the price range but it was a lower mile example (not always a good thing) but also clearly looked after. TWG had serviced it for the last 7 odd years so knew the car well. I agreed a price to include a new RMS, upgraded IMS and new clutch so was v happy with the deal. Only had it a few weeks but obvs so far think its fantastic! Even managed a few trips with my wife and 2 kids in the back - bit of a squeeze but doable.

I was worried it wouldnt get up and over the slope to my garage but it clears it with a couple of cms, so maybe changing suspension and dropping it a tiny bit in the future. For now I'm just enjoying it as is.

Great stuff OP, sounds like you got a good 'un. Nothing left to do but enjoy it!

Although they're not exactly cheap to run and maintain properly, they're still a bit of a bargain in my opinion.

I took the complete opposite route to you and bought the absolute cheapest one available, unseen, with no PPI, from a man on the internet I'd never met. And to make it doubly exciting/excruciating it has a chequered history and is a former Cat D.

Taking two brave pills a day until it gets MOT'd and inspected this week.