Could my next car be my ‘forever’ car?

[Gio G]

Congratulation, you don't hang about!!

G

[browngt3]

gwsinc said:

So, it's done. They Cayman is no longer in the garage, and in its place is a lovely Iris Blue 993 911. I'm amazed it worked out so quickly, but everything lined up perfectly!

Big smiles all round

Congratulations! Mine is in Iris too so obviously you chose the best colour Tell us more about the car, and some pics

[n12maser]

Iris here too. Lovely colour and back in vogue now that you have Gentian Blue on the 992 which is almost identical! Congratulations

[FocusRS3]

Porsche911R said:

"but enough for a mechanically and structurally sound car for max 6000 miles a year. I estimate my price ceiling to be £40k."

not possible imho.

Have you considered the drive will feel very agricultural by comparison?

I've been down this road and regretted it

[gwsinc]

Thanks all, things really couldn't have lined up better, it just so happened that the buyers of my car lived 3 hours away from my house, but only 15 mins away from the chap selling the 993. So I delivered and collected in the same journey! Its a 1994 993 C2, originally registered in Italy and owned by a Doctor from 2001 who settled in the UK in 2013.

My 'must haves' were:
Good mechanical condition - thousands of £ spent recently with engine out gasket job by Porsche late last year
No rust anywhere
LHD (i liked the driving position better)
Manual
Coupe

It just so happens that there were quite a few other options fitted:
Air Con
Heated electric seats
Digital computer/display
cruise control
Upgraded sound
Sunroof
Aftermarket HID lights - legal spec!
aftermarket rear parking assist
And probs a few more I haven't discovered yet

It drove the 3 hours back with ease at decent motorway speeds, the only issue was getting used to LHD!

My plans are to keep it relatively stock, work I plan to do so far is:
Hardwire CTEK charger - done last night
Hardwire dash cam
Tyres - new PS4s later this week
New Stereo - removed aftermarket amp and CD player from the frunk last night, I just hope some original wiring is still there
rear wiper delete (wiper arm broken so cheaper to delete, and I like the look better)

I really couldn't be happier with it. Photos to follow!

[n12maser]

Sounds perfect

[gwsinc]

FocusRS3 said:

Have you considered the drive will feel very agricultural by comparison?

I've been down this road and regretted it

I did, and I’m very happy with my decision, I love how civilised my Cayman could be, but the 993 is just much more involving and rewarding. It’s not my daily, and as an evenings and weekends car, it’s perfect!

[gwsinc]

First couple of photos, excuse my slightly disheveled look, it was the second hottest day of the year, I’d been driving home for 3 hours and the air con is very 1994...

[Gio G]

Congrats!! Looks awesome, loving the number plate too..I am sure you will miss your Cayman, however this is a 911!!

G

[gwsinc]

Gio G said:

Congrats!! Looks awesome, loving the number plate too..I am sure you will miss your Cayman, however this is a 911!!

G

My personalised plate is going on as soon as I get the V5 through the door, perhaps I can sell this one on to Castrol?!

[n12maser]

Lovely!

[browngt3]

Perfect, you have just prompted me to go for a drive!

[gwsinc]

Thought I'd post a quick update now I've had the car for a month or so:

BLUF: it's excellent, very happy with it!

Things I've had done to it so far:
-New Michelin PS4s all round
-4 Wheel alignment
-Air con regas x 2
-MOT (pass, no advisories!)
-Gearbox Oil change booked in for later this week

Things I've done to it myself:
-Rear wiper delete
-Remove aftermarket Amp and CD player and the 3 miles of associated cabling (plus 3 GPS receivers and random ethernet cable [from tracker I think!?])
-New OEM look radio and aerial wiring
-Air Con valves replacement (after 1st regas lasted 3 days!)
-Replace cassette storage with storage cubby
-All belts replaced (Porsche belts of course)
-ISV cleaned out
-Fan pully bolts
-DME Relay replacement
-O2 sensor replaced
-Fuel filter replacement
-Air filter replaced
-Fixed cruise control sensor and greased clutch shaft
-Tightened and cable tied all vacuum lines
-General cleaning, degreasing and making good.

After all the work I've done the engine is much smoother, especially at idle, the biggest changes seemed to be after the fuel filter change and after the ISV clean. Many of the sensors/filters/components etc appear to be original and therefore 25 years old, so I'm seeing significant changes from replacing or even giving them a good clean.

So far everything has been reasonably priced (even parts from Porsche, with PCGB discount) and I've avoided labour fees wherever I can, which was exactly my plan when I bought this car.

I'm going on a trip to Northern Scotland next week as my first adventure with this car, I don't really have any worries for this 1400 mile trip (except perhaps the lack of 99RON north of Inverness - you may have seem my other post about this) really looking forward to the A9 north of Inverness :-)

Edited by gwsinc on Monday 5th August 19:06