I’ve just bought the cheapest 911 in the UK!
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Hi All,
This is my first post so bear with me. ??
I decided to prove to a friend that I could buy the absolute cheapest 911 in the UK and run it for a year without breaking the bank. So I did a search on Autotrader (criteria was manual, C2, coupe with an MOT). Picked the first one and bought it without driving it and had it delivered to me. I even Amazon Primed a camera and filmed my first drive and just stuck it on YouTube (sorry, terrible video!).
So I am now the proud owner of a 1998 996 for the princely sum of, der der derrr...£6550!
So after a year I’ll either be saying don’t do it or...everyone go and buy a 911 now!!
Admittedly, I broke all the rules of car buying so I wouldn’t recommend that.
Anyway, enough of an introduction, I’ll be looking for lots of help I’m sure so I’m hoping I’ll be able to call upon your expertise and experience.
Wish me luck!
Also posted on 911uk forum.
Moderator edit: no YouTube links please.
This is my first post so bear with me. ??
I decided to prove to a friend that I could buy the absolute cheapest 911 in the UK and run it for a year without breaking the bank. So I did a search on Autotrader (criteria was manual, C2, coupe with an MOT). Picked the first one and bought it without driving it and had it delivered to me. I even Amazon Primed a camera and filmed my first drive and just stuck it on YouTube (sorry, terrible video!).
So I am now the proud owner of a 1998 996 for the princely sum of, der der derrr...£6550!
So after a year I’ll either be saying don’t do it or...everyone go and buy a 911 now!!
Admittedly, I broke all the rules of car buying so I wouldn’t recommend that.
Anyway, enough of an introduction, I’ll be looking for lots of help I’m sure so I’m hoping I’ll be able to call upon your expertise and experience.
Wish me luck!
Also posted on 911uk forum.
Moderator edit: no YouTube links please.
Edited by jeremyc on Thursday 23 May 12:55
selym said:
Yeah, fancy coming with me when I buy my next car?!
Ha! It had been advertised for a while and it was a 4 hour train journey away. I was very honest with the seller (who was lovely) and said I’m not sure (it also broke down 10 metres into my test drive but more on that in the next video). I made the offer but kept saying “it might be worth asking price to someone else”. It’s the only one I went to see so I had no idea reallyI made the offer a couple of days after seeing it and on the proviso that I’d drive it but then I couldn’t be bothered with the 4 hour train journey again 😳.
My first reaction when the offer was accepted was “this s
t just got real!”...in my best Martin Lawrence voice from Bad Boys 🤓
My first reaction when the offer was accepted was “this s
t just got real!”...in my best Martin Lawrence voice from Bad Boys 🤓
Was the car advertised with any known engine related problems?
Anyways, good haggle and good purchase if you are happy with it.
2nd hand sports cars are coming down in price for many models, the 996 is definitely one that people can pick up relatively cheaply - assuming the bore scoring issue is not present on them of course, otherwise its a relatively expensive purchase.
Anyways, good haggle and good purchase if you are happy with it.
2nd hand sports cars are coming down in price for many models, the 996 is definitely one that people can pick up relatively cheaply - assuming the bore scoring issue is not present on them of course, otherwise its a relatively expensive purchase.
Might as well have deleted the thread for all the sense it makes now.Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff