I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[Smollet]

esotericar said:

It's a 3.2 from a proper vendor. Not really comparable.

I've bought a car from him before, too, and likewise paid 'too much'. But it's a premium for buying from a vendor who actually knows what he is selling and stands by his cars.

Sean as you say knows his stuff. I had a couple of issues which he stood by. Would I recommend him? Yes. Would I buy from him again? Yes absolutely.

[jonny996]

ATM said:

54000 miles
£11,995

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255783734922

I like that, hopefully it’s got yellow seat belts to match

[ATM]

Anniversary

Natural Grey Leather - no cocoa

25.000 miles

£21,500

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165703125643

[paulguitar]

ATM said:

Anniversary

Natural Grey Leather - no cocoa

25.000 miles

£21,500

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165703125643

Not sure £21.5k really counts as 'poverty'...?

[dibblecorse]

paulguitar said:

Not sure £21.5k really counts as 'poverty'...?

Maybe he's a Tory ;-)

Just kidding ATM ... looks nice but a 3k Boxster started this thread lol !!!

[ATM]

dibblecorse said:

paulguitar said:

Not sure £21.5k really counts as 'poverty'...?

Maybe he's a Tory ;-)

Just kidding ATM ... looks nice but a 3k Boxster started this thread lol !!!

Just showing what's out there and how much they want. For me the 550 has to be cocoa so I dont see a buy there even if the price was a bit cheaper.

[2Btoo]

Any 986 going for more than twenty bags of sand is a bit rich. And certainly not poverty.

Do the 550's really carry that much of a price premium? I suspect you'd be looking at something to stick in the garage and hope for an increase in value (and at 25k miles it's already been used a fair chunk - it's not a sub-10k-mile-museum-piece) or you drive it an accept that it'll never be worth a great deal. Option 1 looks plausible if it's something properly rare but this is a 986 ....

[edc]

As a long term 550 owner I could have bought 2 even 3 of what I purchased mine at back in 2013.

[Terzo123]

I saw thia advertised on a facebook group im a member of.

Looks alot of car for the money.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/79304227...

[edc]

Tip 2.7. Doesnt look that cheap. Here's a few that look cheap / value
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/63998639... £3.4k
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/54829226... £4.8k manual
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/20567029... £5k manual
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/11551156... £5.6 manual some mods

[Terzo123]

Plenty of choice then it seems.

Maybe its that time of year. Folk offloading convertibles

[ATM]

2Btoo said:

Any 986 going for more than twenty bags of sand is a bit rich. And certainly not poverty.

Do the 550's really carry that much of a price premium? I suspect you'd be looking at something to stick in the garage and hope for an increase in value (and at 25k miles it's already been used a fair chunk - it's not a sub-10k-mile-museum-piece) or you drive it an accept that it'll never be worth a great deal. Option 1 looks plausible if it's something properly rare but this is a 986 ....

They are a special edition and some people covet that in the same way that some people want a heavily optioned car. They are definitely fully optioned so should have cow all over the dash and door cards which seems to be hard to find on the later face-lift cars. They even have the full leather wheel which is also rare. So if you are chasing the best Boxster then is this a 550 with low mileage, only you can decide.

But if you don't get excited by such things then the only real difference to the drive is the mo30, spacers and the 987 airbox which adds 7 bhp I think. Also GT Silver 986 cars just don't exist unless 550. I do quite like the Cocoa Brown leather with matching Cocoa Brown hood but that particular example has opted for grey so it's not a real 550 if you ask Me.

[edc]

For me the cocoa looks nicer in the pictures than in the flesh.

[Patrick Bateman]

Are folk noticing cars hanging about in general?

When I was keeping an eye out I noticed a fair few on the market for ages with no drop in price. Some of those same cars are still in my autotrader favourites at the same price.

[Escy]

I've noticed lots of cheap ones on the market, plenty of examples under 4k. A combination of wrong season and cost of living I assume.

[BoRED S2upid]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134276701831?mkcid=16&a...


Of any interest to you guys? I know nothing of poverty Porsche’s. I follow the seller for their mini’s but spotted a rather cheap Porsche.

[jonny996]

BoRED S2upid said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134276701831?mkcid=16&a...


Of any interest to you guys? I know nothing of poverty Porsche’s. I follow the seller for their mini’s but spotted a rather cheap Porsche.

Cheers, not for the Porsche but for mini’s , for youngster.

[esotericar]

This might be really nice. '2000' 3.2 with the early clocks and mechanical boot releases, all the cow, hard back sport seats and 20k miles.


https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2000-porsche-9...

[alfa phil]

esotericar said:

This might be really nice. '2000' 3.2 with the early clocks and mechanical boot releases, all the cow, hard back sport seats and 20k miles.


https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2000-porsche-9...

Thats very nice should think it will go for a pretty penny.

[snotrag]

Yep its nice that, bad time of year but thats almost the 'collector spec' if you wanted to park a 986 in your barn.

If only it was Boxster red inside...