I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[ATM]

ATM said:

2.7
987
Total basic spec
17 inch wheels
55 reg cheaper tax
124000 miles

Auction

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124247302387

Thread Purchase

Owner loves it

Banging good poverty pork purchase Done

[BERGS2]

Escy said:

When you said wrapped white I thought I'd seen it before. I went back 30 pages and found the ebay link. I was looking for a cheap Boxster at the time and this was the cheapest. I couldn't bring myself to buy a wrapped car, you can't trust what's under it but it seems in this case it was decent. Here is the link if you want to see how it was.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-Porsche-Boxster-2-...

Haha - brilliant

i'd have paid someone £400 to get that stty wrap off and put a couple of thousand miles on it ;-)

what the f**k is with that thing above the front plate???? jeeze....

i *think* its all pretty bona fide other than that.... time will tell

[Escy]

I'm guessing you bought it off someone else who fancied themselves as a trader. If so, they took hell of a punt on it being decent under the wrap for the small profit they made.

[youngsyr]

Escy said:

I'm guessing you bought it off someone else who fancied themselves as a trader. If so, they took hell of a punt on it being decent under the wrap for the small profit they made.

As someone who has previously wrapped a 911, what are you expecting to be hidden underneath it?

A decent wrap is going to cost at least £1,500 and there's not much body/paintwork you can't fix for that kind of money, so why would you wrap rather than fix?

And even if it is appalling under there, would you really chuck £1,500+ at the car and hope you can cover it up?

Is it not more likely that a lot of Porsches came in very bland colours (black, silver, dark blue) and some people want their sports cars to look a little less boring? That's why I did mine.

[Escy]

youngsyr said:

As someone who has previously wrapped a 911, what are you expecting to be hidden underneath it?

I've seen plenty of cars that are a st show under the wrap. Half the panels a different colour where it's been in a smack for example, or an aftermarket bodykit that's added and not even painted under the wrap.

I just bought a 987 with a fake carbon wrapped spoiler, I pulled it off and guess what? Big scratch under it.

There's no guarantee there is a tidy car under a wrap, I for one wouldn't take the chance.

A wrapper might charge £1500 but if you are half decent you could buy a roll from China for £150 and cover a multitude of sins.

[youngsyr]

Escy said:

youngsyr said:

As someone who has previously wrapped a 911, what are you expecting to be hidden underneath it?

I've seen plenty of cars that are a st show under the wrap. Half the panels a different colour where it's been in a smack for example, or an aftermarket bodykit that's added and not even painted under the wrap.

I just bought a 987 with a fake carbon wrapped spoiler, I pulled it off and guess what? Big scratch under it.

There's no guarantee there is a tidy car under a wrap, I for one wouldn't take the chance.

A wrapper might charge £1500 but if you are half decent you could buy a roll from China for £150 and cover a multitude of sins.

Why would you buy a wrapped car only to remove the wrap?

And I'm going to have to call bullsh!t on the hiding a multitude of sins with a £150 DIY job. Yes you might hide a scratched spoiler, but you're not going to hide seberal panels without wrapping the hole car and wrapping complex shapes, which most cars have, well is not easy- that's why it costs £1,500+ to wrap a car well.

[St Ives]

Baskey said:

J0E said:

Saw that on Fb, chap wanted a quick sale to buy a 4x4... £2750, next day on AT!

Interesting cheers

Not sure if the lack of a/c puts me off,I hadn’t noticed. I rarely use it on any of my other cars however now it’s been mentioned ......

One less thing to go wrong / replace - seems very common that they need doing at that age anyway.

I’m not sure I can link a sold post on Fb but here’s the add details;

As I decided to move to 4 x 4 Quicker...I have added a fantastic Buy it Now price!!

It is with deep regret that I am looking to swap out my lovely 986 for a small 4x4 like a Freelander 2 or similar sized car.
It’s a 1997 R reg 2.5 Stuttgart motor, in lovely blue, with 113,000 miles, loads of history and in perfect working order throughout.
I bought it last September and have done just 3k miles in it and with the change in work I will not be doing anymore.

MOT until September, Number plate stays with me..

Since I have had it I have:

Grey Leather with no rips or tears all all
Two keys present.
Loads of previous history.

All suspension work done for MOT in 2019 with receipts
Rear plastic window replaced 2019
Clutch and RMS done 2018, less than 15k ago
Brembo rear brakes in 2019
Replaced front tyres
Replaced Coil packs ( upgraded blue ones) and plugs.
Sports exhaust upgraded
Upgraded to Bluetooth stereo
Fitted dash cam (hardwired)
New front speakers
New drivers door membrane Read less

[St Ives]

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Oi!



To be honest, grey wouldn't be my first choice, either, but it certainly wouldn't stop me buying the car if everything else was looking good.
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Might be the angle but I quite like the grey!
I’m a bit behind threat...Is it a WBAC fate that awaits this?

Edited by St Ives on Tuesday 14th July 07:42

[Escy]

youngsyr said:

Why would you buy a wrapped car only to remove the wrap?

And I'm going to have to call bullsh!t on the hiding a multitude of sins with a £150 DIY job. Yes you might hide a scratched spoiler, but you're not going to hide seberal panels without wrapping the hole car and wrapping complex shapes, which most cars have, well is not easy- that's why it costs £1,500+ to wrap a car well.

You've literally just seen an example of someone who bought a wrapped car and removed the wrap straight away.

[shalmaneser]

youngsyr said:

Why would you buy a wrapped car only to remove the wrap?

And I'm going to have to call bullsh!t on the hiding a multitude of sins with a £150 DIY job. Yes you might hide a scratched spoiler, but you're not going to hide seberal panels without wrapping the hole car and wrapping complex shapes, which most cars have, well is not easy- that's why it costs £1,500+ to wrap a car well.

Apologies for the clickbait style thumbnail but it's a good little YouTube series

[Escy]

That video sums up the horrors I expect under a wrap on an old car. I bet he was gutted seeing that.

[Dimebars]

Baskey said:

Might pop down to have a look at this very early example

I think the asking price is quite strong and that exhaust would need to go however the dealer claims the previous owner spent a fortune on maintenance and it’s got stacks of paperwork.

Any thoughts?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

That car sold for £2750 on Facebook - I enquired about it at the time

It needs some paintwork doing

Edited by Dimebars on Tuesday 14th July 10:14

[Crojac]

Thoughts on this Boxster S?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

[ATM]

shalmaneser said:

Apologies for the clickbait style thumbnail but it's a good little YouTube series

There are a couple more videos which follow on and ultimately he ends up with a full repaint in Irish Green which looks absolutely amazing - if you ignore the tired looking interior. I'm guessing he easily spent 5 grand on that.

[Speedgelb]

Crojac said:

Thoughts on this Boxster S?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

Has litronics, and possibly PSE - has the right tips (which are available aftermarket), but can't see the bypass pipes - may be the angle of the pics.

Is a pre-facelift car, but has the pukka Porsche post-facelift roof, which I personally prefer to the aftermarket solutions.

Nothing really too disconcerting on the MOT history. But the ad is light on detail, and it's at the sort of miles where it has either had some preventative maintenance, or will need some in the foreseeable. If the latter, how long is a piece of string, yada, yada...

[tr7v8]

Just seen this on Autotrader so did an MOT lookup. 2003 car so at 23K miles & in 2007 it had this as an MOT Advisory, not a fail!
vehical presenter is advised following, brake padle opration mino creeping and songy detected and near side rear caliper area wet with brake fluid.

Anyone care to translate to English.......

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202...

[Andyoz]

Every time I go through the exercise of thinking what Boxster I would buy to go with my 987S Cayman I always end up with:

-- 2005 (or pre April 2006) Boxster 987 with the 3.2 engine --

Is that the correct answer....

I've never driven the 3.2 but suspect it's slightly old school roots will go down well in future as we get even more nostalgic about Porsche's past.

Edited by Andyoz on Tuesday 14th July 11:40

[Crojac]

Speedgelb said:

Has litronics, and possibly PSE - has the right tips (which are available aftermarket), but can't see the bypass pipes - may be the angle of the pics.

Is a pre-facelift car, but has the pukka Porsche post-facelift roof, which I personally prefer to the aftermarket solutions.

Nothing really too disconcerting on the MOT history. But the ad is light on detail, and it's at the sort of miles where it has either had some preventative maintenance, or will need some in the foreseeable. If the latter, how long is a piece of string, yada, yada...

Autotrader lists the power as 260bhp for some reason but have checked against the reg and it is 250bhp. Glad you've pointed that out as i wasn't aware, good that it has the facelift roof fitted though.

I think I'll give the owner a call and ask a few questions. As you say the ad doesn't say much.

Cheers

Edited by Crojac on Tuesday 14th July 11:59

[ATM]

Crojac said:

Speedgelb said:

Has litronics, and possibly PSE - has the right tips (which are available aftermarket), but can't see the bypass pipes - may be the angle of the pics.

Is a pre-facelift car, but has the pukka Porsche post-facelift roof, which I personally prefer to the aftermarket solutions.

Nothing really too disconcerting on the MOT history. But the ad is light on detail, and it's at the sort of miles where it has either had some preventative maintenance, or will need some in the foreseeable. If the latter, how long is a piece of string, yada, yada...

Definitely a pre facelift? (Autotrader lists the power as 260bhp for some reason but have checked against the reg and it is 250bhp). Glad you've pointed that out as i wasn't aware, good that it has the facelift roof fitted though.

I think I'll give the owner a call and ask a few questions. As you say the ad doesn't say much.

Cheers

Definitely

Face lift should have -

glass roof
colour steering wheel - not black
cup holder above the AC / radio / nav area - brilliant design
glove box
clear indicators - all round car
different bumpers with extra fins and scoops - that I think look a tad chav

[Speedgelb]

Facelift roof is a definite plus - did the same to my pre-facelift car.

Proper glove compartment / cup holder in the 986.2 is nice. Prefer the lines of the 986.1 though.

Lights, meh. The yellow peril is a 986.1, upgraded the fronts to litronics, left the amber side repeaters and rears. Think ambers suit the colour better, but I need litronics. Function over form.