I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[2Btoo]

£9k for that S2 is a good price to have paid. Well done. I hope you have as much fun driving it as I do mine!

[ATM]

bigmowley said:

God you are a hard audience today I’ve only had it home less than 24hrs.

Yes we're a tough crowd.

That looks great. Never noticed the odd position of those stick on rear arch protectors before. They look factory - anyone know if they are? Porsche didn't use these on the 996 but then did on the 997.

[tr7v8]

Most importantly when was the cam chain & tensioners checked. Not part of the service schedule but very important. Wheel arch protectors are original, look weird but that is what Porsche fitted.

Looks lovely though.

[bigmowley]

tr7v8 said:

Most importantly when was the cam chain & tensioners checked. Not part of the service schedule but very important. Wheel arch protectors are original, look weird but that is what Porsche fitted.

Looks lovely though.

Last service 95K all belts and new chain and tensioner.

Thanks for the tips and info all good stuff.

[Dimebars]

@ATM

There is another Speed Yellow 986 in Glasgow for sale on Facebook

3.2 S, 51 plate, 69k miles, hard top and not Barry'd to death either

It is £8.5k mind you

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/81285137...

[Skyedriver]

2Btoo said:

£9k for that S2 is a good price to have paid. Well done. I hope you have as much fun driving it as I do mine!

I'm no expert but £9k would seem cheap when I'm casually(!) looking at the 968 (deceased owner) on ebay and the 944 S2 cab on C&C Auction.


Anyone know either of those?

Edited by Skyedriver on Saturday 8th May 08:34

[ATM]

What do we think of this one?

Ad says extended leather but I think these door panels are plastic.

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/11404748

[paddycam]

ATM said:

What do we think of this one?

Ad says extended leather but I think these door panels are plastic.

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/11404748

I think it is fundamentally a decent, well-specced car. The seller, to be polite, seems to get a little carried away in the description. It definitely hasn't got extended leather (no seam running astern from the door handle).

[RM]

paddycam said:

ATM said:

What do we think of this one?

Ad says extended leather but I think these door panels are plastic.

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/11404748

I think it is fundamentally a decent, well-specced car. The seller, to be polite, seems to get a little carried away in the description. It definitely hasn't got extended leather (no seam running astern from the door handle).

I don’t know, this image suggests a seam.

[snotrag]

They are the leather door panels - as, above, they have an extra seam in them compared to the standard vinyl/plastic items. They match the 996 door cards too.

[ATM]

I'm wandering if driver side is just a trick of the light. I also thought that was a seam but the passenger side doesn't look like it.

[F6C]

100% extended leather.

Tell tale isn't the stitched seam mentioned, which is hard to see in these images, but the much more obvious non-stitched seam which forms a large loop around the door handle and bin etc, where the plastic card is a single unbroken panel.

Apart from that, the ends of the pop up spoiler appear to be curling up a little, which is odd.

[F6C]

Visible in this pic...

[ATM]

F6C said:

Visible in this pic...

Hmm yeah

Is the bumper creased. What's that ridge by the letter R on outer edge of the reg area on the far left.

[Speedgelb]

Summer is upon us, yet it's a bit dead in here

Either that, or everybody really misses cmoose.

Have done some mild fettling to the car:

PXL_20210508_170117598 by ash_ashy_mo, on Flickr


PXL_20210425_184400274 by ash_ashy_mo, on Flickr


PXL_20210425_184206857 by ash_ashy_mo, on Flickr

Have some niggles / minor projects that need to be addressed before summer is in full swing.

[2Btoo]

I'll admit, I miss CMoose. He was a mine of useful information about 986's and 987's and alot of his posts made good reading. I'm still not sure why he was banned to be honest.

Speedgelb, that looks like a good project. What's the details on the parts? I'm about to bolt some shiny new suspension arms from Spyder Porsche onto my 987 Cayman.

[Andyoz]

2Btoo said:

I'll admit, I miss CMoose. He was a mine of useful information about 986's and 987's and alot of his posts made good reading. I'm still not sure why he was banned to be honest.

Speedgelb, that looks like a good project. What's the details on the parts? I'm about to bolt some shiny new suspension arms from Spyder Porsche onto my 987 Cayman.

He wasn't banned. He left and asked him content to be removed.

I think this threads been quiet because poverty porker's ended last year

[anonymous-user]

Andyoz said:

I think this threads been quiet because poverty porker's ended last year

Yes, still kicking myself that I didn't buy a 986 when they were under £4K.

[RiccardoG]

I keep an eye out on the poverty Boxster market regularly and would say there are quite a few interesting cars on the market right now. Prices seem to be around £6k for anything semi-decent, a few £4k cars about clearly unloved though.

[anonymous-user]

RiccardoG said:

I keep an eye out on the poverty Boxster market regularly and would say there are quite a few interesting cars on the market right now. Prices seem to be around £6k for anything semi-decent, a few £4k cars about clearly unloved though.

Before Covid I found an early 2.7, under 100K miles, good MOT history, same owner for 12 years car for £3500 on eBay. I didn't view it that afternoon as it was raining so arranged to see it at 9:00am the next day. I get a call from the seller at 8:30am to tell me it had just sold.

I wasn't that bothered at the time, but I really wish now I had just gone and viewed it in the rain.