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Smollet said:
Sounds very much like the sort of car you'd find on Boxa. Small minor electrical bits resolved DIY using the 101 DIY book! Smollet said:
I’ll be interested to see as I’ve a friend with a similar car (age/miles etc,) whose considering trading up to a 996 & an auction sale should hopefully be a worst case figure IMO.MrC986 said:
I’ll be interested to see as I’ve a friend with a similar car (age/miles etc,) whose considering trading up to a 996 & an auction sale should hopefully be a worst case figure IMO.
Having come from a near pristine 996.1 I’d say don’t. Nowhere near as enjoyable to drive as my 986.2S 987 2.7, xenons, sports seats, Bose. 163k miles but only £6000
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
edc said:
Smollet said:
Sounds very much like the sort of car you'd find on Boxa. Small minor electrical bits resolved DIY using the 101 DIY book! Bodywork looks, from the photos at least, very very tidy, particularly around the lower half where they often get a bit battered and bruised. Extended Leather will make the inside feel much more premium. The Paint colour, and grey interior, often looks a bit flat and dull on these when you are looking at photos and videos, but in real life I would be confident in saying it will feel a lot 'fancier'.
Rear tyres are budgets, they look brand spanking new and I'd put money on the seller (foolishly) having fitted them purely for the sake of the sale or maybe getting a fresh ticket on it.
Its a lot, lot easier to take one with good bodywork like this and give it a bit of a mechanical refresh where needed, than it is to take a tatty looking car and make it 'look' fresh.
Smollet said:
MrC986 said:
I’ll be interested to see as I’ve a friend with a similar car (age/miles etc,) whose considering trading up to a 996 & an auction sale should hopefully be a worst case figure IMO.
Having come from a near pristine 996.1 I’d say don’t. Nowhere near as enjoyable to drive as my 986.2S Alert
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ATM said:
Smollet said:
MrC986 said:
I’ll be interested to see as I’ve a friend with a similar car (age/miles etc,) whose considering trading up to a 996 & an auction sale should hopefully be a worst case figure IMO.
Having come from a near pristine 996.1 I’d say don’t. Nowhere near as enjoyable to drive as my 986.2S Alert
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Mikeeb said:
ATM said:
Smollet said:
MrC986 said:
I’ll be interested to see as I’ve a friend with a similar car (age/miles etc,) whose considering trading up to a 996 & an auction sale should hopefully be a worst case figure IMO.
Having come from a near pristine 996.1 I’d say don’t. Nowhere near as enjoyable to drive as my 986.2S Alert
Alert Code Red
Controversial comment
Escy said:
987 2.7, xenons, sports seats, Bose. 163k miles but only £6000
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
That is cheap in absolute terms. Get it borescoped, run it for 10-20k if you are lucky then sell it for parts? Cheap fun for a while. It’s never going to make sense financially to replace suspension or rebuild the engine.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
RM said:
Escy said:
987 2.7, xenons, sports seats, Bose. 163k miles but only £6000
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
That is cheap in absolute terms. Get it borescoped, run it for 10-20k if you are lucky then sell it for parts? Cheap fun for a while. It’s never going to make sense financially to replace suspension or rebuild the engine.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
edc said:
RM said:
Escy said:
987 2.7, xenons, sports seats, Bose. 163k miles but only £6000
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
That is cheap in absolute terms. Get it borescoped, run it for 10-20k if you are lucky then sell it for parts? Cheap fun for a while. It’s never going to make sense financially to replace suspension or rebuild the engine.https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175411018751?mkcid=16&a...
But you are right, buy it, smoke around in it and sell it on. Total cost would probably be very low.
Proof that they are still out there...
No skin in the game here, just a spot. As simple as they come.
2.5, has a perfect spec of litronics (thus negating peoples aversion to Fried Eggs) and nothing else. Vinyl interior. The wonderful, manual, no A/C heating system (Lighter, no condensers to rot your rads out hidden from sight, no stupid beep-beep-beep 90's LCD display.). Cable Throttle, frunk and trunk release. No Bose. Probably a casette deck!
Plenty of miles but plenty of stamps and doesn't look worn out. Bodywork looks remarkably straight. Looks like a 'bit on the side' trader who has a few Porsches through so one can assume its not a complete basket case.
Take 5 grand in cash. Another £500 in the back pocket if the negotiating is tough.
Stick it in the garage and get it out in Spring once you've amortised the spend and drive it to work when the suns out. Cant go wrong. Love it.
£5950
No skin in the game here, just a spot. As simple as they come.
2.5, has a perfect spec of litronics (thus negating peoples aversion to Fried Eggs) and nothing else. Vinyl interior. The wonderful, manual, no A/C heating system (Lighter, no condensers to rot your rads out hidden from sight, no stupid beep-beep-beep 90's LCD display.). Cable Throttle, frunk and trunk release. No Bose. Probably a casette deck!
Plenty of miles but plenty of stamps and doesn't look worn out. Bodywork looks remarkably straight. Looks like a 'bit on the side' trader who has a few Porsches through so one can assume its not a complete basket case.
Take 5 grand in cash. Another £500 in the back pocket if the negotiating is tough.
Stick it in the garage and get it out in Spring once you've amortised the spend and drive it to work when the suns out. Cant go wrong. Love it.
£5950
Edited by snotrag on Friday 14th October 08:37
Edited by snotrag on Friday 14th October 08:40
snotrag said:
2.5, has a perfect spec of litronics (thus negating peoples aversion to Fried Eggs) and nothing else.
Just to be pedantic, it doesn't have Litronics. Those are just 986.2 style de-ambered halogens.Think if you're into something like an early 2.5, you wouldn't have a fried egg aversion. I'd prefer the car fully ambered up, anyway.
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