The Collecting Cars Porsche thread…

[hmg]

donutskidmark said:

I bought an expensive watch through the Collecting Cars sister website Collecting watches.
In the auction sale photos it clearly had pics of the original sales receipt etc and stated ‘included is the original sales paperwork.
I paid the winners commission to Collecting Watches, paid the winning bid to the vendor - I drove 2hrs to collect the watch, and he refused to give me the original sales receipt.

Why would the vendor refuse to give you the original receipt ? Can’t see the point in keeping a receipt for a watch you no longer own?

More important to retain the original box and papers though.

[freedman]

997 GTS, looks a potential bargain for the buyer (assuming the car is all good)

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2011-porsche-9...

[BertBert]

£49,250 plus 7.2%. is that s good price?

[Ed.Neumann]

£39,250 + 7.2% you mean.

Yeah good price.

[Wilmslowboy]

Ed.Neumann said:

£39,250 + 7.2% you mean.

Yeah good price.

All in the gear mechanism and mileage.

~50k less miles and manual adds near £35k to the value

[Schwarz930]

I understand how CC works, effectively they are just marketing a car and then introducing the buyer and seller for a % of the agreed sale price.

But what happens if the agreed price hasn't met the sellers expectations and they then refuse to sell (CC are well know for badgering sellers to lower the reserve at the last minute)

If the seller won't complete the deal do CC refund the fee to the buyer? Has anyone had experience of this?

[ChrisW.]

Actually, what they say is that they get far more bids when a car goes no-reserve.

As a consequence, once the bids rise to a value relatively close to the reserve that has been set, they encourage the seller to go "no reserve".

Of course there is scope for this logic to be manipulated ... those achieving high prices will not complain and those who achieve low prices may ...

As for the above question .... I wonder ?

[freedman]

BertBert said:

£49,250 plus 7.2%. is that s good price?

I think your eyesight is failing you

[Jim1556]

freedman said:

997 GTS, looks a potential bargain for the buyer (assuming the car is all good)

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2011-porsche-9...

Dates and mileage:

09/2013 - 16,153 miles - Porsche Centre Kendal
02/2016 - 19,754 miles - Porsche Centre Kendal
05/2019 - 61,238 miles - Performance Porsche
02/2023 - 70,662 miles - Performance Porsche
02/2024 - 70,699 miles - Performance Porsche

The way I read that, it did 40k miles in 3 years without a service?

[Armitage.Shanks]

Jim1556 said:

freedman said:

997 GTS, looks a potential bargain for the buyer (assuming the car is all good)

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2011-porsche-9...

Dates and mileage:

09/2013 - 16,153 miles - Porsche Centre Kendal
02/2016 - 19,754 miles - Porsche Centre Kendal
05/2019 - 61,238 miles - Performance Porsche
02/2023 - 70,662 miles - Performance Porsche
02/2024 - 70,699 miles - Performance Porsche

The way I read that, it did 40k miles in 3 years without a service?

I suspect it was serviced at some point during that gap but not recorded or details not to hand. It was a one owner car and it would appear the owner died hence the V5 was transferred to the keeper's partner. Given the absence of pictures of the service book I'm reading into it the seller was not able to furnish all the relevant details, as someone buying and owning the car from new is very unlikely to put 40k miles on it without a service. I could be wrong, but I know the Indy where it was serviced and they do a good job at keen prices.

[BertBert]

freedman said:

BertBert said:

£49,250 plus 7.2%. is that s good price?

I think your eyesight is failing you

Just my typing ability!

[stichill99]

Lovely looking 964 sold well last night at £96'480. Only 50 odd thousand miles.

[Geneve]

Saw that, but 964 pricing seems very variable.

It was prominently promoted as PTS, but pretty sure Horizon Blue was actually a standard metallic option from ‘92.
Also, the interior colour is quite personal.

[thegreenhell]

This seems cheap for a genuine 2.7 RS

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1973-porsche-9...

[KittyLitter]

thegreenhell said:

This seems cheap for a genuine 2.7 RS

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1973-porsche-9...

Especially when the bills spent on it since 2019 amount to £100K.

[hmg]

I think the fact that it has very much been ‘used as intended’ may be a factor.

[Armitage.Shanks]

hmg said:

I think the fact that it has very much been ‘used as intended’ may be a factor.

And possibly reshelled.

[honda_exige]

hmg said:

I think the fact that it has very much been ‘used as intended’ may be a factor.

Begs the question of why they included the racing info then, if they'd left it out would anyone have known?

[hmg]

honda_exige said:

hmg said:

I think the fact that it has very much been ‘used as intended’ may be a factor.

Begs the question of why they included the racing info then, if they'd left it out would anyone have known?

Agreed….that CC tactic seems to work for most other scenarios..I think anyone willing to spunk potentially half a mill on one of these should make their business to do a bit of due diligence though..

It can work both ways..in some instances the racing pedigree can add substantial value although I suspect this won’t.

[993rsr]

thegreenhell said:

This seems cheap for a genuine 2.7 RS

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1973-porsche-9...

Apparantly re-shelled with a non-RS shell many moons ago. Previously sold for £240k in 2021.