Cragswinter - is it really true?
Discussion
993kimbo said:
I can't believe that two recent owners have spent so much love, time and money on a car and then sold it. Is it jinxed?
Didn't the first owner spend the real £'s (and obviously didn't gel with it).Cragswinter bought it and again didn't gel with it.,
It looks nice, but older 911's have a certain feel which is fairly marmite.
Sure a Spyder will follow shortly!
Haha just seen this thread this morning over my bowl of fruit 'n fibre, did make me chuckle!
I'm fairly open about what I post on the Internet & so is the new owner so I doubt he'll mind me posting, but truth be told it went something like this....
The guy who built the car (& spent all the serious wedge doing so) had a change of circumstances that required him to move it on, & we got to talking & the top & bottom of it was I thought I could buy it at a price that I could get out of whenever I wanted.
As I've posted yes I did find the car hard work to drive, funnily enough, not with the 915 box, the torsion bar suspension or any of the other things that make up classic motoring but mainly due to the lack of power steering.
I'm big enough to admit it, it just didn't feel right to me, my Exige was the same. Now I've had none assisted cars in my youth but apart from the lotus I'd say none in the last 15 years.
I know, after a day on track I'd have got the hang of it, you can work around anything on track after all but why have to work so hard at something if you dont enjoy it? & to me personally, it just didn't feel right.
Those that know me know I'm not a pro racer, but then I'm not too shabby either! But I can say hand on heart if I ever got that car into a big moment I think I'd struggle to save it, & that's not good enough for me-I like a car to do what I tell it when I tell it. I actually spoke with an owner of a 964rs who felt exactly the same thing & had his retro fitted with power steering to help him out, so I'm not alone.
So there, I'm man enough to admit it I'm just not up the 911 task!
I have all the admiration to the guys who are, but truth be told, from experience I can pedal something much cheaper, much faster than most of the air cooled 911s out there (flame suit on!).
So before Xmas after Porsche had loaned me the caymanR & I was singing its praises another member off here got in touch about buying the car. We agreed to let him have the Xmas break to think it over & in the end he decided against it, but I kind of then though "well what if...."
To put things in perspective I also got engaged on Xmas eve, & as usual the sensible head came on & I thought why have so much of our money tied up in a car? So I knocked up a quick ad & thought i'd see how it went.
Advert live Wednesday night
Phone & email off the hook Thursday!
I won't go into specifics on a forum but the deal was done within 18hrs really & confirmed yesterday.
It's always nice to prove the naysayers wrong, in this climate, at the worst time if the year, if it's the right car at the right price it will sell. Hey I could have let some "specialist" have it on sale or return for a few years at ten grand more but then what's the point in that?!
I will return to the air cooled cars, they're where my heart lies really but I'm definatly going modern for a change this time, spa & the ring is paid for the first weekend in April so I'll have to get my skates on
I'm fairly open about what I post on the Internet & so is the new owner so I doubt he'll mind me posting, but truth be told it went something like this....
The guy who built the car (& spent all the serious wedge doing so) had a change of circumstances that required him to move it on, & we got to talking & the top & bottom of it was I thought I could buy it at a price that I could get out of whenever I wanted.
As I've posted yes I did find the car hard work to drive, funnily enough, not with the 915 box, the torsion bar suspension or any of the other things that make up classic motoring but mainly due to the lack of power steering.
I'm big enough to admit it, it just didn't feel right to me, my Exige was the same. Now I've had none assisted cars in my youth but apart from the lotus I'd say none in the last 15 years.
I know, after a day on track I'd have got the hang of it, you can work around anything on track after all but why have to work so hard at something if you dont enjoy it? & to me personally, it just didn't feel right.
Those that know me know I'm not a pro racer, but then I'm not too shabby either! But I can say hand on heart if I ever got that car into a big moment I think I'd struggle to save it, & that's not good enough for me-I like a car to do what I tell it when I tell it. I actually spoke with an owner of a 964rs who felt exactly the same thing & had his retro fitted with power steering to help him out, so I'm not alone.
So there, I'm man enough to admit it I'm just not up the 911 task!
I have all the admiration to the guys who are, but truth be told, from experience I can pedal something much cheaper, much faster than most of the air cooled 911s out there (flame suit on!).So before Xmas after Porsche had loaned me the caymanR & I was singing its praises another member off here got in touch about buying the car. We agreed to let him have the Xmas break to think it over & in the end he decided against it, but I kind of then though "well what if...."
To put things in perspective I also got engaged on Xmas eve, & as usual the sensible head came on & I thought why have so much of our money tied up in a car? So I knocked up a quick ad & thought i'd see how it went.
Advert live Wednesday night
Phone & email off the hook Thursday!
I won't go into specifics on a forum but the deal was done within 18hrs really & confirmed yesterday.
It's always nice to prove the naysayers wrong, in this climate, at the worst time if the year, if it's the right car at the right price it will sell. Hey I could have let some "specialist" have it on sale or return for a few years at ten grand more but then what's the point in that?!
I will return to the air cooled cars, they're where my heart lies really but I'm definatly going modern for a change this time, spa & the ring is paid for the first weekend in April so I'll have to get my skates on
Craig, good for you for your honest reply.
I wasn't being nosey when I posted the question, but I did wonder if you really got on with the car or not after the Cayman R. I've had 3 993's now, and still can't work out how to drive them properly. I think you probably did the right thing but it must have been a tough call. Nice to know there are still people walking about in-between Christmas and the New Year in a major depression/recession, with twenty-five grand in their pockets to spend on a thirty year-old car. That'll shut the doom-mongers up.
Keep us posted on what you get next and good luck.
I wasn't being nosey when I posted the question, but I did wonder if you really got on with the car or not after the Cayman R. I've had 3 993's now, and still can't work out how to drive them properly. I think you probably did the right thing but it must have been a tough call. Nice to know there are still people walking about in-between Christmas and the New Year in a major depression/recession, with twenty-five grand in their pockets to spend on a thirty year-old car. That'll shut the doom-mongers up.
Keep us posted on what you get next and good luck.
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