944 turbo add on PH
944 turbo add on PH
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pcn1

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1,344 posts

248 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

So what's this all about then ? I can see a discrepancy in the mileage of both adverts. argue

Looks very similar to an example I viewed for sale in Nottingham about 2 years ago.

pauljmcnulty

850 posts

268 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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Buchanan's weird "spoiler" isn't really an advert, and none of the details match. It's not the same mileage, but it's not a 1.6 engine either, and the car isn't a blue hatchback....

mark387mw

2,206 posts

296 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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The Buchanan Motor Company advert is them defending themselves from the comments in the actual for sale advert.

Boshly

2,776 posts

265 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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mark387mw said:
The Buchanan Motor Company advert is them defending themselves from the comments in the actual for sale advert.
And if true (and I have no reason to doubt) nicely done.

acf69

407 posts

200 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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It would have been more appropriate to have just said bought a year ago, £6k invested in upgrades and go from there. Absolutely crackers asking price by the seller

reedman

588 posts

223 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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acf69 said:
It would have been more appropriate to have just said bought a year ago, £6k invested in upgrades and go from there. Absolutely crackers asking price by the seller
£6k invested makes it sound like they make the car worth more. Not sure a big service including belts would come under investment. lol just running cost.

HOW MUCH !! Nuts.

pcn1

Original Poster:

1,344 posts

248 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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acf69 said:
It would have been more appropriate to have just said bought a year ago, £6k invested in upgrades and go from there. Absolutely crackers asking price by the seller
Just what I was thinking. There is another white example with grey leather for £12k at the moment, and that's been marked down a couple of times over time.
Maybe the 944 bubble of the past few years is deflating ?

bigunit00

890 posts

176 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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What 944 bubble? Prices are pretty low and stagnant relative to 911s of the same era. Someone in pcgb had a look at the white one with grey interior......lets just say he didn't bother test diving it. Not sure what Buchanan is up to. He sold a car. Bloke said he bought it off him and it needed lots of work (statement of fact). Not sure why he is upset

Rollcage

11,345 posts

221 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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I would imagine that Buchanan are a bit miffed because the first ad is a clear attempt to say the car needed a st load of work when first purchased. Their ad does throw a little light on what seems to have happened.

blade7

11,311 posts

245 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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pcn1 said:
Just what I was thinking. There is another white example with grey leather for £12k at the moment, and that's been marked down a couple of times over time.
Maybe the 944 bubble of the past few years is deflating ?
You wish biglaugh Cabs have probably peaked but the few really good turbo coupe's wont be under £10k in a couple of years, I don't think they're investment material though.

pcn1

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1,344 posts

248 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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blade7 said:
You wish biglaugh Cabs have probably peaked but the few really good turbo coupe's wont be under £10k in a couple of years, I don't think they're investment material though.
Just a generalisation really. Advertised prices for 944's seem higher now than when I bought mine many years ago.
I know there not making anymore of 'em so to speak, maybe the 911 thing has dragged them up. But you always see the same old cars knocking around I the classifieds, some times for years (come on people, smell the coffee !). As the old saying goes, the good cars get sold to fellow enthusiasts without ever being advertised.

You still got my e-mail on record ain't you mate ? biggrin

blade7

11,311 posts

245 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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pcn1 said:
You still got my e-mail on record ain't you mate ? biggrin
biggrin Not sure. I was feeling the pull of a early 996TT but buying one and putting it right if it went bang are two entirely different prospects frown. To me the TT is so planted it doesn't feel all that quick until it's doing very big speeds and I don't know if that makes a fun weekend road car. It has been known for a 944T to make 400+ bhp too smile.

Helicopter123

8,831 posts

185 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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So bought for £5k, then spent £6k and now worth £19,750...

Wheeler Dealers!

blade7

11,311 posts

245 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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Helicopter123 said:
So bought for £5k, then spent £6k and now worth £19,750...

Wheeler Dealers!
Worth ?, more like neglect repaired resulting in a £9k car, or if BM had then bought it.....

edh

3,498 posts

298 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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Let's not kid ourselves that BM ever sold a turbo cab for £5k though.. I'd have expected at least double that