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I’m thinking of buying a 911 of some description as for once I have a bit of cash burning a hole in my pocket that I do not have an immediate need for , it may or may not be a good idea at this time so I would appreciate your input.
By way of background we have a 3 year old and another in the way in October. Our main car is a 955 Cayenne Turbo which we have had for around 2 years for general family duties, also got an old Mondeo for carting stuff around, plus I have a VX220 although haven’t driven it for 7 years due to being busy building our house, then garage and now it needs the 400bhp engine which I already have fitting and setting up. I will do that in the winter but at the moment I would just like something I can get in and drive without fiddling with on the odd occasion I have a spare hour. If I can take my 3 year old out in it that would be a bonus.
I would want to spend £20-25k and generally I hate depreciation, but can deal with higher running costs and risk of something going wrong (hence the Cayenne Turbo for a daily driver).
The market is clearly very difficult at the moment due to Brexit, no one knows whether prices will stabilise or recover once we know how bad things are, my suspicion is prices will continue to fall. That being said are there any relatively “safe” ways to park spend the money?
I really want a GT3 at some point but that might have to wait until next year. I don’t have any interest in a turbo particularly.
I’m thinking a 996 or 997 of some flavour, a manual with 2 wheel drive, coupe rather than cabriolet. I’m aware of certain models with engine problems, which are the ones to avoid?
By way of background we have a 3 year old and another in the way in October. Our main car is a 955 Cayenne Turbo which we have had for around 2 years for general family duties, also got an old Mondeo for carting stuff around, plus I have a VX220 although haven’t driven it for 7 years due to being busy building our house, then garage and now it needs the 400bhp engine which I already have fitting and setting up. I will do that in the winter but at the moment I would just like something I can get in and drive without fiddling with on the odd occasion I have a spare hour. If I can take my 3 year old out in it that would be a bonus.
I would want to spend £20-25k and generally I hate depreciation, but can deal with higher running costs and risk of something going wrong (hence the Cayenne Turbo for a daily driver).
The market is clearly very difficult at the moment due to Brexit, no one knows whether prices will stabilise or recover once we know how bad things are, my suspicion is prices will continue to fall. That being said are there any relatively “safe” ways to park spend the money?
I really want a GT3 at some point but that might have to wait until next year. I don’t have any interest in a turbo particularly.
I’m thinking a 996 or 997 of some flavour, a manual with 2 wheel drive, coupe rather than cabriolet. I’m aware of certain models with engine problems, which are the ones to avoid?
If you want to avoid potential engine problems, you'll either need one with a Hartech rebuild, or a Gen 2 997 with the DFI engine, which would be over £30k unless it's got intergalactic mileage...
Edited to add...
Engine failures do happen but probably not as often as thought, problem is you're into £10k territory for a rebuild / engine etc which would slightly take the sparkle off things....
Edited to add...
Engine failures do happen but probably not as often as thought, problem is you're into £10k territory for a rebuild / engine etc which would slightly take the sparkle off things....
Edited by MrVert on Monday 1st July 17:51
If you want the best chance to avoid engine problems you want a hartech rebuilt 996.2 / 997.1, a 997.2, or 996.1 3.4.
But all except the 3.4 are probably out of your budget. It's also near the bottom of its pricing (within a couple grand anyway) so you won't lose much (unless the engine goes - even the most reliable isn't perfect). A nice manual c2 would be a great little car for 15k with a little fund for maintenance or upgrade
But all except the 3.4 are probably out of your budget. It's also near the bottom of its pricing (within a couple grand anyway) so you won't lose much (unless the engine goes - even the most reliable isn't perfect). A nice manual c2 would be a great little car for 15k with a little fund for maintenance or upgrade
Edited by skinny on Monday 1st July 22:02
A 996.2 C2 with everything that needs doing done to it. I happen to know of a nice one that's recently become available because I got a 997 Gt3 
Genuinely though, you cant go wrong with a good 996.2 at the moment. Brexit or no, I'm reasonably certain they will retain their value. Just find one that hasn't sat around and has had money spent on it. Lots of advice here and on 911UK.
I used to regularly take my little boys out in mine, they loved it - a car seat fits easily in the back and I'm 6 foot four.
Genuinely though, you cant go wrong with a good 996.2 at the moment. Brexit or no, I'm reasonably certain they will retain their value. Just find one that hasn't sat around and has had money spent on it. Lots of advice here and on 911UK.
I used to regularly take my little boys out in mine, they loved it - a car seat fits easily in the back and I'm 6 foot four.
Pick of the 996s for me is the Carrera C4S. Styling, handling and relative rarity makes it likely to be the collectors item of the 996 range i reckon too.
Nice example here:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
I know you said 2WD but apart from a bit less room in the bonnet luggage space, I doubt you’d notice the difference tbh.
Nice example here:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
I know you said 2WD but apart from a bit less room in the bonnet luggage space, I doubt you’d notice the difference tbh.
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