TVR to a Porsche with 26,000 to spend
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Hi all, hope you'll accept an interloper with good grace :-)
I've currently got a TVR Cerbera but I'm sick to the back teeth of bits and pieces going wrong. I'm looking to get a Porsche and was considering a boxter, but I'd like to know what people consider to be the fastest/scariest Porshe. Whilst the TVR is unreliable, when it is going it is an incredible driving experience.
It's acceleration that I interested in rather than top end and I'm a bit lost with all the models & specs of Porsches around.
Any help would be gratefully received as there seem to be a lot of cars around the 26K mark
I've currently got a TVR Cerbera but I'm sick to the back teeth of bits and pieces going wrong. I'm looking to get a Porsche and was considering a boxter, but I'd like to know what people consider to be the fastest/scariest Porshe. Whilst the TVR is unreliable, when it is going it is an incredible driving experience.
It's acceleration that I interested in rather than top end and I'm a bit lost with all the models & specs of Porsches around.
Any help would be gratefully received as there seem to be a lot of cars around the 26K mark
Braddy said:
Hi all, hope you'll accept an interloper with good grace :-)
consider to be the fastest/scariest Porshe.
With that money I would suggest a 964 turbo. If you're willing to consider LHD you'll have more choice.
there's this:
www.pistonheads.com/sales/44815.htm
or this
www.finlaygorham.com/carDetail.cfm?id=283
to get you thinking ...
I went from a Tuscan to a Boxster S. Straight line performance is way down, but the handling is sublime.
My Tiv felt positively scary at 100+mph, the Boxster takes it all in it's stride.
No looking back for me. Like yourself, I was tired of something going wrong every other week, and other bits that just seemed impossible to fix correctly.
Phil.
My Tiv felt positively scary at 100+mph, the Boxster takes it all in it's stride.
No looking back for me. Like yourself, I was tired of something going wrong every other week, and other bits that just seemed impossible to fix correctly.
Phil.
It's a shame to see people leave TVR for this reason.
I'm perhaps lucky in that I have had two Cerbera's that have proved trouble free over the last 3 years.
I'd still like to try a Porsche 996tt, but if I can possibly do it without selling the Cerb, I will.
There seems to be plenty of 996 Carrera's for a fraction above your budget, perhaps that's the way forward?
I'm perhaps lucky in that I have had two Cerbera's that have proved trouble free over the last 3 years.
I'd still like to try a Porsche 996tt, but if I can possibly do it without selling the Cerb, I will.
There seems to be plenty of 996 Carrera's for a fraction above your budget, perhaps that's the way forward?
Shirkin said:
Give the 964 RS a whirl.
I agree with Shirkin. For something scary you can't go the vanilla 993 route, the 993s are pretty sane unless badged RS or Turbo and these two are too expensive. 28k should stretch to a 964RS and these are probably the hardest-core production Porsche made - alothough a tad slower than a Tuscan in a straight line. You coul also get a 964 Turbo, which are softer handling wise, but give you a third gear foot to the floor memory you won't forget for a while. More lag (and therefore more kick on spool up) than the later Turbos.
Or save your Euros and try www.mobile.de; they will surely have 993 Turbos with 408bhp for late 20s GBP equivalent. You can get 460 bhp out of them with some mild tweaks and that is Tuscan rapid with 4 wheel drive and great build. Running a dog will cost dear tho', so be careful when you buy.
>> Edited by domster on Friday 29th July 14:08
On a personal note I did not want to leave the TVR fold, but Speed 6 engines are effectively the only choice for newer TVR products and they are without doubt rubbish on the reliability front.
I don't think Smolensky will turn the TVR business around (but would love to be proved wrong) and therefore I opted out. Porsche was the only logical choice. Looked at Maserati's, nice but softer and at the end of the day only an italian TVR in terms of reliability.
Porsche make a massive range to choose from so the decision was easy really, plus I had owned them before and know what to expect.
Richard
I don't think Smolensky will turn the TVR business around (but would love to be proved wrong) and therefore I opted out. Porsche was the only logical choice. Looked at Maserati's, nice but softer and at the end of the day only an italian TVR in terms of reliability.
Porsche make a massive range to choose from so the decision was easy really, plus I had owned them before and know what to expect.
Richard
I was the same regards TVR also; I loved my Chim 500, but dare not risk the tight rope walk ownership experience of the S6.
Am glad I got a 911, I find it has such depth to its dynamic repertoire that I am still learning how to handle it 12 months on. The RS would deliver a much greater hit though I reckon.
>> Edited by MOD500 on Friday 29th July 16:11
Am glad I got a 911, I find it has such depth to its dynamic repertoire that I am still learning how to handle it 12 months on. The RS would deliver a much greater hit though I reckon.
>> Edited by MOD500 on Friday 29th July 16:11
domster said:
Give the 964 RS a whirl.
Or save your Euros and try <a href="www.mobile.de;">www.mobile.de;</a> they will surely have 993 Turbos with 408bhp for late 20s GBP equivalent.
>> Edited by domster on Friday 29th July 14:08
If only ... there might be one or two ... with galactic mileages ... but I think they will be the exception ... about 35 seems to be the benchmark.
domster said:
There's one for 28,900 GBP. Accident free, 1995 model year. You can normally get them sub 30k on mobile.de but you can never tell how good they are from a distance
I guess I'm disputing the "normally".
There are 40 in total for sale on mobile.de. Three come in under GBP 30k and one of those is a rebodied 964 so doesn't really count, leaving two.
There's then a big step (5k euros) from those two to where the rest start. You have to ask why those two are that price? The mileage is relatively high, maybe that is all.
Though as you say internet assessment from the comfort of one's armchair, whilst entertaining is hardly an exact science ...
wini said:The 993tt is an amazing car and I admire it bucketloads, but have never been tempted to trade over to one. Test drove two when they were first out and was disappointed by the 4wd understeer and lack of turbo hit, it felt like a big na engine so what's the point of having a turbo let alone two? If we're talking turbo S or better still wellard modded as per DeR's 993 then that's different, but for a blat expanding sledgehammer hitting uncosseted experience you can get a bigger fix paying less moolah for a 965 then doing what needs to be done with the cash saved, rather than spunking the lot on a 993. A standard 993 is shockingly quick and will keep you safer for more of the time, cornering hard in the wet on cup tyres and lifting off is probably one of them. If that's what you want get a 993tt, but a tuned and lightened 965 will be just as fast in most situations and it's much more capable of scaring the living 5h1t out of you, which I assume is a must-have experience for ex tiv owners.
965 turbo good but 993 turbo brilliant!
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