Uh Oh, I've been sucked in. Burriana you bugger...

[neil_cardiff]

After having seem Burrianas lovely 930 Carrera on Sunday, I've been thinking of what I can replace my lovely Golf with.

I've decided that I'll keep the Golf as a daily driver, and I can get something for the weekend

I think I've now fallen in love with the idea of a 911, or a 930 depending on cash.

I've worked out that in a year or so I should be able to have about 7/8k in cash to play with, after wage rises and bonuses.

Question is chaps and chapeses, what do you think I should go for: I've no idea about 911's apart from the FAQ I've just read here.

Can you fill me in on what I should get for a man on a relatively small budget?

Many Tas

Neil

[POORCARDEALER]

Niceish 3.0 SC Coupe or a decent LHD 3.2 Carrera........decent RHD 3.2s seem to start at £10++

Good Luck and be careful there is some near SCRAP available in your price bracket, a second opinion from someone who knows the cars well is always advisable

[ICSD]

7-8k not really enough for a 911 - you're definitely scraping the bottom of the barrel and could end up with big bills. I'd either go the 944 route or save up around £12-13k.

[muzaa]

on top of that you really need to be budgeting for 2/3 k a year for running costs. Even from an independent specialist runing costs are hight (tyres are 500 plus for a set)

[AJLintern]

You'd get a really nice 944 Turbo for that money Come on Neil, you know all the best GTL league guys have 944s

[neil_cardiff]

www.911virgin.com (I was recommended by a collegue) has a VERY nice 968 Club Sport in there...

I am raising the budget slightly now to about 10k, and am considering asking the F-I-L if he wants to help invest in the thing - my collegeue recommended spending as much as possible in the first place.

Anyone got any furthur comments on the 968CS - is it all its cracked up to be?

Neil

[billybongo]

looks like a nice GT2 on there too.

[sheepy]

neil_cardiff said:

Anyone got any furthur comments on the 968CS - is it all its cracked up to be?

Well, it does have its engine at the correct end of the car

Sheepy

[iaint]

neil_cardiff said:

www.911virgin.com (I was recommended by a collegue) has a VERY nice 968 Club Sport in there...

That looks like a cracking car!

[hoges11]

You buy a 930 Al you old devil. Thought you were looking at a 3.2 Carerra. Welcome to turbo land

[ibbo]

Ive been to see the CS at 911.

PM me if you like (people are getting sued now on forums!!)

[burriana]

hoges11 said:

You buy a 930 Al you old devil. Thought you were looking at a 3.2 Carerra. Welcome to turbo land

No, I didn't, 3.2 carrera it is ... it just went so bloody well at V.Max on Sunday that he thinks it's a 930!!!

[burriana]

neil_cardiff said:

I think I've now fallen in love with the idea of a 911, or a 930 depending on cash. I've worked out that in a year or so I should be able to have about 7/8k in cash to play with, after wage rises and bonuses.

Neil - for that money you may get a decent late 70s 911 3.0 SC. You won't get anywhere near a decent 3.2 Carrera I'm afraid. And certainly not a 930 (Turbo).

Best bet would be to find a mint late 944 or, if you can a 944 Turbo. They are supposed to be the hidden jewel in the Porsche crown

Thanks for the kind words on the car mate - if you make it to the next V.Max you are welcome to take the wheel, now that I've seen just what you can do with that Golf of yours!

>> Edited by burriana on Friday 24th March 18:32

[neil_cardiff]

burriana said:

neil_cardiff said: I think I've now fallen in love with the idea of a 911, or a 930 depending on cash. I've worked out that in a year or so I should be able to have about 7/8k in cash to play with, after wage rises and bonuses. Neil - for that money you may get a decent late 70s 911 3.0 SC. You won't get anywhere near a decent 3.2 Carrera I'm afraid. And certainly not a 930 (Turbo). Best bet would be to find a mint late 944 or, if you can a 944 Turbo. They are supposed to be the hidden jewel in the Porsche crown Thanks for the kind words on the car mate - if you make it to the next V.Max you are welcome to take the wheel, now that I've seen just what you can do with that Golf of yours! >> Edited by burriana on Friday 24th March 18:32

I'm talking to a collegue who is friendly with Henry @ 911virgin, and he has already been filling me in on the pitfalls of buying a 911.

Here's how I see it panning out - I'm to target saving as much as possible for one year, keeping the Golf as my daily driver.

I'll see what I end up with after a year of burning the midnight oil, and look about.

I see it going one or two ways:

Either a nice 944 S2, a nice 968CS (thats my favourite so far), or look for a 911.

I've brought some mags, and am learning about all the differences - it's a nightmare! Hopefully like the geek I am, I shall digest all the ins and out of 911 trivia, and will start to ask/bore everyone with questions.

So far I've gleaned that the 3.0SC or 3.2 Carrera at around 12k is the start of tidy examples - so I may start my Porsche obsession off with a reasonably prices 944/968 rather than buy a dog of a 911 and be stung with a bills afterwards.

This really is yanking my chain at the moment


Al, I would love to take up your offer of a fling in your lovely Carrera - it'd be the death toll for my bank balance though - I think I'll probably never look back! You would be more than welcome to nick my keys and be a hooligan in my Golf

Additionally, I look forward to seeing it properly at the Excusetogetdrunkhoon

[billybongo]

Henry-F should be paying you guys commission for driving traffic to his site - at the very least he should buy you a beer

>> Edited by billybongo on Friday 24th March 19:04

[burriana]

neil_cardiff said:

Additionally, I look forward to seeing it properly at the Excusetogetdrunkhoon

No probs. If we end up sticking with the Brackley location, then there's a very nice dual carriageway for you to at least have a passenger ride up and down ... oh, and did I mention that Porsche Silverstone is at one end of i?t

[POORCARDEALER]

YOu can buy a LHD 3.2 Carrera within your budget that will be ok if you look hard enough.....I sold a RHD 3.2 Targa last year for £10K so LHD should be no problem

[c2look]

burriana said:

Looks the dogs Al

[clubsport]

And I was thinking it was sacrilidge to mimic a 3.2 Clubsport or 2.7RS without doing anything to improve the power/weight ratio.






Does look good though....no offence meant, just a silly internet opinion from a Porsche anorak

[burriana]

clubsport said:

And I was thinking it was sacrilidge to mimic a 3.2 Clubsport or 2.7RS without doing anything to improve the power/weight ratio. Does look good though....no offence meant, just a silly internet opinion from a Porsche anorak

I know what you mean, but as the Carrera stripe (as opposed to the Carrera CS script which doesn't have a stripe) was a factory option and I have seen Fuchs in all manner of colours, I didn't think I was doing anything that wasn't available as an option when the car was first built.

However, the handling has been improved a little and I have a sneaking suspicion that the power to weight ratio is certainly more than it came out the factory with