Looking for a 964RS LW

[RSVP911]

Hi there looking to buy a well maintained, low (ish) mile 964RS LW, ideally LHD, only really want one in Yellow, Rubystone or Maritime Blue - please let me know if you know of any knocking about. I know about all the cars already advertised, I’m hoping someone has one tucked away somewhere - thanks , RSVP911

Edited by RSVP911 on Saturday 5th October 19:34

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Taffy66 said:

Perfect 964Rs LW LHD in Maritime blue for sale at Redline..Low 19K miles for £150K...Make then an offer..They are truly brilliant to deal with IME..

Thanks , unfortunately not - it’s not matching numbers (different gearbox apparently) and it has been re imported from Japan, making it very difficult to believe the 20,000 or so advertised miles (I’m not saying it isn’t that mileage, it’s just very hard to confirm this) . The pricing doesn’t reflect both things IMHO. As mentioned in my post, I know of all the cars currently advertised , I guess I’m looking for cars that aren’t currently for sale.

Thanks anyway

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IMI A said:

https://home.mobile.de/THOMASSCHMITZ#ses

not cheap but the yellow one is amazing.

I know, dream car; but he wants 300,000 € for it - its a joke ; it’s been for sale for about 2 years and I think at that money, I’ll have died of old age before it sells

Actually lots for sale on mobile.de - need to learn German

Edited by RSVP911 on Sunday 11th August 18:39

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

RSVP911 said:

IMI A said:

https://home.mobile.de/THOMASSCHMITZ#ses

not cheap but the yellow one is amazing.

I know, dream car; but he wants 300,000 € for it - its a joke ; it’s been for sale for about 2 years and I think at that money, I’ll have died of old age before it sells

Actually lots for sale on mobile.de - need to learn German

Edited by RSVP911 on Sunday 11th August 18:39

Have you thought about asking Thomas to find you something within budget on a commission basis? It's been a long, long time but when I spoke to him he was very approachable.

We had a long chat and he seemed like a reasonable type of bloke - I just think he handles special cars - however they seem to have a premium that is disproportionate to their specialness. Thanks for the suggestion though

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IMI A said:

I know I've been staring at her for 2 years!

Theres a navy car at Hexagon which looks nice too. You should speak to JZM, Maxted Page and GT Classics as I'm sure they may have stuff in their in tray. GT classics have a white CS.

Pretty sure u can swap mobile.de to English

https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?col...

Me too re the yellow car - maybe we could share it.

Brilliant shout re the language : that’s really going to help.

Spoken to GT classics and JZM - the car at GT Classics is stripped out club sport - maybe a bit much for an old man like me

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Thanks to everyone for your help.

My journey started with Slippy who put me in touch with Paul at GT Classics and also Martin Laurence of the 964 RS data base. Had a long chat with Paul who I thought was great , but he hasn’t got anything I can buy at the moment (only a club sport) but he did agree to pre inspect a car should I find one elsewhere, which is great.
Martin has also been really helpful but again nothing’s come up as of yet.

Aware of the Rubystone car and have registered to bid on that, but I really don’t like buying cars this way as you never really know what’s really happening from a genuine bids perspective and also it’s usually a bloody expensive way to buy a car from a fees perspective - 15 % buyers fee and then 23 % Portuguese VAT on top of this; just seems like such a waste of money to me, but there you go. Also it’s got a big gap in its service history and being in Portugal it will not be easy to inspect pre the auction + the risk is you invest all this effort and cost in doing so, for a car you whose cost may be anything & ultimately you may not be able to afford it - I think the whole thing is a right PITA.

Good advice re mileage - I knew it was easy to clock a 911, didn’t realise it was that easy though.

I’m in no hurry, but I thought I’d post on here just in case someone knew of a car that may need a new home.

Thanks again,

R

Edited by RSVP911 on Sunday 11th August 22:13

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Porsche911R said:

buy a 987.2 Spyder and save £250k ;-)

Did you ask about the one stored at Cameron I pointed you to ?

Actually no I didn’t - thanks for the reminder

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seawise said:

RSVP911 said:

Hi there looking to buy a well maintained, low (ish) mile 964RS LW, ideally LHD, only really want one in Yellow, Rubystone or Maritime Blue - please let me know if you know of any knocking about. I know about all the cars already advertised, I’m hoping someone has one tucked away somewhere - thanks , RSVP911

I am aware of a Maritime car that could become available shortly - speak to Jason at Paragon.

Thanks - I missed the Rubystone RS that had been for sale at Paragon by literally a day - apparently it had sat there for months & months on end - I think it was up at £k175. They mentioned the blue car but wanted > £k 200 which just didn’t make any sense based on the one that took them months to sell - maybe it’s a different one - I’ll call them , thanks

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IMI A said:

RSVP911 said:

IMI A said:

I know I've been staring at her for 2 years!

Theres a navy car at Hexagon which looks nice too. You should speak to JZM, Maxted Page and GT Classics as I'm sure they may have stuff in their in tray. GT classics have a white CS.

Pretty sure u can swap mobile.de to English

https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?col...

Me too re the yellow car - maybe we could share it.

Brilliant shout re the language : that’s really going to help.

Spoken to GT classics and JZM - the car at GT Classics is stripped out club sport - maybe a bit much for an old man like me

Buying a euro car I reckon we'd be better off waiting a year or two as £ should get stronger (I'm an optimist ). As things stands they'll be looking for bargains here. I'd be happy to share the yellow car

I really hope that you are right, however in the short term, I think the risk on on the downside should a no deal happen. This of course will also result in a new duty charge, which I guess is why I think it may be a good idea to do this b4 end of October; but in truth, no-one knows what will happen, least if all me.

Now I know you want to share the yellow TJS car I’ll buy it today - I’m happy to pay for all of it and we can simply share it ; just seemed like such a waste for one person

P.S Haven’t you already got a lovely yellow 911 ?

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LaurasOtherHalf said:

Just before you get disheartened, I actually signed up to this website in order to ask some questions during my search for a 964RS. Within (i'd say-it's a long time ago) 4 to 6 weeks I'd had PMs and posts about every car on the market and had a couple of people looking at cars on my behalf.

As time went on, I'd had PMs about cars coming up for sale and even after I'd bought I had word of buyers who would buy the car I'd bought once I wanted to move on.

So the good guys are out there, even after all this time. The shysters are still here mind you, even this weekend there has been some post trimming on a member who was caught out committing what would be considered fraud in any other sphere. But embrace the help you get on here, I did and it totally worked even up to the point where I actually had a little part time job inspecting cars for a couple of years for folk-great fun.

Thanks for the post - it’s a great story and really made me smile.

If it wasn’t for the potential Brexit price rise mentioned in my previous post, I’d just sit and wait very happily for the right car / deal - in truth this is probably the right course of action either way

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seawise said:

RSVP911 said:

Thanks - I missed the Rubystone RS that had been for sale at Paragon by literally a day - apparently it had sat there for months & months on end - I think it was up at £k175. They mentioned the blue car but wanted > £k 200 which just didn’t make any sense based on the one that took them months to sell - maybe it’s a different one - I’ll call them , thanks

yes, I drove their Rubystone car and it was lovely. Went to America. Good luck with your search.

Thanks

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MDL111 said:

964 unrelated, but I am also thinking to buy something in the UK pre October as otherwise I might run the risk of not getting it out without additional cost (which would negate the potential saving thanks to FX).

Yep brilliant time to buy in the UK if using fx - good luck

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lowndes said:

Like a number of others on here I bought and sold my 964RS through Paul Mc at GT Classics. If I were in the market for another I wouldn’t look anywhere else. But I’m not, though I really wish I hadn’t sold it, it was a keeper described by Messers Sturdee and Spear when they saw it as the last virgin in the bordello. It still had the original bit of paper stuck in the footwell that as I recall contained the paint details from the bodyshop which bore no relation to sticker that subsequently finished up on the underside of the bonnet.

Just purely out of interest here is an extract from the email listing of cars that Paul was able to offer me in December 2006. I went for the Maritime 28k miles car. FX circa € 1.4 to £. Happy days

964 RS, LHD, Red, 2800 miles, totally NEW, 79,900 euro's
964 RS, LHD, Silver, 33,600 miles, accident free, never painted, perfect car, 2 owners, 60,000 euro's
964 RS, LHD, Maritime, 28,000 miles, accident free, extremely good, 2 owners, 60,000 euro's
964 RS, LHD, White, 30,000 miles, had some cosmetic paint work but no accidents, 57,900 euro's
964 RS, RHD, Signal Green, 35,000 miles, waiting on more details from the owner.
964 RS, LHD, Maritime Blue, 37,000 miles, full bolt in cage but can be removed, £37,500.


Good luck with the search.

That’s not helping - looks like they’ve quadrupled (and more) in price in 13 years !

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RSVP911 said:

Porsche911R said:

buy a 987.2 Spyder and save £250k ;-)

Did you ask about the one stored at Cameron I pointed you to ?

Actually no I didn’t - thanks for the reminder

Actually, please can you send me a link - I can’t find them - thanks in advance

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Porsche911R said:

https://www.cameronsportscars.com/contact/

Cheers

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Ragatha christie said:

RSVP911 said:

Thanks , unfortunately not - it’s not matching numbers (different gearbox apparently) and it has been re imported from Japan, making it very difficult to believe the 20,000 or so advertised miles (I’m not saying it isn’t that mileage, it’s just very hard to confirm this) . The pricing doesn’t reflect both things IMHO. As mentioned in my post, I know of all the cars currently advertised , I guess I’m looking for cars that aren’t currently for sale.

Thanks anyway

What price should this be? Interested to know

I’m not sure really - it just needs a big enough gap from a matching numbers car - so a lot less , but, like everything, I guess it’s worth what anyones willing to pay for it - it’s certainly looks lovely

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kevs 172 said:

I seriously thought about an RS but ended up buying a modified LHD C2 for track days. It’s a huge amount of fun and I enjoy driving it more than any other Porsche I’ve owned.
Hope you find what you are looking for. Is it for investment or will you use it?
Cheers

Definitely not an investment - as you can see from lowndes post, that boat sailed about 1000 years ago. No it’s to drive, obviously it’s not going to be my daily driver , but I’ll make sure I use it enough

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kevs 172 said:

RSVP911 said:

kevs 172 said:

I seriously thought about an RS but ended up buying a modified LHD C2 for track days. It’s a huge amount of fun and I enjoy driving it more than any other Porsche I’ve owned.
Hope you find what you are looking for. Is it for investment or will you use it?
Cheers

Definitely not an investment - as you can see from lowndes post, that boat sailed about 1000 years ago. No it’s to drive, obviously it’s not going to be my daily driver , but I’ll make sure I use it enough

964’s are great, pic of my two.??

Lovely pair

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IMI A said:

964 one of the best drivers cars on the planet

I hope you’re right , as they are certainly priced that way

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stigmeister said:

Porsche911R said:

not good to drive either, so they are now strange cars at 300 euro's.

I was close to buying a mint autofarm one for £38k back in 2006 or something, only took me a few yards to see they don't cope on bumpy roads one bit, so pretty stupid cars all told bar track work or places who do have smooth roads.

very few GT or RS cars work in the UK for road use. hence the hot rod's with bespoke sus etc as these cars just like older GT3 were peanuts back In the day. at £60k you could not shift 996RS 8 years back, so it's all a farse why people want them.

if people liked driving they would try a Cayman R at £40k !!! but A: it's not a 911 and B:it's not a 911 and C: it's not expensive enough. :-)

these cars are great in collections, but that's where they should stay.....

Sorry, I don’t often feel compelled to respond to these type of ramblings - but what utter tosh!

You could have qualified your post as ‘imo’ - rather than have it read as gospel.

As with any decent sports car it’s all about set-up.

Invest a little time, patience and a few £ and a 964RS (+ 996GT3RS for that matter) can be set-up really well to cope with driving duties on UK roads, as well as Euro-hoons / Trackdays or whatever. It really is not rocket science!

All imho of course.

RSVP - unfortunately I don’t know of any LHD low miles cars other than those already mentioned, but I would certainly endorse Paul Mac.
I would only add not getting hung-up on mileage - condition/originality far more important imo, and there will be many decent cars out there with higher miles.

Anyway good luck with your search - they can indeed be great cars to ‘drive’.

Cheers thanks, good advice : I love a bit of “balance” on PH