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Slippydiff said:
"996 Turbo" and "cheap", three numbers and two words you rarely see together ...
£30K will get one into a 996 Turbo. Not chump change, but in Porsche world its a pretty cheap model. Thats not to question their greatness, I am sure they are epic, but quite a cheap model in the great scheme of things.
julian987R said:
£30K will get one into a 996 Turbo. Not chump change, but in Porsche world its a pretty cheap model. Thats not to question their greatness, I am sure they are epic, but quite a cheap model in the great scheme of things.
Buying it is the cheap part of the equation Julian, the maintenance is another matter altogether ...
julian987R said:
Slippydiff said:
Buying it is the cheap part of the equation Julian, the maintenance is another matter altogether ...
Ah yes, very true, good point.
They are blessed with two of just about everything that’s expensive.
One of the greatest 911’s ever though. Still underrated.
Thanks for the comments, I should’ve clarified why this car was cheap. It’s been in a hedge :-).
So needs some genital love before I can enjoy her. I am so excited waiting for some nits to arrive in the post. So unfortunately I’m not driving the wheels off my new toy yet I’m afraid.
If I can work out how I’ll ping a pic of where we are now.
Digga said:
They are blessed with two of just about everything that’s expensive.
That was my recollection as well.
Mind you, the bit where they do the Star Trek warp-speed thing when everything in front of you starts moving backwards very quickly was fun.
Rik Blythe said:
So needs some genital love before I can enjoy her...
If I can work out how I’ll ping a pic of where we are now.
We don't want pics now.
Doofus said:
Rik Blythe said:
So needs some genital love before I can enjoy her...
If I can work out how I’ll ping a pic of where we are now.
We don't want pics now.
The nits are in the post though.
Rik Blythe said:
New bumper?
Sports seats look good. Mine had the standard seats which I found extremely comfortable on long trips, just not so good on track.
I had a work colleague who had one of these.
Spun off the road & it wrapped itself around a tree.
He had it repaired so no one would know.
I’m sure there are many “pristine” 996 turbos concealing more than a few secrets.
CarVerticle may not be perfect, but it’s a start.
Penguinracer said:
I had a work colleague who had one of these.
Spun off the road & it wrapped itself around a tree.
He had it repaired so no one would know.
I’m sure there are many “pristine” 996 turbos concealing more than a few secrets.
CarVerticle may not be perfect, but it’s a start.
Soggy chips
Almost had one of these back in 07, but the crash came so I put the money into something else. One of my biggest regrets.
I did look at some of the 997.1/2 Ts recently that were within my current budget, but in the end I went for a newer Cayman S based on the ‘newer is better’ voice in my head.
Not sure if I should’ve saved some cash and gone the same way as the OP.
