These cars are 15+ years old, even a £20k one is not going to be 100% perfect.
If you want a perfect sports car for £20k take your purse to the nearest Mazda dealer and spec up an MX5 a bit.
A PPI is setup to find things wrong, you are paying them to find faults, if they don't find any they aren't doing their job. By all means use them to chip the price but don't expect a perfect car.
I would politely suggest the OP takes his money to 911 Virgin or one of the other super reputable cast iron dealers around. A close eye will still find imperfections, but it will likely be as good as it gets and the backup is excellent.
Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Posts: 297 Location: Hampshire
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 5:38 am Post subject:
wasz wrote:
Lol this thread make me chuckle.
These cars are 15+ years old, even a £20k one is not going to be 100% perfect.
If you want a perfect sports car for £20k take your purse to the nearest Mazda dealer and spec up an MX5 a bit.
A PPI is setup to find things wrong, you are paying them to find faults, if they don't find any they aren't doing their job. By all means use them to chip the price but don't expect a perfect car.
+11111111111
These are 17 yo performance cars; they all require ‘rolling restoration’ one way or another, hence the wildly accepted ‘£2k pa’ minimum expenditure.
Buy one with the right spec, colour, straight panels, decent history and off you go. All the oily bits, even mild rust can be fixed if and when.
If one starts reading forum scary stories too much one may never buy a car!
(Not aiming at OP of course, just my 2 cents) _________________ 2001 996 Carrera 2 3.4
1999 Integra DC2
BChivs Spa-Francorchamps
Joined: 02 Aug 2017 Posts: 326
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:26 am Post subject:
Y2K wrote:
wasz wrote:
Lol this thread make me chuckle.
These cars are 15+ years old, even a £20k one is not going to be 100% perfect.
If you want a perfect sports car for £20k take your purse to the nearest Mazda dealer and spec up an MX5 a bit.
A PPI is setup to find things wrong, you are paying them to find faults, if they don't find any they aren't doing their job. By all means use them to chip the price but don't expect a perfect car.
+11111111111
These are 17 yo performance cars; they all require ‘rolling restoration’ one way or another, hence the wildly accepted ‘£2k pa’ minimum expenditure.
Buy one with the right spec, colour, straight panels, decent history and off you go. All the oily bits, even mild rust can be fixed if and when.
If one starts reading forum scary stories too much one may never buy a car!
(Not aiming at OP of course, just my 2 cents)
To a certain extent I agree, but budget dictates condition. When I was searching for a C4S I didn’t set a budget but just wanted the best I could find. I traveled the south of the country and discounted many cars that were all knackered described as mint.
There is a broad price range from £18k up to £35k....the way I see it spend £20k on one expect to spend a fair few grand on it, but if you pay upwards of £30k you should be buying a sorted car.
This is theoretically speaking and this is not how things happen in the real market but it should....too many with crap cars trying to flaunt the C4S tax. _________________ Ex 996C4S, manual, Polar Silver - Gone to the dogs!
Y2K Spa-Francorchamps
Joined: 08 Mar 2016 Posts: 297 Location: Hampshire
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:23 am Post subject:
^^^^ agree with that as well. _________________ 2001 996 Carrera 2 3.4
1999 Integra DC2
T8 General
Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 14170 Location: Kent
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:33 am Post subject:
wasz wrote:
These cars are 15+ years old, even a £20k one is not going to be 100% perfect.
If you want a perfect sports car for £20k take your purse to the nearest Mazda dealer and spec up an MX5 a bit.
A PPI is setup to find things wrong, you are paying them to find faults, if they don't find any they aren't doing their job. By all means use them to chip the price but don't expect a perfect car.
I would politely suggest the OP takes his money to 911 Virgin or one of the other super reputable cast iron dealers around. A close eye will still find imperfections, but it will likely be as good as it gets and the backup is excellent.
Spot on _________________ 2007 Guards Red 997 Turbo Tiptronic
ex 2004 Polar Silver 996T Tiptronic
ex 2002 Seal Grey 996.2 C4 Tiptronic
ex 1978 Silver 924 Manual
asterix_the_gaul Suzuka
Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 1029 Location: Cheshire
Another tidy looking c4s popped up on eBay today, 97k miles, fresh mot, engine rebuild 6k miles ago, seal grey manual at 22.5k ONO. Get on the phone! Nothing to do with me by the way! _________________ 1992 944 S2 Cabriolet, Cobalt Blue/Classic grey -gone!
1995 993 C2 Cabriolet, Midnight Blue/Marble grey -gone!
1999 996 C2 Coupe, Ocean Blue/Graphite grey
2002 E46 M3 Cabriolet, Laguna seca blue/LSB
cheshire911 Estoril
Joined: 10 Jun 2012 Posts: 3715
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:44 pm Post subject:
Lots of "nice" examples on internet. But not take adequate precautions to satisfy yourself that they are as good as claimed. _________________ 996 2002 X50 Turbo Manual
"Once bitten; forever smitten"
Phil 997 Brands Hatch
Joined: 05 Dec 2015 Posts: 13479 Location: Bournemouth,Dorset
I also think theres mileage in the suggestion to buy one for 8/10k is and spend 10/12k getting it how you want it, either engine or suspension or paint or a bit of all those things . Also factor in that you will probably spend 2k pa maintaining it. _________________ 911 Owners,Some Invest In The Future,
Others Enjoy The Moment Today.
asterix_the_gaul Suzuka
Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 1029 Location: Cheshire
I also think theres mileage in the suggestion to buy one for 8/10k is and spend 10/12k getting it how you want it, either engine or suspension or paint or a bit of all those things . Also factor in that you will probably spend 2k pa maintaining it.
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