Slippydiff
Imola
- Joined
- 22 Nov 2007
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Marky911 said:Hi Henry. Go on, rub it in! :grin:
There's only one Mk1 in my budget but I'd need to spend a bit on it. The Parr one. Hence I'm onto Mk2s, which is no bad thing. Apart from the standard stiffer damping that is. :wink:
Hi Mark, it's sounds like you're making an assumption that a Mk2 will be a no expense proposition once purchased ?
You obviously need to buy right (a bit rich coming from me that ...) :roll: But there aren't many 996 GT3's out there that won't need some money spending on them.
As you know the dampers aren't particularly long lasting, so unless there's an invoice for new/refurbed items in the last 20k miles, it stands a good chance you'll be into a damper refurb. Whilst you're in there there's every chance you'll find the springs are corroded etc etc, and before you know it replacing the 3.2 dampers and a few bushes may have looked like a cheaper option ...
I have to say though, I've occasionally thought a really nice 3.2 or SC would be lovely thing to own, I've never actually made the leap. Go figure ...
I'm not convinced you're doing yourself any favours making "cheeky bids" over the phone, car unseen, either.
It screams "not serious buyer, more likely serious chancer".
Much better to park yourself in front of the car/salesman and make a cheeky bid when you've established there are points/faults that are worthy of a low ball offer and you can back your offer up with factual information regarding the faults you think worthy of a reduction in price.