My Search Begins

MattyR said:

jono2200 said:

jkhamler said:

Hi Jono, I'm in the same position as you so I will watch this thread eagerly. I'd love a Gen 2 but 30k is out of budget for me. I really like the look of the early 997.1 3.6 models, especially riding on the smaller less flashy wheels with the original exhaust (not the quad pipe). I'm just terrified at the prospect of an engine failure, but perhaps this issue is over hyped...

Click to expand...

Hi, so a bit of an update,,, but first i will say when i originally wrote this post i didnt actually submit the thread (by mistake) so it was probably close to a week before i re logged on, and up popped my draft post,,, so i just then hit submit,,, and then shortly after i found the car i was happy with, it was the third one i viewed,, a midnight blue, 3.6 carerra 2, manual, and 53k ish miles. so fitted my original criteria...not a great deal of options from factory, but i didnt see that as a issue, and i was happy with the condition and history, i was happy with the chats with the seller, and also the previous owner to him who i spoke with,,, im a bit of a believer that as much as buying the car you are also buying into the seller, may be a load of rubbish, but thats my view, and so far has served me well. only thing to mention was a slight discrepency with the miles from one MOT to another,,, after looking into this and working out timelines, it was 34 days after receiving a service at a main dealer then it went for a mot, i think the tester inputted a 9 instead of a 7, and although i was happy with it being a rogue key strike on the keyboard by the mot tester, ever so slightly took the shine off, however proved to be a good bargaining tool and the deal was made....

Click to expand...

It looks lovely, congratz! Best colour. Also real easy to block off the plenum for some extra zing from the air box :thumb: Which you sadly can't do on a gen 2 :sad:

Click to expand...

jono2200 said:

Some pics after a polish

Click to expand...

villaman said:

Congrats on the car.

i too sold my 987 Boxster to get into a 997 C2 ..(i went to look at a car with no intention of buying..fatal..and the rest is history !!).

I took a punt with no Bore Score check...but about 50 + Receipts from every services. oil change and nut and bolt..

Car is fantastic..i've spent approx. £2,500 since i brought it in March including a complete front end respray last week ..due to stone chipping......

Interestingly....i took it to Cath Burrows for some minor work and they checked it for bore scoring t and for a car with 100 K miles on it has "Surprisingly very little to no scoring"....so i tend to ignore the naysayers....you could keep yourself up at night if you read and believe all of the articles.

Can we get some pics...and happy motoring

Click to expand...

Stoddy said:

Wow, looks stunning. How do you find it compared to the 996? I test drove a red 3.6 down in Barry Island from a garage there. It felt way tighter than the 996 with a smoother clutch pick up. I loved it but for some reason they didn't return my calls when I asked for it's history, I walked away. Only had 32,000 on the clock and was up for 25K.
When funds allow, I'm very keen on a 997 3.6.

Rich.

Click to expand...

villaman said:

Wow.. that looks in fabulous condition and love the colour .

Glad you are enjoying the car ....they are made to be driven

Click to expand...