Hi gang,
After a combination of:
4months of looking
in some cases moving too slowly
in another case being gazumped (shafted) once a deal had been agreed
had a PPI "no-no" from Andy F...
and then deciding to up the budget...
...I've finally found my dream 911!!
For those that know Steve (aka Housemaster) from PH, we swapped car for funds respectively last Thursday and I'm now the proud owner of a Mk2 GT3.
The day couldn't have been better - forever memorable, just like your first drive, solo, in a Porsche. The weather was superb and as fate would have it, I was due to attend our quarterly kickoff meeting at Silverstone in the afternoon (how bloody convenient!) and so Andy and the Fearnsport boys checked over Steve's car in the morning. Diagnosis from Andy? "A cracking example of the Mk2, one of the best out there". Transaction done quicker than the speed of light, and then (after dull mtg) that memorable journey back from Silverstone to the furthest reaches of Kent.
Even the roads were ok and not snarled as usual (A5 being the chosen road instead of bland M1).
So, to the guys on the other "Help!" thread, as Daniel says, stick with it, it *will* happen, but don't get sucked in to those cars that need work. One of the Mk1's I looked at appeared great, but thanks to Andy, I saved a potential £10k-15k bill to put its history right and fix remedial items. Best £160 I ever spent.
Agree with the comments on the other thread re Andy's abilities...very VERY thorough and fussy.
I had to put the project on hold for a month whilst work commitments were undertaken and family holiday were enjoyed, and in that time took the time to reflect. I went cap-in-hand to raise the budget and asked myself that honest question of what do I REALLY need the car to do. Nice to have the Mk1 provenance, but I really wanted the peace-of-mind of having a car with the Mk2 upgrades, as mine is a day-to-day car and not a track toy. Nothing against Mk1's at all, in fact, I went from being open to either Mk1 or 2 at the beginning, to then really wanting a Mk1...but, the first '3 I drove was a Mk2, and it was that car which flicked my switch in a big way in terms of power delivery, so, Mk2 it ended up being.
New steed has the full years OPC warranty, just had its 25k service, new tyres all round, 11mths tax, Tracker already installed (in my case a mandatory req for Insurance, from day 1 of ownership)...literally, get in and drive it!
And now I'm broke!!
All-in-all, glad things have turned out like they have, worth it in the end, and you can't wipe the daft grin off my face at the moment!
Thanks to Ade, Daniel (Sate), Slippydiff (PH's), my mate Tom and The Fearnsport crew for their enduring patience and advice. There's been a lot!
Spencer
After a combination of:
4months of looking
in some cases moving too slowly
in another case being gazumped (shafted) once a deal had been agreed
had a PPI "no-no" from Andy F...
and then deciding to up the budget...
...I've finally found my dream 911!!
For those that know Steve (aka Housemaster) from PH, we swapped car for funds respectively last Thursday and I'm now the proud owner of a Mk2 GT3.
The day couldn't have been better - forever memorable, just like your first drive, solo, in a Porsche. The weather was superb and as fate would have it, I was due to attend our quarterly kickoff meeting at Silverstone in the afternoon (how bloody convenient!) and so Andy and the Fearnsport boys checked over Steve's car in the morning. Diagnosis from Andy? "A cracking example of the Mk2, one of the best out there". Transaction done quicker than the speed of light, and then (after dull mtg) that memorable journey back from Silverstone to the furthest reaches of Kent.
Even the roads were ok and not snarled as usual (A5 being the chosen road instead of bland M1).
So, to the guys on the other "Help!" thread, as Daniel says, stick with it, it *will* happen, but don't get sucked in to those cars that need work. One of the Mk1's I looked at appeared great, but thanks to Andy, I saved a potential £10k-15k bill to put its history right and fix remedial items. Best £160 I ever spent.
Agree with the comments on the other thread re Andy's abilities...very VERY thorough and fussy.
I had to put the project on hold for a month whilst work commitments were undertaken and family holiday were enjoyed, and in that time took the time to reflect. I went cap-in-hand to raise the budget and asked myself that honest question of what do I REALLY need the car to do. Nice to have the Mk1 provenance, but I really wanted the peace-of-mind of having a car with the Mk2 upgrades, as mine is a day-to-day car and not a track toy. Nothing against Mk1's at all, in fact, I went from being open to either Mk1 or 2 at the beginning, to then really wanting a Mk1...but, the first '3 I drove was a Mk2, and it was that car which flicked my switch in a big way in terms of power delivery, so, Mk2 it ended up being.
New steed has the full years OPC warranty, just had its 25k service, new tyres all round, 11mths tax, Tracker already installed (in my case a mandatory req for Insurance, from day 1 of ownership)...literally, get in and drive it!
And now I'm broke!!
All-in-all, glad things have turned out like they have, worth it in the end, and you can't wipe the daft grin off my face at the moment!
Thanks to Ade, Daniel (Sate), Slippydiff (PH's), my mate Tom and The Fearnsport crew for their enduring patience and advice. There's been a lot!
Spencer