I thought I'd introduce myself as I have been lurking on here for a few months whilst looking into buying a 996. On Saturday, after over 6 years away from the Porsche fold, I will be collecting a 996 from a well known forum member.
I have previously owned a few Porsches, including a (ropey) 1986 928 S4 (when I was 27, it was my first Porsche and I was far too excited to bother with a PPI) then a mint 1994 968 Sport, whilst I persuaded my girlfriend (now wife) to buy a 1984 924 and then a 1986 924S. We then had our first daughter and so I sold the 968 and was Porsche-less for 4 years but had a few other nice cars along the way - a 2004 Clio V6, 2001 VX220, 2003 VX220 turbo, 1998 E55 AMG (and an Audi A2!).
In April 2006, I bought my pride and joy - a LHD non-sunroof 1992 Zermatt Silver 964 3.3 Turbo (one of only 2 1992 Zermatt Silver 964 turbos in the World that I am aware of).
I also briefly owned another LHD 964 turbo which I bought from a friend and sold again to a guy in Sweden.
I enclose a great shot of them both (probably worth well over £200k now!)
In 2009, I left my corporate job and bought a franchise, providing care at home for elderly people, down in Cornwall and moved from West Oxfordshire to just outside Truro. In order to fund the business, in 2010 I made the decision to sell the Zermatt 964 turbo and it was bought by a psychiatrist from Rome - he paid £27.5k for it! It now lives in an underground car park in Monaco, next to his 2 other Porsches and is very rarely used...
Anyway, this is a great forum and I look forward to picking your collective brains over the coming months and hopefully years.
I will return with pictures of my new acquisition and some questions no doubt!
Cheers,
Tim. :thumb:
I have previously owned a few Porsches, including a (ropey) 1986 928 S4 (when I was 27, it was my first Porsche and I was far too excited to bother with a PPI) then a mint 1994 968 Sport, whilst I persuaded my girlfriend (now wife) to buy a 1984 924 and then a 1986 924S. We then had our first daughter and so I sold the 968 and was Porsche-less for 4 years but had a few other nice cars along the way - a 2004 Clio V6, 2001 VX220, 2003 VX220 turbo, 1998 E55 AMG (and an Audi A2!).
In April 2006, I bought my pride and joy - a LHD non-sunroof 1992 Zermatt Silver 964 3.3 Turbo (one of only 2 1992 Zermatt Silver 964 turbos in the World that I am aware of).
I also briefly owned another LHD 964 turbo which I bought from a friend and sold again to a guy in Sweden.
I enclose a great shot of them both (probably worth well over £200k now!)
In 2009, I left my corporate job and bought a franchise, providing care at home for elderly people, down in Cornwall and moved from West Oxfordshire to just outside Truro. In order to fund the business, in 2010 I made the decision to sell the Zermatt 964 turbo and it was bought by a psychiatrist from Rome - he paid £27.5k for it! It now lives in an underground car park in Monaco, next to his 2 other Porsches and is very rarely used...
Anyway, this is a great forum and I look forward to picking your collective brains over the coming months and hopefully years.
I will return with pictures of my new acquisition and some questions no doubt!
Cheers,
Tim. :thumb:
