After having been looking for a decent throttle cable c2 coupe for some 18 months now, have finally managed to find one I was happy with 
Having tried both m030 and non m030 it had to be m030/220 for me personally. Has been really hard finding one that didn't have missing services, 'oval bore tap' or in good enough general condition. I am very fussy though, wife says I have OCD
Car is a Jan 99 C2 in silver, non-sunroof, 88k miles with the sports seats, m030/220/222/224 and the sport design alloys (re-furbed in graphite grey) with Pirelli P Zero's all round (new rears). What sold it to me is that it only had 3 owners with the last owner owning it for 11 years, servicing it every year at Northway. Any advisories were dealt with straight away, so slight corrosion on front struts = 4x new springs and shocks (14k miles ago). Slight corrosion to one brake pipe = all brake pipes being replaced, even the ones that run over the engine/box. Haven't added it all up yet, but has masses of supporting paperwork. The car drove well, feeling very tight, as expected given the maintenance record and careful owner.
Picked it up Friday evening and plan to own it for a few years. My boys are aged 7 and 4, so will hopefully fit in the back for a few years at least.
Always wanted an air cooled 911 since being a small boy but given the prices they now attain now the early 996's seemed to offer a better value proposition. Have to admit it does seem to strike just the right balance between 'old skool' with fairly heavy control weights and modern having PAS and ABS.
I did look at 3 different impact bumper 911's but they didn't seem to drive that well, most likely as I was being forced to stick to the bottom end of the market. Also looked at a few 997's including Hartech rebuilt but preferred the way the early 996's drove (particularly didn't like PASM).
Anyway, whilst a decent clean example it does have a little tree sap marks here and there + some marks on the front bumper so will get that re-sprayed. Will add pics soon...
Having tried both m030 and non m030 it had to be m030/220 for me personally. Has been really hard finding one that didn't have missing services, 'oval bore tap' or in good enough general condition. I am very fussy though, wife says I have OCD
Car is a Jan 99 C2 in silver, non-sunroof, 88k miles with the sports seats, m030/220/222/224 and the sport design alloys (re-furbed in graphite grey) with Pirelli P Zero's all round (new rears). What sold it to me is that it only had 3 owners with the last owner owning it for 11 years, servicing it every year at Northway. Any advisories were dealt with straight away, so slight corrosion on front struts = 4x new springs and shocks (14k miles ago). Slight corrosion to one brake pipe = all brake pipes being replaced, even the ones that run over the engine/box. Haven't added it all up yet, but has masses of supporting paperwork. The car drove well, feeling very tight, as expected given the maintenance record and careful owner.
Picked it up Friday evening and plan to own it for a few years. My boys are aged 7 and 4, so will hopefully fit in the back for a few years at least.
Always wanted an air cooled 911 since being a small boy but given the prices they now attain now the early 996's seemed to offer a better value proposition. Have to admit it does seem to strike just the right balance between 'old skool' with fairly heavy control weights and modern having PAS and ABS.
I did look at 3 different impact bumper 911's but they didn't seem to drive that well, most likely as I was being forced to stick to the bottom end of the market. Also looked at a few 997's including Hartech rebuilt but preferred the way the early 996's drove (particularly didn't like PASM).
Anyway, whilst a decent clean example it does have a little tree sap marks here and there + some marks on the front bumper so will get that re-sprayed. Will add pics soon...
