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I''ve just bought the cheapest 911 in the UK!

sillysally1

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Hi All,

This is my first post so bear with me. 🤓

I decided to prove to a friend that I could buy the absolute cheapest 911 in the UK and run it for a year without breaking the bank. So I did a search on Autotrader (criteria was manual, C2, coupe with an MOT). Picked the first one and bought it without driving it and had it delivered to me. I even Amazon Primed a camera and filmed my first drive and just stuck it on YouTube (sorry, terrible video!).

So I am now the proud owner of a 1998 996 for the princely sum of, der der derrr...£6550!

So after a year I'll either be saying don't do it or...everyone go and buy a 911 now!!

Admittedly, I broke all the rules of car buying so I wouldn't recommend that.

Anyway, enough of an introduction, I'll be looking for lots of help I'm sure so I'm hoping I'll be able to call upon your expertise and experience.

Wish me luck!
 
Brave :eek:

Good luck
 
Link to the YouTube clip?? :?:
 
sillysally1 said:
Most people in the know have said 'are you mad!?"

No......just silly!

Hi & welcome. Must admit, all I did was give mine a run round the block and said I'll have it :grin:
 
You just beat me!
Great cars...if you view first! :eek: :thumb:
 
Alex said:
sillysally1 said:
Most people in the know have said 'are you mad!?"

No......just silly!

Hi & welcome. Must admit, all I did was give mine a run round the block and said I'll have it :grin:

Me too, no regrets but its MOT time on Friday (fingers crossed emoji)
 
:thumbs:
 
:welcome: to 911uk, and congrats on your purchase.

Can't say I have never made an impulse buy when it comes to 911's :thumbs:

Don't forget to post up a pic or two. :thumb:

Have a trawl through here for a wealth of info on the 996;

http://www.911uk.com/viewforum.php?f=8
 
pzero said:
:welcome: to 911uk, and congrats on your purchase.

Can't say I have never made an impulse buy when it comes to 911's :thumbs:

Don't forget to post up a pic or two. :thumb:

Have a trawl through here for a wealth of info on the 996;

http://www.911uk.com/viewforum.php?f=8

Thank you 😊

Drink may have been involved when I was challenged to prove my argument but I decided to go through with it and, come on, it's a 911 for under 7 grand! 👍🏼
 
pzero said:
:welcome: to 911uk, and congrats on your purchase.

Can't say I have never made an impulse buy when it comes to 911's :thumbs:

Don't forget to post up a pic or two. :thumb:

Have a trawl through here for a wealth of info on the 996;

http://www.911uk.com/viewforum.php?f=8

Thanks dude, will definitely be making use of this forum as it is quite rough around the edges but I've been using it every day to get to work and love it so far (despite some of its issues)
 
Hopefully the more robust 3.4 too?
 
Will post another video on YouTube with a walk around of the car and what I've learned so far
 

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