I have been watching the market for a while and really do like the look of the 996's.I recently found a black c4s for sale fairly locally which has been owned by the vendor for a number of years and had recently had the usual big ticket items replaced,such as clutch,rads,brakes,tyres etc.It was cosmetically a little challenged but I was happy to put a bit of effort into minting it back up and considered that in the grand scale of things the cosmetics are a minor consideration.So I drive the car,check everything works,listen to the engine,check the tail pipes for a variation in colour and pretty much all the usual things that you can do yourself.I was just about to do the deal and decided on advice to have a camera check of the bores.
A formality I reckoned as I was pretty confident that this was a very sound,honest car...can you guess whats coming next??
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:nooo: :nooo: :nooo:
Serious scoring on 5 and 6....gutted!!!
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I really did like this car and I now have mixed emotions of disappointment and relief..
I have even thought about negotiating a deal to allow for the repair,but the figures involved appear truly insulting to a vendor who has been oblivious to the potential problems on these cars until I spoke to him.
Not sure which way to go with this now,just wanted to share my experience.
Adrian
A formality I reckoned as I was pretty confident that this was a very sound,honest car...can you guess whats coming next??
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
:nooo: :nooo: :nooo:
Serious scoring on 5 and 6....gutted!!!
.
I really did like this car and I now have mixed emotions of disappointment and relief..
I have even thought about negotiating a deal to allow for the repair,but the figures involved appear truly insulting to a vendor who has been oblivious to the potential problems on these cars until I spoke to him.
Not sure which way to go with this now,just wanted to share my experience.
Adrian