This weeks Autocar

[mark pearce]

Feature in this weeks autocar on buying a super car for £25K

The expert advice given by Mr Firman tells us we can buy an excellent example for £25K, that we can run for about £500 a year

On checking his website he has 11 993's

the cheapest is £27K, and most are over 30K

Does he prsctise what he preaches?

Does he speak from the mouth or somewhere else?




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[Used Porsche]

Just because he says £25k doesnt mean everything he stocks has to sell at £25k!
Methinks you are a little too negative here.
There are plenty of excellent cars for 25k and less elsewhere.
So just who is talking out of HIS arse?

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[mark pearce]

I don't think i'm unreasonable in saying that If you're looking for a good 993 you should think about having a budget of £30K,you will probably spend a little moreget a PPI doneand you could easily spend £2-4K to bring a car up to scratchif you find a car for £25K make sure you a reserve fund


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[Used Porsche]

Ah!

you are a trader and he is a trader - that explains it.

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[Porsche]

Quote: Originally posted by mark pearce on 27 March 2005

Feature in this weeks autocar on buying a super car for £25K

The expert advice given by Mr Firman tells us we can buy an excellent example for £25K, that we can run for about £500 a year

On checking his website he has 11 993's

the cheapest is £27K, and most are over 30K

Does he prsctise what he preaches?

Does he speak from the mouth or somewhere else?

I would have to agree with these point, saw autocar this week and didn't realise this wasn't the case, based on 911v's comments I did assume he had many / most of his cars priced were priced around that £25k mark.. :?

now having seen his 911v site it is disappointing to see that this isn't the case, as they are more like £30k +, he does has a good selection of cars (don't know anyone else who has so many 993's apart from Hendan Way in N.London) although I do know his markup is £7k on a car he has for sale at the sticker price £30k (verses bought price).. although sales on behalf of ciustomers are difficult to comment on, but there doesn't seem much diference between his and others !

this only re-enforces the view that what folk say in car mag's is some what not quite what one seeing in the real world... :roll:

not the 1st time a trader says one thing in the mag (people call based on the comments) and their cars are in fact at a different price range.... remember when I was buying my LHD Audi TT Back in 2001, Autocar did a feature on this trader in London, who had them at great prices, although when I went there a week later the prices had all changed dramatically :evil:




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[Used Porsche]

Autotrader has about 45 cars (mostly 993 models) between 20k and 25k.

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[Used Porsche]

Having read the full Autocar article I am even more convinced that Mark Pearson is out of order. Perhaps a little jealous of the exposure that Henry Firman has had. The selective info he has given does poor justice to the full statements made by Henry Firman in the article.

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[Martyn1]

Having been and visited his lot, I wouldnt buy from Henry Firman on principle baased on attitude alone.

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[Maxy M]

So Henry's Henry. We all knew that.

Mark, you have a v strong proposition that's v different to Henry's. The market is big enough for both of you, innit?

Second-hand car dealers - cuh...! :wink:


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[decompressing]

I've made enquiries a couple of times in the past with Mr Firman's outfit and found his whole attitude towards the customer quite condescending and patronising....yes, I agree to a point about the "buying on condition rather than mileage", but if you ask a straight question you should get a straight answer....I could never part with the sort of money a Porsche costs to a salesman like him....and frankly, I'm amazed that people do. (and no, I'm not a dealer/jealous or anything like that!"


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[LOJO]

I agree with Mark - why didn't Henry say in the article that you can get a 993 for 25 but you should budget around 30k? That would have been more realistic.

LJ


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[SiG]

Is the quoted £3013 per bank for the timing chain correct? If so....ouch!


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