Dad's new toy

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Last weekend my Dad picked up his new toy that can be seen below, so in reality this post is more of a bragging post/showing some nice piccies than asking a question. Im at uni at the moment won't be able to sit in it (not drive :( ) until this coming weekend.

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On a slightly different note, for father's day im going to sign him up to an owners club of some nature. Ideally the club will send a monthly/quartley publication with event's etc. Any recommendations?
 
Beautiful car, really lovely.

Have you got any more details? It's a 98, right? How much did he pay and did he get it privately or from a dealer?
 
Agent_matt said:
?? Confused me there im afraid.

I think he means the orange indicator lenses etc. They do look hideous, would look much better with clear ones.

EDIT: Just a bit too slow :p
 
[TW]Fox said:
Beautiful car, really lovely.

Have you got any more details? It's a 98, right? How much did he pay and did he get it privately or from a dealer?

It is indeed a 98 reg (Feb). As for the price, he wouldn't be too happy with me posting that but less than £30k. Real men call it a Porsche 911 Carrera 2 (996). I believe the engine capacity to be 3.4litres and it also has tiptronic gears (like a racing car or computer steering wheel, what ever you see fit).

Infact, this is where he got it from click me, that has more details :). I'll get some nice pic's when im back home.

edit - ahhhhh hehe, yeaup it would look a lot better with clear indicators. It would also look a lot nicer with me behind the wheel and not my dad :D but I can't see that happening.
 
Trying to do lots of resarch into these at the moment.

Obviously it was well under £30k or he's been shafted, but trying to get an idea of what they actually sell for, so dissapointed he wants to keep the price a secret, did he maybe pay over the odds or something?

Anyway.. how many did he look at before finding that one? Whats the condition like do you know, do they generally wear well at that age? It certainly looks pretty great from the pictures.

Clear indicators are must but it appears quite expensive to do as you have to replace the entire headlight cluster. As for you driving it, looked into that as well, but Group 20 = no :(
 
[TW]Fox said:
Trying to do lots of resarch into these at the moment.

Obviously it was well under £30k or he's been shafted, but trying to get an idea of what they actually sell for, so dissapointed he wants to keep the price a secret, did he maybe pay over the odds or something?

Anyway.. how many did he look at before finding that one? Whats the condition like do you know, do they generally wear well at that age? It certainly looks pretty great from the pictures.

Maybe he paid over the odds, maybe he didn't im not too sure but his not the kind of person to be shafted at all. He looked at a good 10 or so in the flesh before deciding on the final one. He found the largest variable affecting the price to be the colour. There were a number in purple, namely an RS (?) version as well as a few in yellow and "aqua blue/green". In some cases this knocked a good £5-8k off the price.

As for the condition its apparently in excellent shape. Being a tad over 8 years old and with only 38,000 miles I don't think it's been out too much.

Wear and tear on Porsches is meant to be pretty good on both new and old models. It's apparently one of the few cars (not the only) you can drive on trackday and then drive home without too much tinkering to insure you don't ruin anything on it.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Trying to do lots of resarch into these at the moment.

Obviously it was well under £30k or he's been shafted, but trying to get an idea of what they actually sell for, so dissapointed he wants to keep the price a secret, did he maybe pay over the odds or something?

Anyway.. how many did he look at before finding that one? Whats the condition like do you know, do they generally wear well at that age? It certainly looks pretty great from the pictures.

Clear indicators are must but it appears quite expensive to do as you have to replace the entire headlight cluster. As for you driving it, looked into that as well, but Group 20 = no :(

What he paid is his business, if you want an idea of what they sell for then go on Autotrader.

Nice car, they wear very well, but of course it depends on how its been treated. My friends dad has a 70's 911 turbo and its in great condition but of course it doesnt get used much.
 
D4VE said:
What he paid is his business, if you want an idea of what they sell for then go on Autotrader.

The problem with Autotrader is it gives you an idea of what they are advertised for not what they eventually sell for.
 
Agent_matt said:
Wear and tear on Porsches is meant to be pretty good on both new and old models. It's apparently one of the few cars (not the only) you can drive on trackday and then drive home without too much tinkering to insure you don't ruin anything on it.
Doesn't Porsche offer one of the longest warranties for there cars then any other company?
That would show how much faith they have on them not breaking
 
I guess, but I think a lot of people pay the asking price anyway - a result of modern rip off, hard sell, impatient, spend spend spend culture.
 
Zip said:
Please remove the orange off it:)
A friend changed his indicators to clear all round through Porsche, which wasn't cheap by any means. He then phoned his insurance company to let them know and they stung him for £400 extra a year :eek:
 
Zip said:
Doesn't Porsche offer one of the longest warranties for there cars then any other company?
That would show how much faith they have on them not breaking

Didn't know about that, would that be affected by the fact he didn't buy it new from Porsche though?
 
Zip said:
Doesn't Porsche offer one of the longest warranties for there cars then any other company?

No, but they DO offer one of the best and most comprehensive aftermarket warranties for cars of this type. It's considerably better than the BMW M-power one, for example.
 
[TW]Fox said:
No, but they DO offer one of the best and most comprehensive aftermarket warranties for cars of this type. It's considerably better than the BMW M-power one, for example.

Ah, i knew they had something of the sort :)
I just wasnt sure what it was
 
Zip said:
Doesn't Porsche offer one of the longest warranties for there cars then any other company?
That would show how much faith they have on them not breaking
You always get lemons though. A friend of a friend's 996 dropped its engine internals on the road after ~500 miles.

Very nice, Agent_matt.
 
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