Nice little upgrade.. 911 turbo :)

ramirez · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:28

*** me its quick!!

Nice little step up from my RX7. .very happy!

52k miles, FPSH, £25,000.....

Freefaller · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:32

Nice upgrade! :cool:

Sooo what mods will you be doing?!

ramirez · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:34

haha! i don't think any.... this is a massive step up for me, really want it standard!

rossk26 · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:39

Very nice! I bet it shifts a little...

NathWraith · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:42

dat first pic

Nice though, manual?

pepsilol · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:44

Yes! These 996s are also dirt cheap to run! All the prices of parts have been on par with the E39 530i I used to own.

Fronts Discs are £99! Suspension arm £30, control arm £55, TRW, Brembo etc!

Some engine bits from the dealer were very reasonable. Alternators are on par aswell etc.

Headlight was £400 though

Freefaller · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:48

ramirez said:
haha! i don't think any.... this is a massive step up for me, really want it standard!

I wasn't entirely serious

Looks good though - more pics needed though!

I do have a thing for the 966 turbo! :cool:

Seems a good price too for the mileage - but still not a cheap toy!

ramirez · 9 Oct 2013 at 09:53

yeah will sort -

they have a different engine to the other 996s so they make a better buy than the non turbos, as it's more race bred and his links to the air cooled ones which are more reliable

pepsilol · 9 Oct 2013 at 10:15

Na I don't buy into the scaremongering on the non turbo engines. I blame Hartech for it.

Nathan · 9 Oct 2013 at 10:20

Nice si, looking good.

[TW]Fox · 9 Oct 2013 at 10:26

Did you buy that from Cornwall?

alexthecheese · 9 Oct 2013 at 10:34

For the totally unitiated, what spec is this?

gigeorge · 9 Oct 2013 at 10:49

Very nice indeed. Serious bang per buck !

Matt82 · 9 Oct 2013 at 10:57

Thats brilliant value

Whats your verdict on how it drives?

Gibbo · 9 Oct 2013 at 11:51

pepsilol said:
Yes! These 996s are also dirt cheap to run! All the prices of parts have been on par with the E39 530i I used to own.

Fronts Discs are £99! Suspension arm £30, control arm £55, TRW, Brembo etc!

Some engine bits from the dealer were very reasonable. Alternators are on par aswell etc.

Headlight was £400 though

Yes and no.

Turbo, actuator, cluctch failure, about 4k at specialist.
If engine goes and they do that's 15-30k bill, they can throw huge bills, guy I know 996 turbo engine let go couple of weeks ago, costing him near 20k at a specialist.

Steedie · 9 Oct 2013 at 11:55

Gibbo said:
...guy I know 996 turbo engine let go couple of weeks ago, costing him near 20k at a specialist.

That must just be soul destroying

Gibbo · 9 Oct 2013 at 11:58

Steedie said:
That must just be soul destroying

Yep unfortunately it happens.

Metzger engine is not cheap and it can fail, this car had low miles too.

Matt82 · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:07

Gibbo, when they let go, what typically fails?

Antipasti · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:41

[TW]Fox;25083406 said:
Did you buy that from Cornwall?

Looks like castle motors .

GinG · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:58

Gibbo said:
Yes and no.

Turbo, actuator, cluctch failure, about 4k at specialist.
If engine goes and they do that's 15-30k bill, they can throw huge bills, guy I know 996 turbo engine let go couple of weeks ago, costing him near 20k at a specialist.

Crazy figures!!