I did look it up on ta interweb as the guy had only bought it, I found the advert from a portugese porsche specialist, restored and in mint condition I think it was about 170k euro.
Just spent a couple of hours washing mine, as it won’t be going anywhere until at least January now. It’s now tucked up under a cover.
I'm not! Porsche have put a stop order on all 992's with centre lock wheels, while they sort a fix, so we're not allowed to drive our cars. There's around 10600 cars affected so far, as it covers the GTS, Turbo, Turbo S, all GT3 series and GT4 RS. This is not going to be cheap for Porsche!
Mine gets used all year, as long as the gritters have not been out or its snowing, Cup 2's can be a bit sketchy in the snow.
Question: Is there a reliable used 911 (manual transmission model) that could be purchased for Honda Jazz money (£25,000 to £29,000)? I think there are some 911 997 Carrera 2S & 4S in that price range, but are they a good practical classic sports car? I'm not so keen on the 996... they don't a great reputation. Is there any other model of 911 in that price range? Cheers
Ignore the internet nonsense about 996 engines being fragile. There is a lot of ill-informed BS out there which people crib from others and then disseminate without any thought to context or any first hand knowledge, to such an extent that it eventually becomes received but highly dubious wisdom. I'm referring, of course, to the IMS bearing problem which every Porsche owner with access to an internet connection will tell you means your engine is 100% guaranteed to grenade itself the moment you drive it away and will then cost you a second mortgage to repair. That was somewhat true back when the cars were relatively new, but by now the ones which were going to fail would have done so already and the cost of the precautionary retro-fitting of a ceramic bearing is not far off half the price of a recon engine, so it seems a bit daft to be stressing about it. That's not just my opinion, but the opinion of the Porsche specialist who used to work on my 996. You could probably get a 996 turbo for that kind of money: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18677664...uid=dOabVuROTYS&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
A new Porsche was too expensive and so was an old one! It was about finding something in between. Given the choice it would be 993, but that ship has long sailed. I’m not a fan of the 996, although I am mellowing to it as it gets older. The 996 was a bit like the 749/999 when it was released. It was a bit too different from its predecessor for many. But it’s grown into itself over the past twenty odd years, and I can see values only heading north, the Turbo especially. For me personally the 997 GTS sits perfectly in between new and old. New enough to be reliably exhilarating but still old enough to maintain that analogue visceral experience before all the electronics and servo assistance that came with the 991. Anyone who has tried to find a particular spec’d used Porsche personal to them, with the correct history, condition, colour, mileage and previous owners knows just what a nightmare it is. I wasn’t originally looking for a GTS, but all the options I was looking for came as standard including the power pack upgrade. I did pay a premium over a standard Carrera, well into 991 money, but I bought the car with the intentions of keeping it long term. I’m hoping due to its low manufacturing numbers (around 1200) it will appreciate well in years to come, which will justify the extra outlay.
