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  3. Warranty or not?

    in 981

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    £200? 😂

    They will call it corrosion all day long, point out the non standard bolts and quote you the annual GDP of a small country to fix.

    If you can get the bolts loosened, buy the correct ones and "hot" bolt it.

  4. Thinking about selling my 987.1 3.4s 2007

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    Wait a month or so till better weather, ebay with a reserve you would let the car go at and anything above is a bonus.

    At the end of the day the current market dictates the price if you need/want to sell, if you don’t NEED to sell then you can set your own price and hope to achieve it. 

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  6. Advice on placing Boxster GTS order

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    31 minutes ago, Davey P said:

    You will be fine mate. Since I got my Cayman I've had nothing but positive comments and support from everyone on here....... :lol:

    You have, your tin top not so much........

    Kidding mate, stunning car, would have had one myself but the boss put her foot down. 

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  10. Looking at 131k FSH 986 3.2s - any advice?

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    Hi @Veedub131, welcome. Someone more clued up than me will no doubt give you some pointers, in the meantime have a browse and read up.

    Check the cars for sale on here, maybe put up a wanted post, as buying from a member lets you look back over their posts/ownership and gives you a feel for the car.

    At 20 years old, buy on condition/maintenance history rather than mileage.

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  15. Your car journey - How did you end up with a Porsche?

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    Like @Terryg bikes were my first love, still are actually. Started at 16 with a Yamaha RS125 that I couldn’t ride legally till 17, had to sell my pool table to buy it as still at school and parents said had to be self financed. (Looking back, probably because they were skint at the time) Sold after an off on a diesel spill resulting in a broken wrist. Bought a Honda H100s at 21 for work commute, followed by a Suzuki GS250 custom, Yamaha FZ600, bit of a break then a Honda VF400, Yamaha SZR660, Kawasaki ZZR 600, Triumph Sprint RS, Kawasaki ZX10r Ninja and currently my BMW S1000R Sport (Best of them all)

    I'm warbling like Terry here, totally digressed. Like most my first memory of Porsche was a 911, whale tail. My then gf and I both agreed we would buy one in later years when prices came down. How naive was I in thinking prices would come down or that a could keep a gf.

    An off on the FZ600 at 6am going to work in the middle of winter, came round a corner to a sheet of ice from a burst water pipe, put me into my 1st car. 

    My dad was a petrol head, cars and bikes but bikes before I was born, and he always had something a bit nicer than the average saloon. My first car was a Vauxhall Cavalier sri, utter heap of shyate, had my trousers down and spanked on that one. Next was a Peugeot 309 sri, handled brilliantly but sold after the electrics came close to causing a fire in the fuel tank.

    Next was a MK1 MR2, probably still my most fondly remembered car for around 10 years. Father passed, mother had stroke so myself and ex wife moved closer to my mother and the MR2 went for a Honda Prelude. Mother passed a couple of years later so Prelude was traded for a MK3 MR2 roadster. Ran that for a few years then traded it for a delivery mileage facelift model.

    Ran the two MK3's for around 9 years, got divorced in between so money was very tight for a while. Redundancy and 6 months not being able to pay my bills without dipping into redundancy money followed, then got my previous job with a decent salary and was able to think about changing cars again.

    Met the boss, ran the MR2 roadster for another year or two, then bought a Toyota GT86 Aero.

    Not done a word count yet, but determined to beat Terry. 😀

    Chance conversation at work with a Colleague re pensions as I was approaching my 55th birthday led to an appointment with an IFA. Long story short, took my 25% tax free at 55 and realised that I was in a position to buy a Porsche. Like as already been mentioned, some deaths of family and friends, including a mate from the pub who died early 30's, gave me the mindset of do it now whilst you can.  As I'd never had a brand new, unregistered car before this ruled out a 911 and my intention was to buy a Cayman. Schoolboy error, took Lynn with me, first car as we go into the OPC was a Boxster and I was promptly informed we were "getting one of those."

    For those still awake at this point, may I suggest reading "Spare", a modern day fairytale of a wonderful prince being badly treated by their family before finding true narcissism with a selfless woman with the magical ability to change hue on different continents.

    So, back to the OPC. Test drive of the 718 was arranged. We also looked at 981's but my prerequisite was for my first ever new car so I decided if I didn’t like the 718 I would look at he 981's and older 911's.

    Test drove the 718, loved it, so decision was made. Had a few months before cash would be available so was on the configurator and all the OPC websites to see what was available.

    Configurator should be fun, right? Not when your budget is £50k and base price is over £47k. Lynn's stipulation was heated seats, after that I was free to blow the rest. Doesn’t get you much.

    OPC at Wilmslow had a pre reg car in budget with a better spec than I could configure, so realistically had to consider it even knowing I would not be the first owner. We were heading to Barbados from Manchester anyway in a couple of weeks so contact was made and an appointment to view/test drive arranged.

    Wake up at the back please!

    Call from Glasgow OPC, they had just taken delivery of two unregistered 718's, come in for a chat. Phone down, day off, immediately head in. One in white, one in my first choice of Sapphire blue (First choice for any Celtic supporter surely?) No brainer, except the white one was in budget, the Sapphire blue was £4k over budget.

    Negotiations start, originally they do not go well for the boy Black. No discount. Pushed towards the white car, tell them I'd rather either spec my own in Sapphire blue or buy the pre registered car at Wilmslow, also in Sapphire blue. I'm trading in the GT86 and what both OPC's are offering are the same, also good enough offers that it's not worth the hassle of selling privately.

    The other problem is they want the deal done by end of the month, before my funds become available. Salesman gets Finance manager involved and negotiations now start properly. Have whatsapp conversation on phone from Wilmslow OPC and the deal negotiated on their car. Happily show this to the two guys, who suddenly look rather glum. Tell them politely I have no interest in the white car, but will do a deal on the Sapphire blue. If we can't reach agreement then it will be Wilmslows car, or I spec my own.     

    Brief chat between the sales and finance guy, out of earshot. Back they come, finance guy gives me a proposal on the Sapphire blue and sales guy looks very unhappy. Deal is they will do it for the same price as the white car, but reiterates must be done by end of month. Second part of proposition is I take PCP out, pay first months payment, then pay it off using my money as it will then be available. Myself and finance guy work out the cost to me to do this and it's deducted from the now agreed price on the Sapphire blue.

    We agree to meet next day, I want overnight to think on it, talk to the boss and double check everything, even though I know I'm taking his deal. Back in next day, happy to sign. Finance guy goes upstairs to get paperwork prepared, sales guy waits till he's gone and quietly tells me in his opinion finance manager has overstepped his authority and he does not think deal will be approved. Finance guy comes back beaming, deal approved and I sign.😀

    Postscript to sale, make one PCP payment and request a settlement figure. This comes in a few hundred more than finance guy and I worked out. Quick call to him, he immediately honours the deal and cheque sent out to cover the difference.

    Had the car just under 3 years, then the opportunity to buy a holiday home in Barbados came up. this would necessitate selling the 718. Much as I loved it, i was not being used as intended.  Once every four shifts for work and the odd run with Lynn who hates speed in bends. If I was wanting fun solo, it was the bike every time. There were a couple of other reasons for making the decision to sell, so the car went back to Glasgow after they matched the best offer I'd had from OPC'S and Indy's.

    Unfortunately, or fortunately as it turned out due to Buttercup, we did not get the place in Barbados we bid on and those plans are on hold, possibly indefinitely .

    Used the DD corsa for around 6 months then knowing we would not be purchasing abroad anytime soon, and knowing my commute was about to shorten drastically, we sold that and got back into something nice again.

    But that's another story............

     

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