Afternoon all,
Joined a few years ago when I first started looking but have got my act together at last and agreed a deal for my first Porsche!
I've been looking for a while and have been considering everything from a 997 C2S, to a 991 C2 and then a 718 Cayman S (or upcoming GTS). Budget started off at £40k and then crept to circa £60k ish as it does..
Anyway, was chatting with a friend about it and he mentions that his boss was offloading some of his collection to make way for some new toys.
He's got a 2003 C4S, black with black leather, manual, no sunroof and Dansk sports exhaust. 44k miles with full main dealer history (9 stamps).
It's not had the IMS done, but the engine was fully inspected when he bought it and given a clean bill of health and he's done less than 5k miles in the 3 years since. He said he planned to do it when he changed the clutch but has used it so little it's never needed doing yet.
It's not what I was looking for at all, but I drove it and LOVED it! It felt as tight as a new car and pulled up and tracked straight with no play in the steering or looseness in the suspension. It sounded great too.
Prices for these seem to be all over the place, but he's been offered £25k by a trader who said they'd come and buy it immediately, so I have the opportunity to get it for that price which seems pretty good to me?
I'm not normally an impulse buyer, but I have a good feeling about this and so have booked it into RPM for a PPI next week with an agreement to buy subject to that not unearthing any horrors!
Fingers crossed!
Joined a few years ago when I first started looking but have got my act together at last and agreed a deal for my first Porsche!
I've been looking for a while and have been considering everything from a 997 C2S, to a 991 C2 and then a 718 Cayman S (or upcoming GTS). Budget started off at £40k and then crept to circa £60k ish as it does..
Anyway, was chatting with a friend about it and he mentions that his boss was offloading some of his collection to make way for some new toys.
He's got a 2003 C4S, black with black leather, manual, no sunroof and Dansk sports exhaust. 44k miles with full main dealer history (9 stamps).
It's not had the IMS done, but the engine was fully inspected when he bought it and given a clean bill of health and he's done less than 5k miles in the 3 years since. He said he planned to do it when he changed the clutch but has used it so little it's never needed doing yet.
It's not what I was looking for at all, but I drove it and LOVED it! It felt as tight as a new car and pulled up and tracked straight with no play in the steering or looseness in the suspension. It sounded great too.
Prices for these seem to be all over the place, but he's been offered £25k by a trader who said they'd come and buy it immediately, so I have the opportunity to get it for that price which seems pretty good to me?
I'm not normally an impulse buyer, but I have a good feeling about this and so have booked it into RPM for a PPI next week with an agreement to buy subject to that not unearthing any horrors!
Fingers crossed!
