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Counter Of Beans said:Genuine question: you guys saying "if it goes pop just get a rebuild for £10k" - how simple is that to actually arrange? I mean, do you just put the car on a low loader to Bolton, Hartech work their magic, and it comes back a week later? Or is there a lot more hassle than that? What if the engine grenades in lane 3 of a busy motorway, or on holiday etc.? What do you drive in the meantime, whilst it's being fixed? How do you raise the £10k or do the likes of Hartech offer finance?
I'm not questioning your logic, I get it that if you only pay £16k in the first place then a £10k rebuild isn't a disaster. Who on here has actually had their car's engine rebuilt following failure? How was it for you? Like I said, genuinely curious.
Counter Of Beans said:Good reply Phil, can't argue with any of that my friend.
Hope you get your running issues resolved and at minimal cost if possible.
I suppose if any of us are truly risk averse we'd just buy a Hyundai or something and our drive would be dull, dull, dull.
No pain no gain, or something, but I hope your Gen 2 pain is small.
Cheers, Mike.
Counter Of Beans said:Genuine question: you guys saying "if it goes pop just get a rebuild for £10k" - how simple is that to actually arrange? I mean, do you just put the car on a low loader to Bolton, Hartech work their magic, and it comes back a week later? Or is there a lot more hassle than that? What if the engine grenades in lane 3 of a busy motorway, or on holiday etc.? What do you drive in the meantime, whilst it's being fixed? How do you raise the £10k or do the likes of Hartech offer finance?
I'm not questioning your logic, I get it that if you only pay £16k in the first place then a £10k rebuild isn't a disaster. Who on here has actually had their car's engine rebuilt following failure? How was it for you? Like I said, genuinely curious.
Phil 997 said:I would be saying to myself get a ppi and borescope and if its an early one check the vin see if its pre the IMS upgrade if so then you know that might be an issue but generally speaking if its at 120k its best to leave it alone as its done its job so far without issue , if its a newer IMS model then thats not an issue to worry about. So that leaves you assuming the PPI borechecks good then you have a car that your getting for well under 20k so I assume we are talking 16/18k so you buy it with the knowledge that at present its good and in the future it might need a rebuild at 10k which means your into 26/28k for the car . the good news is that Hartech rebuild gen1 C2S are currently selling for a premium and are in the high 20Ks So your not really in theory going to lose out on the car but what you need to know is , if it goes pop and gets a rebuild have I got the extra 10k needed that I can invest in the car to not get back until I sell the car. If the answer is yes then go get yourself a 997.1 and get back to big grin 911 driving. :thumb: :thumb:
Counter Of Beans said:Good reply Phil, can't argue with any of that my friend.
Hope you get your running issues resolved and at minimal cost if possible.
I suppose if any of us are truly risk averse we'd just buy a Hyundai or something and our drive would be dull, dull, dull.
No pain no gain, or something, but I hope your Gen 2 pain is small.
Cheers, Mike.
silvermilnec said:Sorry op for hijacking but Phill start another thread! It will be an interesting read. Good luck with it mate!!