I've been waiting for the a late 997 in the right spec and manual to come up. I've given up waiting, but have found a nice Targa for sale.
Its a 2002 66k miles, the guy bought it from a non OPC garage 5 years ago approx, and has since self serviced it. Its a standard spec it seems, but I'm not an expert. It has its original IMS bearing and clutch, and has paper work prior the purchase from the reseller but no other paperwork. Its not too far away from Harlow. The problem as such, is and I think with any 911, as I found when selling my 997, was you can sell to trade and minimise the hassle, its often easier than selling to Jo public. I'm not sure I have time to arrange a PPI, and hope to view tomorrow. I'm thinking it will still be a nice car, that will handle well, maybe it may need a suspension freshen up. So dilemma is, do I go with my gut, or loose the car from waiting for a PPI, and as its not big money, I can't see the guy wanting to deal with the hassle and will just sell to the trade. I'm guessing I'll need to budget for a clutch and IMS?
Also resale in the future, I won't have the last 30k miles service history, just past MOT's, so I think the price reflects this, but may be hard to move on in the future, as any Porsche enthusiast will want to see the paper work. As these cars are getting on, surely its more likely they won't have paper work, and will be self serviced? The Targa roof has not been used regularly, do these need a service too? Normally I'd walk away, but sounds an honest guy, and I could be walking away from a car. And being honest I can purchase a 996 without a loan and be happy that I own it outright. I'm going to get the original plate so I can check the MOT's. It's a car which is 16 years old so its getting on, I can get it up on the ramp which is happy about, so there are no alarm bells ringing I just won't know what to look for, bar any obvious leaks.
Thoughts?
Its a 2002 66k miles, the guy bought it from a non OPC garage 5 years ago approx, and has since self serviced it. Its a standard spec it seems, but I'm not an expert. It has its original IMS bearing and clutch, and has paper work prior the purchase from the reseller but no other paperwork. Its not too far away from Harlow. The problem as such, is and I think with any 911, as I found when selling my 997, was you can sell to trade and minimise the hassle, its often easier than selling to Jo public. I'm not sure I have time to arrange a PPI, and hope to view tomorrow. I'm thinking it will still be a nice car, that will handle well, maybe it may need a suspension freshen up. So dilemma is, do I go with my gut, or loose the car from waiting for a PPI, and as its not big money, I can't see the guy wanting to deal with the hassle and will just sell to the trade. I'm guessing I'll need to budget for a clutch and IMS?
Also resale in the future, I won't have the last 30k miles service history, just past MOT's, so I think the price reflects this, but may be hard to move on in the future, as any Porsche enthusiast will want to see the paper work. As these cars are getting on, surely its more likely they won't have paper work, and will be self serviced? The Targa roof has not been used regularly, do these need a service too? Normally I'd walk away, but sounds an honest guy, and I could be walking away from a car. And being honest I can purchase a 996 without a loan and be happy that I own it outright. I'm going to get the original plate so I can check the MOT's. It's a car which is 16 years old so its getting on, I can get it up on the ramp which is happy about, so there are no alarm bells ringing I just won't know what to look for, bar any obvious leaks.
Thoughts?
