The 911 has been a dream car. Especially, a 993 and 997 Gen2. Or, even more unrealistically, any GT/RS . I've come close a few times and ended up in an e46 M3 and an S2 Elise (didn't end so well for the Elise). Last December, I managed to avoid getting another m3 and purchased this...
It's not the tidiest 996 but it's mine and I hope to slowly rolling restore it + use the lack of 'mintness' to my advantage and just enjoy driving it as a fun road car.
I have a Clio for track days and racing C1s/KAs to get my Nat A. Blog of first race: https://ollybrand.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/going-racing/
In September, I started 'casually browsing'. My 'budget' allowed for a Boxster, Cayman, 996 gen1, or 996 gen 2.
Cayman S = quickest and best handling. No questions asked! My friend's is a peach and the Thruxton Cayman S I did my ARDs in would leave any of the 911s I've since driven for dust. But it's not a 911.
Boxster S = joyful top-down motoring and the best noise. On a crisp November night, top down, it was hard to beat and a great experience. First time I've just gone for a drive for a very long time. But it's not a 911.
996 = A 911.
Having got this far I then further foolishly got a little spec obsessed. It had to be a manual C2, ideally with mo30 (irrelevant, the suspension will be so old it needs replacing), L220 (irrelevant, an LSD isn't much to retrofit and it's not like 911s struggle for drive out of a corner), black sport seats, three-spoke wheel, non-sunroof, no-nav, good history (including a rebuild from a reputable specialist), and silver, black, or dark blue.
And, I found it! A 2002 Gen 2 in Silver with full Hartech rebuild, 85k, 5 years of Hartech Service History, recent tyres, black sports seats, and the three-spoke wheel. It wasn't perfect, it had a sun-roof and nav... I watched it fail to sell and contacted the eBayer whilst also finding the original advert here on 911uk. While at the Final Circuit Days' Rockingham Raceway Trackday, it sold. Typical! It had been for sale since September with 0 interest.
Undeterred, I'd double down on my previous spec 'logic' and decided it had to be a gen1. Throttle cable me up! Sorry, I have 0 'logic' to offer. One thing led to another and we ended up here.
This was watched too many times... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6jCiB9dt0A
Jethro's thumb up an added and unexpected bonus
It's not the tidiest 996 but it's mine and I hope to slowly rolling restore it + use the lack of 'mintness' to my advantage and just enjoy driving it as a fun road car.
I have a Clio for track days and racing C1s/KAs to get my Nat A. Blog of first race: https://ollybrand.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/going-racing/
In September, I started 'casually browsing'. My 'budget' allowed for a Boxster, Cayman, 996 gen1, or 996 gen 2.
Cayman S = quickest and best handling. No questions asked! My friend's is a peach and the Thruxton Cayman S I did my ARDs in would leave any of the 911s I've since driven for dust. But it's not a 911.
Boxster S = joyful top-down motoring and the best noise. On a crisp November night, top down, it was hard to beat and a great experience. First time I've just gone for a drive for a very long time. But it's not a 911.
996 = A 911.
Having got this far I then further foolishly got a little spec obsessed. It had to be a manual C2, ideally with mo30 (irrelevant, the suspension will be so old it needs replacing), L220 (irrelevant, an LSD isn't much to retrofit and it's not like 911s struggle for drive out of a corner), black sport seats, three-spoke wheel, non-sunroof, no-nav, good history (including a rebuild from a reputable specialist), and silver, black, or dark blue.
And, I found it! A 2002 Gen 2 in Silver with full Hartech rebuild, 85k, 5 years of Hartech Service History, recent tyres, black sports seats, and the three-spoke wheel. It wasn't perfect, it had a sun-roof and nav... I watched it fail to sell and contacted the eBayer whilst also finding the original advert here on 911uk. While at the Final Circuit Days' Rockingham Raceway Trackday, it sold. Typical! It had been for sale since September with 0 interest.
Undeterred, I'd double down on my previous spec 'logic' and decided it had to be a gen1. Throttle cable me up! Sorry, I have 0 'logic' to offer. One thing led to another and we ended up here.
This was watched too many times... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6jCiB9dt0A
Jethro's thumb up an added and unexpected bonus