944s2
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Kenny Dunn in Edinburgh has a 16k mile 1990 S2 for sale @ 15K - no pictures yet though
WWW.kennydunn.co.uk
WWW.kennydunn.co.uk
16k Mile S2!
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georgethackray
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At £14,944 I think he might well be!
pauljmcnulty
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I'd be careful about dismissing it out of hand.
IF - it's covered the miles steadily over the years, ie been regularly used, it's a good spec and is in true showroom condition I'd say it wasn't ridiculously over-valued.
IF - it's covered the miles steadily over the years, ie been regularly used, it's a good spec and is in true showroom condition I'd say it wasn't ridiculously over-valued.
georgethackray
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Not ridiculously overpriced, but I still think it is overpriced though - I've looked at the guy's website and he seems to sell some nice cars, so it could well be genuine, but with the "Credit Crunch" and all that I think he'll be lucky to get the asking price.
I'd certainly not dismiss it if I had that sort of spare cash to spend on a car, but there's a lot of other nice stuff around at that price - including a few well hammered 996 models (of course they don't have the character that our cars do [
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I'd certainly not dismiss it if I had that sort of spare cash to spend on a car, but there's a lot of other nice stuff around at that price - including a few well hammered 996 models (of course they don't have the character that our cars do [
])Is that the same car that Shirleys had a few years ago that then resurfaced a year or so back? I'm not sure I even remember the colour of that one (red possibly?) so I'm going to be little help identifying it. There has been at least that veru low miles S2 around for some time now.
On the one hand it doesn't sound outrageously overpriced - find another one. On the other though what would you do with it? If you start to use it it will devalue massively and quickly, and it wil quite probably break down a few times as well. Would you want a £15k S2 to sit in your garage so you can look at it but are not able to use it for fear of hurting its value? I know I wouldn't.
On the one hand it doesn't sound outrageously overpriced - find another one. On the other though what would you do with it? If you start to use it it will devalue massively and quickly, and it wil quite probably break down a few times as well. Would you want a £15k S2 to sit in your garage so you can look at it but are not able to use it for fear of hurting its value? I know I wouldn't.
Wigeon Incognito
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I've visited Kenny Dunn on a couple of occasions to look at 911s. The cars are normally top money but always appear to be mighty fine examples of the breed so whilst expensive I imagine this really is a top quality car.
In fact, if you're in the area the garage is worth popping in on or at least was when I was living in Edinburgh a year ago. There was always plenty of exotica in the showroom both old and new and Kenny was always happy to chat if he could.
In fact, if you're in the area the garage is worth popping in on or at least was when I was living in Edinburgh a year ago. There was always plenty of exotica in the showroom both old and new and Kenny was always happy to chat if he could.
Every now and again a stupidly-low miles S2 does pop up. I recall one coming on the radar when I was looking at buying mine.
I guess such a car is worth as much as anyone will pay for it. And if they find someone with this sort of cash who takes a fancy to it, I guess it is by definition worth whatever they will pay (£15 in this case.)
Oli.
I guess such a car is worth as much as anyone will pay for it. And if they find someone with this sort of cash who takes a fancy to it, I guess it is by definition worth whatever they will pay (£15 in this case.)
Oli.
georgethackray
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Oi - Objection!ORIGINAL: Fen
Actually - the Shirley's one might have been Doom blue. Sorry, I mean Azure blue [
I don't know I'd advocate a 150,000 mile car as being more reliable, but I'd certainly say one that has been in regular use would be.
I'd buy a good 150,000 mile car instead of this one in a heartbeat though, factoring in the cost differential and the ability to actually use it.
I'd buy a good 150,000 mile car instead of this one in a heartbeat though, factoring in the cost differential and the ability to actually use it.
Twaddle? Why so?
A well-maintained 150k mile car is potentially very reliable. Driven regularly (as in, a decent distance every day) it should have most if not all problems ironed out and be in very good working order.
Compared with a 20k mile garage queen, I know which I would be choosing if I wanted a daily driver.
(Yes, a 150,000 mile car could be worn out, that is an option as well. But you certainly need to look at more than the odometer to judge a car. My S2 gets better the more it is driven, and it shows in every single way.)
Oli.
A well-maintained 150k mile car is potentially very reliable. Driven regularly (as in, a decent distance every day) it should have most if not all problems ironed out and be in very good working order.
Compared with a 20k mile garage queen, I know which I would be choosing if I wanted a daily driver.
(Yes, a 150,000 mile car could be worn out, that is an option as well. But you certainly need to look at more than the odometer to judge a car. My S2 gets better the more it is driven, and it shows in every single way.)
Oli.
Neil Haughey
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I wonder how much that car would have cost 5 years ago when a nice average miles S2 was perhaps 8 grand? I bet pretty much the same number. Maybe in another 10 years a museum piece S2 would be worth that much.
944 man
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Because its nonsense repeated by people who dont own the knowledge, they just repeat what they heard (and this forum is at least as bad as any other for that: high mileage is better: 6pt rollcages add usable stiffness et al: all bunkum). Ultimately a 15k car will be far more reliable than a 150k one and to suggest otherwise is foolish.
The truth is that when you start to drive the low mileage car every day a few niggles will come to light, on components that might have kept a little better had they been used more, but thats nothing like the issue that its made out to be.
Assuming that its been maintained and that the body is as good as the odometer reading suggests, then it will be massively better than any S2 here: the only issue is the price.
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