nsm3
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I decided to part-ex my '54 plate C2S today after 2 years - 11k miles and took a £19k drop on it, only a few more grand than anticipated, so could have been worse I suppose? (Lost £18k on my M3 in 3 years - 28k miles, so it kind of stacks up - on the road price wise?)
What with an impending sizeable mortgage hike next spring and a bit of poor judgement in Spanish property investing on my part, it was time to downsize my investment in cars and motoring expenditure. I had to run an extra coal burner for work as I was/am a bit too OCD over the 911 and wouldn't leave it anywhere!!
I am dropping into an '06 Exige S for a bit and whilst that car has startling performance, plus the sweetener of dropping £15k back into my savings account - I still had a lump in the throat when unloading the car ready for taking to the dealers - this was a head over heart decision for sure.
Had a major heart stopper on the motorway dropping the car off, looking at the exit sign with the power on, hit some standing water and did a 4 x fishtail at about 80mph - could have almost been an insurance job rather than a part-ex!!
I bet you are asking yourself why is he writing this drivel? - but it is like therapy for me as 'Er Indoors is now bored with me going on about it!
Would just like to finish by saying that the 997 (in S guise at least - can't comment on standard version) is a stunning motor car in pretty much all aspects - if I simply can't bear it (Exige may prove to be "challenging" as an everyday motor?) I will have to come back, maybe in Cayman format?
TTFN.
What with an impending sizeable mortgage hike next spring and a bit of poor judgement in Spanish property investing on my part, it was time to downsize my investment in cars and motoring expenditure. I had to run an extra coal burner for work as I was/am a bit too OCD over the 911 and wouldn't leave it anywhere!!
I am dropping into an '06 Exige S for a bit and whilst that car has startling performance, plus the sweetener of dropping £15k back into my savings account - I still had a lump in the throat when unloading the car ready for taking to the dealers - this was a head over heart decision for sure.
Had a major heart stopper on the motorway dropping the car off, looking at the exit sign with the power on, hit some standing water and did a 4 x fishtail at about 80mph - could have almost been an insurance job rather than a part-ex!!
I bet you are asking yourself why is he writing this drivel? - but it is like therapy for me as 'Er Indoors is now bored with me going on about it!
Would just like to finish by saying that the 997 (in S guise at least - can't comment on standard version) is a stunning motor car in pretty much all aspects - if I simply can't bear it (Exige may prove to be "challenging" as an everyday motor?) I will have to come back, maybe in Cayman format?
TTFN.
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