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Big Dave
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Nice looking car John.
In THE best colour..... Riviera blue.[8D][
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Or even this
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2129936.htm
In the second best colour...[][8|]
The yellow one has been for sale for a while, which supprises me. As it looks a nice one.
In THE best colour..... Riviera blue.[8D][
][8D][]Or even this
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2129936.htm
In the second best colour...[
][8|]The yellow one has been for sale for a while, which supprises me. As it looks a nice one.
Chrishazle
Active member
Some lucky sniper picked up a 51k mile tip cabriolet for £5k last week on ebay! Thought about it myself, but wasn't sure I could live with the blue dashboard and wheel!
ORIGINAL: Big Dave
Nice looking car John.
In THE best colour..... Riviera blue.[8D][
Or even this
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2129936.htm
In the second best colour...[
The yellow one has been for sale for a while, which supprises me. As it looks a nice one.
Good evening gents, I have been looking for a nice 'sport' and these two both appear lovely cars. But, is the yellow one worth more than 2k over the blue one, same year/miles/spec etc, bear with me, I may be missing something? I know its all very subjective and to view/have inspected the two would perhaps produce a definitive answer, but they seem a much of a muchness and I would appreciate your comments/advise please....[
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John H
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In a way I think you answered your own question. These are all old cars nowaday, so the usual indicators of age, mileage and service history are largely irrelevant. You cannot judge cars like this on paper, you simply must look at them, judge the condition and quality, talk with the owner, look at recent work done (not 10 year old oil changes), if neccessary take additional specialist advice, and judge from there.
Happy hunting! []
Happy hunting! [
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paulf968
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booman
quick additional comments (john - hi ).
Price does often reflect the urgency with which an owner wants to sell and we do know that whilst top money can be achieved for any given car it can take months & months. Also even in these troubled financial times there are owners who just don't need the aggro of trying to get top money, they just want to move on to a new driving experience.
ps of course the other thing that pushes the price of identical cars up is the proximity to the last big bill of work on the car!! We all know that a set of tyres say added to a 20,000 mile service with some extra work can leave an owner with a bill well north of £1500 -- so something the owner might try and recoup on sale.
quick additional comments (john - hi ).
Price does often reflect the urgency with which an owner wants to sell and we do know that whilst top money can be achieved for any given car it can take months & months. Also even in these troubled financial times there are owners who just don't need the aggro of trying to get top money, they just want to move on to a new driving experience.
ps of course the other thing that pushes the price of identical cars up is the proximity to the last big bill of work on the car!! We all know that a set of tyres say added to a 20,000 mile service with some extra work can leave an owner with a bill well north of £1500 -- so something the owner might try and recoup on sale.
John H
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Buying a 968 should be a 2 stage process ...
Stage 1 ... do all the usual checks you would do for buying any car. Is the vendor a crook or an enthusiast?, is there some recent service history? Tax and MOT?, has it been bashed or painted, V5?, is it normally clean or been valetted to death? and all the rest. If you are suspicious at this level, don't even waste your time with level 2, walk away fast.
Stage 2 ... This is where you start to look at the key weak points associated with 968's. To do this you should first spend a few intensive evenings on the net, searching and reading back all the 968 forums, etc. The information is all out there, just go look for it. In particular the 968 has two weak points which if they have not been recently maintained, are likely to bite you hard in the wallet. Cam sprockets and chains, and plate lift in the brake calipers.
Let Google be your friend! []
Stage 1 ... do all the usual checks you would do for buying any car. Is the vendor a crook or an enthusiast?, is there some recent service history? Tax and MOT?, has it been bashed or painted, V5?, is it normally clean or been valetted to death? and all the rest. If you are suspicious at this level, don't even waste your time with level 2, walk away fast.
Stage 2 ... This is where you start to look at the key weak points associated with 968's. To do this you should first spend a few intensive evenings on the net, searching and reading back all the 968 forums, etc. The information is all out there, just go look for it. In particular the 968 has two weak points which if they have not been recently maintained, are likely to bite you hard in the wallet. Cam sprockets and chains, and plate lift in the brake calipers.
Let Google be your friend! [
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Thanks guys, your responses are what I expected really. I suppose the only way to judge a car, is in the first instance, is to see it and the owner and then decide if you want to take matters further. Its just that these two, were so very similar in most respects, apart from the colour, that I wondered if I had missed something glaringly obvious. Some would say the blue one is the more desirable colour, which begs the question, why is it 2k less than the yellow one?
I suppose im gonna have to get off my backside and get north of the border if I want to know the answer []
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I suppose im gonna have to get off my backside and get north of the border if I want to know the answer [
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Big Dave
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g.
Either car is a nice colour.
Personal tastes and all.
Ide be very happy with either. Mind you i have got a Riviera blue car already, so im slightly biased.[][8D].
Like John as said, do LOTS of homework + when you know what to ask about, then , ask LOTS of probing questions.
Either car is a nice colour.
Personal tastes and all.
Ide be very happy with either. Mind you i have got a Riviera blue car already, so im slightly biased.[
][8D].Like John as said, do LOTS of homework + when you know what to ask about, then , ask LOTS of probing questions.
ORIGINAL: Booman
Thanks guys, your responses are what I expected really. I suppose the only way to judge a car, is in the first instance, is to see it and the owner and then decide if you want to take matters further. Its just that these two, were so very similar in most respects, apart from the colour, that I wondered if I had missed something glaringly obvious. Some would say the blue one is the more desirable colour, which begs the question, why is it 2k less than the yellow one?
I suppose im gonna have to get off my backside and get north of the border if I want to know the answer [
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Because its Scotland no doubt. Whenever I've looked for a car ones in Scotland seem to be cheaper, such a hassle to go an look at cars I guess they price them cheaper to gain an interest!
Got to disagree about the most desirable colour which has to be blue, but the Maritime variety! Personally I find the Riviera version a bit too South of France. Speed Yellow is a close second. The yellow one for sale is probably worth the extra money if it's as pristine as described to me last year by the owner (Grant). I'm surprised he still has it. There can't be many 968s which have a total dealer SH by now.
Going back to the "CS" at Buchanan Motor - where are they? Somewhere near Glasgow, Croftamie maybe? I might go and have a look one day and take a genuine one for comparison.
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