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first 993 perhaps

Have you read the Peter Morgan buying guide? - it is great for tips on what to look for. Probably a bit late to order it now ahead of you test drive - but there are a few guides online. If you can't find PM me and I'll email you a PDF I downloaded when I was buying mine - not as good as Peter Morgan's guide but better than nothing.

Let us know how the drive goes.
 
don't think I've seen the peter Morgan guide but have read quite a lot of the guides on this site and others.

feel free to forward the one you have to farquare83@gmail.com and ill get a read through this evening.

cheers
 

ORIGINAL: farquare

I don't want to seem ungrateful for good advice but in fairness no-one has explicitly stated I should avoiud this car - only at this price....  One of the reasons I joined up was to get better info about this model but so far all everything I have been told has just re-enforced what I already know:
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Everything is worth buying if the price is right to some people and that's the problem with getting advice on a forum. I wouldn't buy it as there are just so many unknown factors with a Cat C car - happy now? Probably not because that's just my opinion and what I consider unreasonable you may well not. Nobody but you and possibly your wife if you've got one can tell you what to do with your money.

You'll know about the rust issues to the base of the front and rear screens if you've done your homework. But that's pretty much it, there is nothing else that frequently goes wrong with the 993 other than the stuff mentioned, that's why there's no more advice. In the eleven and a half years and 90 thousand miles I've had mine I've done the rust to the screens (a couple of times), fitted new silencers, new shocks and springs, starter motor, a clutch (together with master and slave cylinders), goodness knows how many sets of discs and pads (and one refurb of the calipers) and lots of tyres but that's pretty much it apart from minor stuff like DME relay camshaft covers leaking and so on. The plug leads are done after 135,000 miles and are getting replaced next week together with the dizzy caps and rotors.

I also had to buy is a new service book recently as the original one is full to the brim with PC and indi stamps showing a faultless service history from new [:)]



 
thanks for the info, seems like they are pretty easy to live with as long as you keep on top of the preventative maintenance.

Good to hear from long time owners as I suspect this might be a long time endeavour. I get quite a lot out of keeping an old car/motorbike on the road so doing this to a classic like a 993 would be a gamble im willing to take if the car has been repaired to a standard and, as mentioned the price is right!!!!

really not sure what to expect in the morning, but I'm on quite a tight shedule first thing so probably wont have any thoughts posted untill Sunday at the earliest.
 
well the test drive was very impressive, the car felt very well put together with no unusual knocks rattles or squeaks.

mixture of mororway and a little squirt on the backroads around Glasgow which I know very well from taking out the motorbike.

the backroads in particular were impressive as the quality of the roadsurface and unusual cambers will usually find out cars which have tired or worn suspension.

the overall experience was (unsurprisingly) right between thr pre 89 and 996 dynamic, long gearing, plenty of power, very flexable and well mannered on the road. it was quite happy to putter about at 30 in 4th. steering was light and precise and the gearbox felt positive.

I've spoken to the dealer today and made an openingl offer as a starter for 10. I got the usual salesman chat about someone going to see it in the morning - so we'll see if they want so start negotiations off.
 
I remember that car up for sale when I bought mine - same photos, same dealer, same price. Two years ago.... If that's not a point of negotiation, I don't know what is!

Good luck.
 
well, after a week of radio scilence a price has been negotiated and the car went into a specialist for pre-inspection this afternoon!

initial feedback is positive, detail checks and leakdown/comp tests take place at 8am,

it's all getting a bit exciting
 
dont really want to say too much just now.

the current situation is that the dealers have accepted a deposit from a 3rd party WHILST I had the car offsite at a specialist getting inspected.

I'll let you all know how it's all panned out once the dust has settled, but as it stands I've got no 993 and am out of pocket for an inspection.
 
the current situation is that the dealers have accepted a deposit from a 3rd party WHILST I had the car offsite at a specialist getting inspected.

I'll let you all know how it's all panned out once the dust has settled, but as it stands I've got no 993 and am out of pocket for an inspection.
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If that is the case (and you were definitely not informed of this eventuality), the car dealer deserves foot your bill for the inspection in my opinion[:mad:].
If not he will not do this, he deserves a massive kick in his personal lower bodywork (without prejudice[:D][:D]).
 

ORIGINAL: farquare

dont really want to say too much just now.

the current situation is that the dealers have accepted a deposit from a 3rd party WHILST I had the car offsite at a specialist getting inspected.

I'll let you all know how it's all panned out once the dust has settled, but as it stands I've got no 993 and am out of pocket for an inspection.
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I guess that if the PPI caught something and rather than you going back to negotiate, I think he plonked for the easy option.....
 
That is a bit cheeky. When I was looking for mine I had a dealer put the price up by £1k after I had arranged the inspection! Turned out the car had various issues but the dealer didn't want to know insisting it was fine. It is still for sale!
 
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