How not to sell a car!

[Giff]

Took a deposit on the Cayman, the rest was to be paid by bank check on collection.

The guy was flying in to Melbourne from Sydney and he was to drive the car back with his wife.

I drive the car to Werribee to my wife's relatives on the Saturday morning, wife in the Falcon with the kids.

Plan was barbecue Sat afternoon, stay the night, Werribee zoo Sunday then take the car to be sold.

Set off Sat morning, nearly two hour drive to Werribee, three cans of diet coke on the way, resulted in me dying for a piss.. Nowhere to stop until other side of Melbourne. I'm in pain.

Find service station before Werribee, pull in and park under a nice cover held up by bright white posts, run in and spend about five minutes peeing. Walk out in state of blissful relief, jump in car, reverse out and hit post with front of car.

Drive to Werribee, assess damage. I'd hit the right hand side of the nosecone, paint had splintered off the plastic bumper, it was a right mess.

Get wife's cousin to take me to a SuperCheapAuto, much like a Halfords. Buy sandpaper, block, primer filler, colour and laquer rattle cans, meguires ultimate polish and masking tape.

Sand down damage, loads of feathering, mask off, primer as small an area as I can:

Leave it overnight then before heading off to the zoo, wet sand with 800 and apply base coat then laquer.

Head off to the Zoo.

Enjoy Zoo, they have Gorillas!

Get back, wet sand with 2000 grit, polish like hell and:

Drive off to meet guy who buys car.

Wave goodbye to Porsche

I have never before damaged a car like this in my life, sod's law is painful.

 

[Dylan1]

Did you tell the buyer?? We have his number []

 

[Chris_in_the_UK]

Hope the new buyer does not read this!!

 

[Giff]

I doubt he'd be bothered, there are not many cars out there that have not had any paint. Many brand new cars bought from an OPC have had repair work due to a bit of damage caused in transit. I think you should both take a closer look at your nose cones too, any 8yr old Porsche that has been driven on the road will suffer from stone chips, many are repainted. Also the process I've used is as long lasting as any done in an OPC, I just have to put extra effort in to prep and finishing. I'm also using acrylic paint whereas an OPC would use water based paint, there are a number of pros and cons to both.

 

[weekes1]

There must be a lot Cayman's in Sydney NSW I sold my 06 S to Sydney, last week I sold my 2011 Cayman R in Peridot to Sydney Its on a enclosed truck now on its way from Adelaide, I'm now Porsche less first time in 24 years, will I miss the 'R' yes very much so we had some great times, did some crazy things. Like Renn Sport last year and 3 Targa Rally's, I guess that another chapter closed in live must move on

 

[Giff]

The guy who bought mine is planning on doing some track days in it, I wish I had really. I went down to see the Targa Tasmania, what an amazing event!

 

[Gary C]

That looks like a well done job. nice one.