Is this a bargain??
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I think it very much depends on your intended use and how long you keep it. If you plan to use it as a trackday toy and keep it well maintained and slowly improve it's condition and keep it say five years or so then you "probably" would not lose anything by way of depreciation(i.e. it will still be worth roughly what you paid for it five years down the line, maybe a tad more, overall not bad). If you look at it as a investment then forget it. The car is high mileage and you will have to wait for other cars to catch up and for rarity value and age to play there part. In many years to come these cars are going to need restoration , maybe not quite as thorough as the old 2.7 cars but corrosion will happen, at that point the "correctness" of the restoration or lack of it for the very low mileage cars will probably mean more in the long run.
Wash your mouth out with soap.....[
]I've been watching from the sidelines here. This car doesn't sound cheap, given its high mileage, doubtful provenance and (I never thought I'd say this!) colour. For £8k more you could buy Julian Thompson's immaculate Guards Red car which is much lower mileage and in top condition.
I personally think the car's worth about 20k...at that price it's worth buying and eitehr running as is until it breaks or spending some money on. Either way, as someone else said, it'll never be as desirable as its peers in the future, although note that mileages and colours have never held back the value of 2.7RS....
I personally think the car's worth about 20k...at that price it's worth buying and eitehr running as is until it breaks or spending some money on. Either way, as someone else said, it'll never be as desirable as its peers in the future, although note that mileages and colours have never held back the value of 2.7RS....
well done that man. Ju's just bought a Caterham to tide him over until his new toy is delivered!
Ah, THAT Jon B....do you own a 964RS too then?...
Just sold my Caterham [
Keeping the Porsche though[
ORIGINAL: mark piper
Ah, THAT Jon B....do you own a 964RS too then?...
Just sold my Caterham [
Keeping the Porsche though[
Yep bought it earlier this year. There's a few SL/SLR/R3/4/500 owners seem to have owned/do own 964RSs don't you think....
Hope to get another Caterham soon.
Yes, I used to own a 964RS and went the Caterham route way before Des' first car was a twinkle in his eye
It's LHD.
That will be Km I guess --- so around 70,000 miles, or 5,000 miles per annum.
If so, given that good servicing and reasonable care are everything, I wouldn't worry.
These are supposed to be good for 300,000Km, --- so that gives you another 25 years before you need start worrying ? !
Well maybe not quite, but why not take it for a drive and make your own judgement ? It seems to me to be a good value car against the two £48k 48,000 Km cars that have just popped up. And you won't be worried at the idea of adding another 20,000 Km, so you would (I am sure) enjoy it !!
That will be Km I guess --- so around 70,000 miles, or 5,000 miles per annum.
If so, given that good servicing and reasonable care are everything, I wouldn't worry.
These are supposed to be good for 300,000Km, --- so that gives you another 25 years before you need start worrying ? !
Well maybe not quite, but why not take it for a drive and make your own judgement ? It seems to me to be a good value car against the two £48k 48,000 Km cars that have just popped up. And you won't be worried at the idea of adding another 20,000 Km, so you would (I am sure) enjoy it !!
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