sbloxxy
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I just had to tell someone about my latest purchase - I'm just so chuffed with it.
You know how its is: a late night quick look through Ebay at the cheapo cars that you have no intention of buying and then you see it...someone's listed a Porsche 944S2 under 'Classic Cars' instead of the usual 'Cars' section and consequently, there's no interest and the starting price is £1500. Move on to the auction end and it turned out that I was the only bidder and it was mine at that price. The reasons it was so cheap were kind of obvious: 167,000 miles, the seller's rubbish photos made the Azurite Blue and grey leather look even more undesirable than ever and the advert was thin on detail. I travelled up by train to see what kind of time bomb I had bought and the owner meets me at the station: must be some mistake though cos he's turned up in a superb 944S2, same colour as the one I've just bought - oh, hang on a sec...
Yes it turned out to be a cracker. A near mint grey leather interior complete with matching Porsche carpet mats, mint boot area and everything inside works, even the clock. And it has a cracking Sony CD player. On the downside, the paint on a couple of panels is less than perfect following a earlier respray but the car looks and more importantly drives superbly well. In fact its a total dream to drive, properly quick and free from odd noises and rattles - it feels likes its done 67,000 miles rather than 167k. The icing on the cake is that the seller handed over a huge carrier bag full of every receipt, every MOT and an owner's handbook pack complete with a fully stamped up service history. In total, there are over £15,000 worth of receipts.
I've checked the car over thoroughly and can't see any immediate expense needed. It solid underneath and it has a full set of Koni shocks fitted.
I'm now using the car as my daily driver and have added around 1000 trouble free miles in the last 3 weeks and its a joy to drive. I can't believe this car is related in any way to the 2.5 I had previously; its just such a big leap forward in every area. I'm about to service it properly and I've just fitted a spare set of larger alloys in place of the Design 90s originally fitted and I've yet to give it a really good clean - its rained or has been freezing cold ever since I bought it. Other than that, I just don't need to do anything to it (yet) so I'm just driving it or looking out of the living room window at it!
Are these the best value Porsches around at the moment or have I just been very lucky?
You know how its is: a late night quick look through Ebay at the cheapo cars that you have no intention of buying and then you see it...someone's listed a Porsche 944S2 under 'Classic Cars' instead of the usual 'Cars' section and consequently, there's no interest and the starting price is £1500. Move on to the auction end and it turned out that I was the only bidder and it was mine at that price. The reasons it was so cheap were kind of obvious: 167,000 miles, the seller's rubbish photos made the Azurite Blue and grey leather look even more undesirable than ever and the advert was thin on detail. I travelled up by train to see what kind of time bomb I had bought and the owner meets me at the station: must be some mistake though cos he's turned up in a superb 944S2, same colour as the one I've just bought - oh, hang on a sec...
Yes it turned out to be a cracker. A near mint grey leather interior complete with matching Porsche carpet mats, mint boot area and everything inside works, even the clock. And it has a cracking Sony CD player. On the downside, the paint on a couple of panels is less than perfect following a earlier respray but the car looks and more importantly drives superbly well. In fact its a total dream to drive, properly quick and free from odd noises and rattles - it feels likes its done 67,000 miles rather than 167k. The icing on the cake is that the seller handed over a huge carrier bag full of every receipt, every MOT and an owner's handbook pack complete with a fully stamped up service history. In total, there are over £15,000 worth of receipts.
I've checked the car over thoroughly and can't see any immediate expense needed. It solid underneath and it has a full set of Koni shocks fitted.
I'm now using the car as my daily driver and have added around 1000 trouble free miles in the last 3 weeks and its a joy to drive. I can't believe this car is related in any way to the 2.5 I had previously; its just such a big leap forward in every area. I'm about to service it properly and I've just fitted a spare set of larger alloys in place of the Design 90s originally fitted and I've yet to give it a really good clean - its rained or has been freezing cold ever since I bought it. Other than that, I just don't need to do anything to it (yet) so I'm just driving it or looking out of the living room window at it!
Are these the best value Porsches around at the moment or have I just been very lucky?
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