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Interesting - how do you feel it compares to what you could buy for £19.5k today?
I'm not thinking of buying a Porsche but I am thinking of buying a nicer car so this equation is of interest.
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Interesting - how do you feel it compares to what you could buy for £19.5k today?
I'm not thinking of buying a Porsche but I am thinking of buying a nicer car so this equation is of interest.
I'm not sure tbh, I would be interested in what a 19.5k car would need spending on top of the purchase price.
Dammit
I know I hardly ever mention it so you'd be forgiven for not knowing about my German car, but I thought I'd update on costs for those who might be interested in running a 996.
Purchase price was £9,500
Maintenance and parts (which includes £500 on a new radio, and £465 fitting the onboard computer) now stands at £9,900 (this doesn't include the roof-rack which was an indulgence, but one I hope to use a lot over the summer).
To put that into context I bought the car on the 26th of September last year, so that's just under six months of ownership during which I've put ~2,500 miles on the car.
The previous owner paid £13,000 for the car and put under 500 miles on it before selling it to me, however, so all things are relative.
Going back through the history it sold for £19,700 in 2010, so I've essentially paid the value then for it - hopefully it's in better condition than it was then (it had 41,000 miles then versus 62,000 now).
Do I regret it? No, not at all, I really like the car and I have very deliberately gone round the car fixing everything that needed it and bringing it right up to date on all maintenance.
Would you have needed to spend that money? No, you could probably have spent £650 on replacing the brake master cylinder and kept the rest in the bank, but it wouldn't be the same car that it is today - which is awesome, just buy one with your eyes open to the potential costs.