Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Or, £6,000+VAT for a complete, doors off/glass out re-spray

What was the initial purchase price again?

Far, far in the past now. I just had the projected invoice for the current service/MOT, at £2,500.

I'm just going to go and sit in the corner and cry for a while.

It would have been cheaper to have bought a 991, new, than it has been to buy a 996 second hand.

Look on my experience as cautionary tale.

Noted. I've been idly looking at s2 exiges for lols if I can sort some garage space, but the money could obvs solve many many other problems if directed elsewhere.

What on earth?! Didn't you just have all the running gear/etc checked and sorted?

Remember the headlight washer?

That's £250, per side.

If it helps, I just got a 991 well over £100k with the builder.

If it's less than £2,000/month on finance then it's cheaper than my 996

£2k/month isn't putting you under sufficient financial stress.

Have you considered owning a boat or a helicopter?

I've settled upon just burning money in my waste paper basket.

Here's the list from Precision:

1. Wheel wobble at 65mph £40.00 to balance the front wheels.
   2.Slow speed fan on n/s not working, new resistor. £213.82
   3.Only 1 horn working . £121.45
   
2. Non Porsche wiper blades. £34.50 Clear the screen ok.
   
3. Head light washer jet leaking at o/s £182.88 You may want to replace the n/s at the same time?
   
4. N/S/R seat back release knob missing £3.48.
   
5. Washer jet "T" piece broken. £53.27
   
6. Fault codes for bank 2 O2 sensor.£273.88
   
7. Rear exhaust cat bracket broken.£87.84
   
8. The oil air separator pipe has collapsed need to replace the unit £288.00 if we can remove the very corroded bolts that hold it in place. If not we have to remove the engine and this would cost £930.00 to replace.
   
9. Oil leak from bank 1 vario-cam solenoid has also contaminated the coolant pipes at the back of the engine. Vario-cam solenoid is £502.47
   
10. Engine coolant pipes. £274.99
    
11. Some surface corrosion to n/s brake pipes, we will just clean them up and put some wax oil on them.
    

Is this normal? It's painful to read.

And I grumble over £300 spent on the merc...

That resistor at £213,
does it come with a free two week off-season holiday for the Tech that fits it?

Washer jet "T" piece broken. £53.27

Does this involve removing 10 different panels and covers for access?

Was this missed by the inspection?

Why not replace the brake pipe for copper/nickel?

That resistor at £213,

does it come with a free two week off-season holiday for the Tech that fits it?

It's black with a pink band and you get a picture of the tech moodily drinking an espresso whilst he considers the epic task of fitting it.

I feel so much better about my possibly misguided £2,200 mountain bike purchase now (not including pedals or delivery from Wales).

Thanks.

Dammit earlier

With extra boka?

or boke... or something.

Oof. This sounds similar to my Dads experience (late 90's 911). It did end with him getting a very sorted car, but it was a painful and fairly slow process.

So total spend once these bits are done must be pushing £25k? Still great value for a properly sorted 180mph 4 seat supercar.

What would you have to pay for a Lambo / Aston / Ferrari of that age? Loads more and they would still be average to drive and less useable.

#isthishelping?

To finance a 991 Targa (new) would be ~£1,600/month for 36 months, then a final payment of just under £50,000. It's a 100k car.

I bought my 996 in September and will have spent £2,750 per month if we divided where I'll be after I pay this latest bill over the eight months of ownership. Of course, for each subsequent month where I pay nothing that cost goes down.

Looking at it, and I agree that this is insane, I think I'll be at just under 30K by December.

That'd be £1,875/month at that point.

Maybe I should review my policy of buying older cars?

Anyway, that probably means that the engine will blow up in January 2018 and I'll be out another 10k on a rebuild to 3.7 litres.

What would you have to pay for a Lambo / Aston / Ferrari of that age?

Much more. The comparison is probably between my car and a 964 - and I would imagine that I'd probably spend the same on the 964 that I've spent on the 996, but the original car would be 30k instead of 9.5

Yep. I reckon to get my 964 to the standard you're after it would need £6k worth of odds and sods and a £10k engine rebuild to sort the oil leaks.

Luckily I have low standards and 964s have a plastic tray that catches the oil drips.

You'd be lucky to find an average one for £30k now. That's shitter territory.

They are the best 911 though.