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Nice one Rev
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GG. wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:33 pm What were your sons reaction?
They both love it, although my 14 year old doesn't fit in the back. He can bring his head or his legs, but not both :lol:
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Nathan wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:32 pm
integrale_evo wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:16 pm The dealer is obviously rolling in cash and couldn't be bothered spending 15mins looking through the paperwork and writing a decent ad with a couple of decent photos and probably making a few more grand off it.

Looks a very good buy for a boob (that is now an official forum unit of measurement isn't it? )
They take the photos in the auction yard and list them on eBay hours after the physical auction has ended, let alone receive delivery of them / test drive / check paper work.

They make fortunes
The bloke told me they're shifting 100 cars a week.
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Sounds fantastic. Well done!!
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Great work Rev, hope everything continues to go just as well!! 8-)
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Options:

09991 manufacture from the exclusive-programme
424 Automatic heating control
436 996: 3-Spoke steering wheel
446 996: Coloured Wheel Crests
650 Sunroof
939 Soft leather rear
982 Supple Leather Seats/Trim
C16 UK LUX spec: tinted windows, metallic paint, and a few other goodies.
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Seems like a proper bargain. Polish it up a bit, use it for 12 months and you could have some free/profitable motoring.
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NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:48 pm Options:

09991 manufacture from the exclusive-programme
424 Automatic heating control
436 996: 3-Spoke steering wheel
446 996: Coloured Wheel Crests
650 Sunroof
939 Soft leather rear
982 Supple Leather Seats/Trim
C16 UK LUX spec: tinted windows, metallic paint, and a few other goodies.
Love a 650 8-)

Soft leather rear :o


Looks great Rev
Bet you'll have many a happy hour in it
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Re: New Car

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NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:34 pm

The bloke told me they're shifting 100 cars a week.
Sounds about right. Did you deal with Neil or Jason ?
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Nathan wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:17 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:34 pm

The bloke told me they're shifting 100 cars a week.
Sounds about right. Did you deal with Neil or Jason ?
No idea, never got a name. Seemed like a nice chap, whoever he was. I know there’s talk on the internet about their alleged bidding practices, but they are what they are and I’ve had a decent experience with them.
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To be fair, their eBay listing did seem refreshingly honest and open. If I was in a position to buy I probably would have stuck a bid in too.
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That was years ago.

To be fair it would be impossible to shill that many cars and as long as they make at least 10% on what they shift they're making bundles
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NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:20 pm In the bundle was a £9k invoice for the engine rebuild at Hartech, coilovers and suspension refresh (droplinks, coffin arms, bushes etc) at Autofarm all done in 2016 about 20k miles ago (there must be about 8 pages describing all the work done). Sports exhaust (non switchable) or standard exhaust with bypass mod and different tips.

At £8k, it was an absolute fucking steal.
Fucking hell Dave, that’s indeed a steal. Well done for taking a punt!

Start a thread at 911uk, Baz from Hartech regularly posts there. I bet all other 911ukers would be well jealous after you’ve posted the full specs.

What year is the car? If it’s early 97/98/99 then put the amber lights back on; ambers really suit the non-aero 996 with its unfussy, clean shape.

This welcome video is a good watch.
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NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:20 pmHaving said that, the cracking of the leather isn’t as bad as it looked, I think it might clean up not too bad.
Where's Robbie when you need him? :lol:

Awesome work Dave, very pleased for you 8-)
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8-) Tremendous!
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Very cool. Well done on the bargain.
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Pleased for you Dave. Sounds like a bargain.
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NotoriousREV wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 7:20 pmI absolutely love it. I’ve haven’t felt like this about a car in years. Possibly ever.
Really chuffed for you 8-)

Keep us all up to date with the progress ! What are your thoughts so far on the 911 driving experience ? They're a bit different to anything else.
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Also - in all seriousness - whatever happens with the car long term can I have first dibs on the engine ? AFAIK mine has not been rebuilt and it would be nice to have a known good spare.
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Coaster1 wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:48 pm What year is the car? If it’s early 97/98/99 then put the amber lights back on; ambers really suit the non-aero 996 with its unfussy, clean shape.
That's a good point - you can usually pick up the ambers pretty cheaply and they work better on a silver car than the clear lights, IMO. And it'll save you having to polish the ones on the car.

I think a 1999 C4 would have had clears from the factory though, and if it has Litronics then the cost of replacing them would be somewhat higher.
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