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993T is outside my parents place

Some interesting cars down in Poole, but cc uses pro photographers and they seem to pick a few locations to use repeatedly

There’s a 944 Safari coming to CC that looks fun!

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/198 ... 944-safari

IanF wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:28 am 993T is outside my parents place

Some interesting cars down in Poole, but cc uses pro photographers and they seem to pick a few locations to use repeatedly

There’s a 944 Safari coming to CC that looks fun!

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/198 ... 944-safari

*Waves*

Ive done some work for them up here.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/201 ... r231-sl400

Matty wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:37 pm That 993T is stunning. Are they really a £150k car though?

Not finishing till 7PM today...Currently sat at £289k

scotta wrote: Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:31 am In todays edition of "Fucking yes please"

Randomly parked outside a Semi-Detached in suburbia.




993 Turbo perfection.

@scotta was keeping an eye on this and messaged me the winning bid earlier. Abso. Lutely. Nuts.£397,500 (plus fees).

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/199 ... -turbo-s-2

Crazy. Another great drivers car that can't be used anymore!

I still reckon it’s due to huge amounts of Russian money needing to be laundered at the moment.

My new kink for brown cars continues

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14868854

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:56 pm My new kink for brown cars continues

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14868854

Saw that yesterday. Lovely looking thing. The monoblock wheels work so well. Bit harsh to descrobe it as brown though

ZedLeg wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:56 pm My new kink for brown cars continues

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14868854

Very nice. I'm 50-50 on the wheels though. I think they look great, but also that the car is too modern for them.

I like the look on them

I had a Saloon and a Coupe of that type (Pre facelift W212) and never liked the lights.

I hated most Mercedes styling from that period when they were new. Least favourite part of the E was the swept back wing stamped into the rear quarter.

I think they're looking better with age though.

ZedLeg wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:24 pm I think they're looking better with age though.

We all are

Although that goes along with eyesight failing so......

dinny_g wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:15 pm I had a Saloon and a Coupe of that type (Pre facelift W212) and never liked the lights.

I didn't like the headlights either, nor the rear wing haunch that Zed mentions. Yet now, I think the pre-facelift W212 looks way better than the facelift which didn't improve the looks, it just made them bland.

Those alloys would be better on a W140 or C140 though.

What's that wing thing you're referring to ??

Visible here - there's a crease which runs through the door handles and stops just behind the rear door. There's a separate unrelated crease below that which runs to the rear end but forward it droops down as a big bulging curve down the rear door skin. Always looked awkward.




So on the facelift they got rid of it. Except they only changed the rear door skin so now you have two straight fore-aft creases which are unrelated to each other:

The curved line that goes from the door to the boot.

Yeah, the curve is ugly.

Rich B wrote: Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:04 pm Yeah, the curve is ugly.

So are the headlights, yet overall it works better than the facelift. Compare the front ends of the white AMG versions I posted above; the later bumper is just a mess.

I’ll have an early one with the later rear doors please