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GG. wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 8:35 pm Shows why you shouldn’t be a cheapskate and buy a knackered one for 8k.

If he’d spent 17 on a lovely one he’d be in for the same money as he is now with one nice working car rather than two wrecks and a headache. By the time he’s paid for a mechanic to do an engine swap he’ll be deep in a hole that he’ll realistically never dig himself out of by becoming a parts dealer on the side.

The advice should generally be - if you can only afford a a dog - don’t bother / there is no such thing as a cheap Porsche / literally a case of buy cheap buy twice

Jobbo wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 10:32 pm He’s had the first one for a couple of years at least - I think he’s got his money’s worth from it.

ETA: checking back on FaceyB, he bought it in mid-2019 so 4 years ago. And it had a bit of engine work in his ownership that year.

integrale_evo wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 10:40 pm Yep, was a pretty harsh statement.

Spending more than twice as much also wouldn’t guarantee a totally rust free car and a promise that you won’t get any big bills.

IanF wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 11:26 pm

Jobbo wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 10:32 pm He’s had the first one for a couple of years at least - I think he’s got his money’s worth from it.

ETA: checking back on FaceyB, he bought it in mid-2019 so 4 years ago. And it had a bit of engine work in his ownership that year.

Exactly! It would be better to scrap car #1 now having got his monies worth than buy another shed car and try to get one good one from both.

Jobbo wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 10:32 pm He’s had the first one for a couple of years at least - I think he’s got his money’s worth from it.

ETA: checking back on FaceyB, he bought it in mid-2019 so 4 years ago. And it had a bit of engine work in his ownership that year.

ZedLeg wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 6:29 am

IanF wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 11:26 pm

Jobbo wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 10:32 pm He’s had the first one for a couple of years at least - I think he’s got his money’s worth from it.

ETA: checking back on FaceyB, he bought it in mid-2019 so 4 years ago. And it had a bit of engine work in his ownership that year.

Exactly! It would be better to scrap car #1 now having got his monies worth than buy another shed car and try to get one good one from both.

Nah, a big part of cars as a hobby is exactly that kind of project.

If everyone just scrapped old cars that needed a lot of work we’d have far less interesting classics around.

I don’t really know Rev so don’t know what he’s been up to since he dropped the forum but some of the comments have been a bit weird.

integrale_evo wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 10:40 pm Yep, was a pretty harsh statement.

Spending more than twice as much also wouldn’t guarantee a totally rust free car and a promise that you won’t get any big bills.

GG. wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 2:47 pm The very best would have been more than the £17k I mentioned - which would have bought a decent example with say a £2,500 contingency fund and a PPI for a couple of hundred quid.

My point is that he bought a 'cheap' Porsche for £8,000, immediately rounded that up to £12,500 for a fixed one (so immediately it was a gamble that didn't pay off) and has ended up a couple of years later with something that has such bad rust it is essentially a parts car. He's now bought another and surely cannot come out of that series of questionable decisions with one working car (non matching numbers to the extent that even makes a difference at this level) for less than £20,000.

The aforementioned nice example with low mileage and the car would not be worth north of £20k comfortably. He'll now be in for £20,000 with a car that will be worth substantially less than that (£12k maybe), in Zenith (purple blue) which is perhaps the least desirable 996 colour.

Everyone pays their money and takes their choice but its just a good example that scraping the barrel nearly always costs you more not less (unless you're Hoovie and make Yootube revenue on the side).