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Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:12 pm
by Coaster1

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:16 pm
by duncs500
Ooh, I do like an Esprit Sport 350. 8-)

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:25 pm
by mik
Don’t think the rear wing works aesthetically on the Sport350, but otherwise yes.

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:15 am
by duncs500
mik wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:25 pm Don’t think the rear wing works aesthetically on the Sport350, but otherwise yes.
Incorrect.

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:13 am
by DeskJockey
duncs500 wrote: Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:15 am
mik wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:25 pm Don’t think the rear wing works aesthetically on the Sport350, but otherwise yes.
Incorrect.
Incorrect.

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:05 am
by Jimmy Choo
Coaster1 wrote: Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:12 pm Another one.

https://www.selectinggear.com/
with the kerb weight reduced to a skinny 130kg
Add many, many lightnesses! :shock:

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:17 am
by mik
Filling the interior with helium and providing a driver snorkel (aka Drorkel) never really caught on.

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:56 pm
by Coaster1

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:34 am
by integrale_evo
5 door 8v in an awful colour. No thanks!

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:44 am
by McSwede
integrale_evo wrote: Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:34 am 5 door 8v in an awful colour. No thanks!
But, but ,but.... The 8v has more torque 🤣

I agree with Harry! And how much?!!!!! Fuck that!

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:51 am
by JonMad
The owner reports the last service took place in September 2016 at 22,767 miles
Only 1000 miles since then but still... :?:

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 10:27 am
by mik
(possibly 'cos I don't really get the general fanboyism around the various lineage of VW Golfs) This may actually annoy me more than all the supercar speculators that ruin perfectly driveable cars and (unwittingly or otherwise) turn them into ornaments.

Buy a Golf GTi. A hot hatch version of a humdrum family hatchback. A workhorse. A reliable and practical daily driver.

Then barely drive it. :roll:

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:15 pm
by Jobbo
The late mk2 5dr 8v was heavier and less responsive with the later fuel injection, I understand, so set things up nicely for the mk3 and mk4 GTIs :lol:

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:08 am
by Coaster1
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/200 ... lubsport-1

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Used to be owned by the chap who had a 180k miles blue 996 GT3. Now owned by a PHer (bought for around £55k IIRC?)

Do it [mention]Nathan[/mention]

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:30 am
by GG.
Even for 168k miles the paint on that is fucked! The bonnet looks like the milky way.

My real concern would be that someone that runs up that kind of mileage without getting a partial respray is clearly not one to spend money where it can be avoided.

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:40 am
by Coaster1
GG. wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:30 am Even for 168k miles the paint on that is fucked! The bonnet looks like the milky way.

My real concern would be that someone that runs up that kind of mileage without getting a partial respray is clearly not one to spend money where it can be avoided.
I’ve not looked at the photos really.....

Here’s a thread from the last owner.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/top ... &t=1657973

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 12:53 am
by GG.
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Will be interesting to see how much it will go for. 30-40k mile 997 gt3s are £65k upwards.

This will need 10-15k worth of engine rebuild and 5-7k worth of paint in the next few years (well, it needs the paint now) That's a net £45k ish car skirting around the issue of whether you'd ever be able to sell it. On that basis I'd pay sub £40k but I'm sure people will bid higher.

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:28 am
by Mito Man
Front bumper is grazed too but I would say it’s not bad for the mileage and means it’s unlikely to have hidden accident damage which is more likely with such a car.
If it’s going to be used on lots of track days then repainting it will be a bit pointless unless you go all in and PPF it too.

I still wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole :lol:

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:08 am
by integrale_evo
I’d rather see a car with wear that matches it’s age ( as long as it’s not going rusty ) than one that gets a front end blow over every 10k miles like some seem to.

Re: Collecting Gear / Selecting Cars

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2020 6:13 am
by Jobbo
integrale_evo wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:08 am I’d rather see a car with wear that matches it’s age ( as long as it’s not going rusty ) than one that gets a front end blow over every 10k miles like some seem to.
Standard Porsche dealer work before sale; I’ve no doubt the fact that virtually every 911 has had a front end respray is great for hiding unsavoury history 😄

Not sure I’d consider doing a respray every other service to be essential maintenance though, nor lack of it to be evidence of neglect. And I’d rather have a high-miler than a London-dwelling car which has done 1/4 the miles but has the same number of operating hours.

ETA: now I’ve read the PH thread, I wouldn’t be interested in this particular car. Bought by bloke in London and moved on within a year, reference to having spent a lot... I’d buy a car like this from the owner who did the mileage but not so keen when it’s gone through a few more pairs of hands.

And the price has to be right compared to lower mileage examples; they may not cost more to run but they will always be easier to sell.