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Ok.. I'm officially buying a car - wanna help?

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    #242
    RS6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭RS6


    Great to see this thread back again.


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    #243
    MarkN
    Registered Users Posts: 4,162 ✭✭✭MarkN


    That 997 is gorgeous. Rare for 2004 also!

    I've actually temporaily lost interest in the search, I can't even drive at the minute. :rolleyes:


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    #244
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    MarkN wrote: »
    I've actually temporaily lost interest in the search, I can't even drive at the minute. :rolleyes:

    Sorry to hear about that Mark, hope it's nothing too serious.


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    #245
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    That 997 is very nice. Good Spec too.


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    #246
    tdc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭tdc


    God that 997 is being whored around the forums


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    #247
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,961 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    MarkN wrote: »
    That 997 is gorgeous. Rare for 2004 also!

    It's late '04 so just over 4 years old now. Lovely car and great value.


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    #248
    MarkN
    Registered Users Posts: 4,162 ✭✭✭MarkN


    40k to get into 08 M3

    or 53k to get into this......

    http://cunninghamhiggins07.webzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1138445

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    #249
    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    MarkN wrote: »
    40k to get into 08 M3

    or 53k to get into this......

    http://cunninghamhiggins07.webzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=1138445

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    That link show 110K as price not 53K


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    #250
    moleyC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭moleyC


    robtri wrote: »
    That link show 110K as price not 53K

    It's 53K plus what Mark is trading in ;)


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    #251
    MarkN
    Registered Users Posts: 4,162 ✭✭✭MarkN


    moleyC wrote: »
    It's 53K plus what Mark is trading in ;)

    Correct.


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    #252
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Ahhhh very tough decision. Apparently the auto Porsche doesn't hurt your balls. (Top Gear for anyone who doesn't know what i'm talking about:pac:).

    I would be able to pick between the two.


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    #253
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    GET THE PORSCHE.


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    #254
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    For me, the search is over. I saw that blue 997 yesterday, and it is truly, gorgeous.

    It even has a 'nice' D plate.


    I know 53k is more than 40k, but the M3 will drop in price, quicker, I'd say, so the differential after a while won't be as big.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #255
    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    If you can stretch to a 911 (or even a newer Cayman or Boxster) go for it.

    Going from a 07 335 to a 08 M3 and having to spend €40k is madness IMHO:eek:...

    I've voiced anti-German sentiments on here before but most Porsches are truly that little bit special and reading between the lines of past posts I think it's a Porsche you really hanker for:).


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    #256
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,961 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    galwaytt wrote: »
    For me, the search is over. I saw that blue 997 yesterday, and it is truly, gorgeous.

    It even has a 'nice' D plate.


    I know 53k is more than 40k, but the M3 will drop in price, quicker, I'd say, so the differential after a while won't be as big.


    Couldn't agree more. As pburns said, 40k for going M3 from your car is mad - just wasting money away


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    #257
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    unkel wrote: »
    Couldn't agree more. As pburns said, 40k for going M3 from your car is mad - just wasting money away

    I personally think that the 911 is worse value for money. I've hated every generation since the introduction of the water-cooled 996 and I longer see it as the definitive Porsche. You'd only be buying it for the sake of having the top model in the range.

    The Cayman is a much better balanced and overall better car than the 911 for the money. And now that it is available with an LSD, I can really no longer see any case for stumping up the extra outlay for the above car.

    If you want a 911, buy a 993. At least it will be a safe place to put your money.


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    #258
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    VolvoMan wrote: »
    I personally think that the 911 is worse value for money. I've hated every generation since the introduction of the water-cooled 996 and I longer see it as the definitive Porsche. You'd only be buying it for the sake of having the top model in the range.

    The Cayman is a much better balanced and overall better car than the 911 for the money. And now that it is available with an LSD, I can really no longer see any case for stumping up the extra outlay for the above car.

    If you want a 911, buy a 993. At least it will be a safe place to put your money.


    I used to think like that, and I had a G50 3.2. Boy am I cured of that. Going back and forth from that to the TT I had at the same time was like going from the Spanish Armada to Starship Enterprise. And the TT was damn near as quick, with half the engine capacity. Things have, simply, moved on.

    993's are indeed, classics. But they are still small and somewhat unrefined compared to anything that follows, and they are somewhat archaic. Remember, the newest 993 you'll find out there is now 11 years old. And an 11 yr old version of a 30yr old car at that. From a practical point of view, for the commuting etc that MarkN will do, this translates into a huge step backwards from his 335. 993's are, compared to 996/997's expensive to maintain and repair, as well as not fond of commuting. With 13 litres of oil to warm up, it is not fond of shuttling about. If a manual, you'll be buying clutches, too. Weekend/sporting car, absolutely, but a 996 can be used just like any other modern commuting car, and still play Supercar at a moment's notice - easy to drive, reasonable on juice, cheap to service and parts aren't too expensive.

    Nothing wrong with 993's in themselves, but I don't think they fit the profile of Mark's use. And 993s are overpriced, whilst the water cooled boxers are, frankly, getting better value by the day - as the other Porsche thread shows......and much and all as I like P cars, there is no way you can say they, or any other, car, is a 'safe place' to put your money.

    Buying the newer models because 'You'd only be buying it for the sake of having the top model in the range' is entirely legitimate. It is, after all, what prompted the then-new buyers of the 993's to chop in their old 964's for, after all..........if someone doesn't buy them, new, we can't buy them used. And if the likes of Mark doesn't buy recent ones, used, there's no hope of me getting one when it's 6 yrs old etc, either. Don't try and save the first domino in the chain - we need him!

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #259
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    hey MarkN - no pressure, huh ? ;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #260
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    I wish my thanks button was still here, cause that was a good post.


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    #261
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    CianRyan wrote: »
    I wish my thanks button was still here, cause that was a good post.

    Lol, what happened it?


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    #262
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    I don't know, it just fecked off somewhere today and hasnt come back.

    i'll take a screen shot now and show.

    Edit: Link to the pic
    > http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm139/Comebackchild/nothanks.jpg


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    #263
    Eoin
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 21,239 CMod ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    I think you can only thank so many posts a day.


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    #264
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    CianRyan wrote: »
    I wish my thanks button was still here, .....

    Out of curiousity, who're you trying to thank ?

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #265
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,961 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    galwaytt said it all there ^^

    The old and outdated 911 was to be replaced by the 928 back in the '70s but Porsche buyers did not want to know

    It struggled on and is nicknamed to have made a few widows (this is hearsay) until Porsche got things right with the 997. And what a car that is!


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    #266
    HashSlinging
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,413 ✭✭✭HashSlinging


    The 370z is coming out soon, should fall in MN price, I think its stunning looking. Major improvement. Think it looks very like the 280z good thing IMO.

    2009_nissan_370z_images_003.jpg


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    #267
    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    HashSlinging wrote: »
    The 370z is coming out soon, should fall in MN price, I think its stunning looking. Major improvement. Think it looks very like the 280z good thing IMO.

    Well the 240Z was the best-regarded Z-car and indeed this does resemble the early Z-series. Don't think the mass-market badge would do much for the OP though!

    It's actually a great example of how you can integrate classic design cues without going all 'retro' like the MINI, Beetle et al.


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    #268
    HashSlinging
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,413 ✭✭✭HashSlinging


    my bad its the 240z.. think youd see a lot less of them about than BMWs etc.. which are all the same at the end of the day..


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    #269
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    I don't think Mark is too keen on Japanese cars, or anything that isn't German for that matter.


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    #270
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    eoin wrote: »
    I think you can only thank so many posts a day.

    I thanked like one person that day. :confused:
    galwaytt wrote: »
    Out of curiousity, who're you trying to thank ?

    T'was you.
    HashSlinging wrote: »
    The 370z is coming out soon, should fall in MN price, I think its stunning looking. Major improvement. Think it looks very like the 280z good thing IMO.


    That looks like its going to be great.
    Any idea of what its gonna cost?

    Just thought I'd throw a wild card into the mix.
    http://www.carzone.ie/search/AC/Cobra/Recreati/200905191678634/advert


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    #271
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    CianRyan wrote: »
    ......T'was you...........

    :o:o, thank you, thank you, and to all the members of the Academy...I'd also like to thank my Producer Aragh Spelling, the Director, Du Dis, and all the other members of the cast - [sob] - but, most of all - [sob] - my SO, who's stuck with me through thick and thin cars good and bad..[sob] cry2.gif crying.gif ...all I can say, is 'This Ones For Me !" :)

    :p:p:p

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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