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Tidy looking car. No sign of it on the JMG website! What are you asking for it?

Have a look at the end of thread, some pics of the new beast http://forums.tipec.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10970&start=15 Talk about playstation car, every gadget you can think of and being Nissan they all work So far anyway
GLWS Clive

I too would be interested to know what you want for the car.

PM's Sent

Hopefully it will be listed on JMG website this weekend.
More Photos Added

Looks lovely inside, I wish I could stretch my budget enough to buy this

Hi

Is there some reason why you wont post a price in this thread.. ?

All the best Brett

Did send PM's to those who expressed an interest
No fixed price, open to sensible offers!
The car has an agreed Insured market (not replacement) value of £14,000 mainly due to the Tastefully modified blueprint engine and car preparation by Simon Peckham, the previous owner.
This engine has only covered 11,000miles. Most Tipec 944 Turbo owners in the know appreciate Simon's and Jons's expertise. For these reasons the car is with Jon Mitchell who knows its history, has serviced it for the last 5 years and who's opinion on its worth is I believe more likely to generate offers approaching the insured market value.
The car must be driven to fully appreciate it's worth and Jon is in a better position to arrange an insured test drive for prospective purchases who will hopefully make a realistic offer after driving it!
Thanks for the interest.

Hi

Ahhh I didnt realise it was Simons old car....

Its a FANTASTIC car/engine, you could eat your dinner off the engine last time I saw it...

Its worth a LOT of money but in the current climate you wont get what its worth unfortunately

Why are you selling it by the way as you will NEVER find a better one ?

All the best Brett

[quote="Brett928S2"]Hi

Ahhh I didnt realise it was Simons old car....

Its a FANTASTIC car/engine, you could eat your dinner off the engine last time I saw it...

Its worth a LOT of money but in the current climate you wont get what its worth unfortunately

Why are you selling it by the way as you will NEVER find a better one ?

All the best Brett

Thanks for that Brett I do definitely realise I would not get a better one and would not be parting with this one if I intended to look for another :-
A bit of Background :-
I have had 2 previous 944's a 2.7 Coupe (Oct 2004 for 9 months as a starter) then an S2 Cabriolet (20 Months - Garage mods for this Cab) and before I retired (or Died!) wanted to finish off with a Turbo that has exceptional low/mid range Torque/performance.
It took me quite a few months looking (July 06 to Jan 07) before managing to purchase G886PUA from Simon Peckham, through Jon.

Some reasoning (as no doubt others have previously experienced) :-
Retirement, family commitments (wife doesn't drive & has no interest!), 3 cars and Months of heart-searching force a reluctant sale, Hopefully it will attract a deserving new enthusiastic TIPEC owner.

If I had a double garage and single minded circumstances I would seriously be looking at keeping it, spent weeks dry lining, insulation, Plaster boarding the walls. adding extra horizontal beams to fill in the pitched roof space so It could be insulated & boarded. Also have Dehumidifier & Heater (Car not been below 4deg in last 5 yrs!) plus 4 of the small rechargeable dehumidifiers actually in the car.
I have been pondering over selling for over a year now but finally made this difficult decision and rang Jon in April. My circumstances changed 2 years ago when I retired so will probably not change much any more!
I have had my dream 7 year itch with the best sports cars (Porsche!), never could afford one in my youth, and am selling all 3 cars and purchasing my 1st ever new car at age 67 for the rest of my (our) retirement - Volvo XC70 D5 AWD, an all rounder to include Towing Caravan-Scotland Holidays etc.

If I cannot get a reasonable price for the car I will not let it go cheaply! so will have to take stock and look at a few possible options to keep it until market possibly picks up or I die!!
1) A divorce (after 42 years of marriage last week!- not really a sensible option at this stage in life)
2) Suffer loads of family abuse by purchasing an Outdoor Carcoon to protect the Turbo (seriously thought about this {very quietly though!}} I could not leave a car of this quality outside.

Seriously though I have had a great deal of pleasure just driving this car (usually over 100 miles per outing) and now 2 years into retirement have too many family commitments to get the time to enjoy this most pleasurable of pursuits.
It really will be a sad loss but unfortunately for me Family now has to come first before selfish pleasures.
I hope that explains all and is classed as a genuine reason for sale.
Clive
(A 944 enthusiast for life, well 7 years and the rest of it that is!)

What your up against is the credit crunch. You can have a much newer M3 or 350z with similar performance & much lower running costs for the same money. Performance has never been so cheap. My Audi has 280lbs of torque & I haven't messed with it yet. It cost 5K & has only done 60K miles. It's a buyers market. Give it to Wayne Scholfield & it will make 350lbs of torque. You don't need to spend big bucks to get real punch anymore. I could have had two 4,2 litre jags for the same money if fuel economy wasn't an issue & they do 300hp straight out of the tin. (Thats four & enough change to pay the insurance for what your asking for your turbo.) Once you start tuning them it's another story. Halve your price or keep it. Thats the way it is at the moment. Much as I love the 944/951 its old technology & they do cost to keep in good order. Sadly they will never be worth 911 money.

er, sorry J.J. but I know this car and its far better than any 911 for similar money.In fact its far better than a lot of cars at twice the price!!!Weve tried to persuade Clive not to sell but unfortunately he is under the influence of superior forces(i.e. the Missus)! Someone will get a brilliant car here!

It looks a great motor, sadly these guys are right , it will not reach those values, and sadly these cars does not have 'older' 911 charisma. Good luck anyway(I would buy it for my wife but would not trust her in it!!)

I could afford to give you six grand and some sligtly pickled internal organs, Im about to have them freshly pickled tonight as im off to a whisky tasting evening (shacklton whisky)

Why cant I win the lottery

Sorry Scott 6 grand doesn't cut the mustard! + I'm down to dregs in my last 1litre Bottle of 16yr old 43% Lagavulin (the aftertaste lasts days!). Hope you had a good session and got a taxi
(I was at a local IAM Training evening tea or coffee?)

Latest :- Have Been advised 3 parties showing interest at JMG (away for a weeks hols now - well baby sitting actually!)

Good luck with the lottery!