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Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:50 pm
by lindsayhbrown
Mike and Edd do up what is claimed to be the cheapest 993 tonight on Wheeler Dealers, could be interesting

Re: Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:34 pm
by Althejazzman
I'd like to see this. I suppose the 993 is the cheapest 911 available at the moment? As a friend of mine put it: Too old to be worth much, but not old enough to be worth much!

I unfortunately will have to wait until someone kindly puts the episode on YouTube.

Re: Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:06 pm
by JasonGibson
Far from the cheapest, most mid 20's up and silly money for turbos

You can get early 996 for low teens and the odd tatty one under 10k

Re: Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:10 pm
by AML911
yep, 996 best value 911 out there if you like a gamble........

Re: Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:45 am
by Paul Mabley
Thought the car looked good in the end.

I'd struggle with spending so much money on specialist adjustable suspension on a targa though, maybe carrera at a push but that seemed silly.

I agree with those above re the 996, I think it's a stonking car, massively underrated and I think it's subtle, clean looks are ageing very well.

Re: Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:11 am
by Althejazzman
Good points everyone. I should have remembered that the 993 is almost 20 years old now, and the last air cooled. I'll just crawl back sheepishly to the 944 forum where I belong.

Re: Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:59 am
by JasonGibson
I very much doubt they paid aywhere near that for the suspension, nice advert for the company.
Probably cost them much less than std set up.

I must admit it did look nice though :D

They do all te spanner work just down the road from our Thames Valley Meets.
Hopefully Paul the mechanic will pop along with his 997 Turbo one Month

Re: Discovery Channel 9pm

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:11 pm
by RichardKS
The road featured at the end of the show was mostly the buttertubs pass which wends its way up to the Tan Hill Inn, a favourite destination of the NW region.

The Porsche owners featured were from the Lancashire and Cumbria region of PCGB.