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Use WBAC as a last resort unless they give you a good valuation upfront. They will try chip away some more when it comes to the inspection but you can walk away at any point. I did it with one car as it was better for me overall and the valuation was actually quite good compared to trade price. Other than that ebay, gumtree etc seem to be the best Ive found. Ebay you can do a classified add for 28 days for about £13 and what tends to happen is people will contact you and then you do the deal privately. Ive sold about half a dozen cars that way.

Another reason Ive bought them and feel confident in doing so. As you say better than sitting in the bank.

Lol, that wont be for long though it will get wrecked. One of the main ideas was to give the RS4 a break for a couple of years and I can do some work on it but S2 is having a few little issues so its my main transport. Its a Porsche 996 C4s that Ive gone for. I love the shape of them, they seem quite sought after and I prefer the interior on it to a 997. Its seems more Porsche like. Im very very lucky to be in a position to do it and may never again so I decided to just go for it whilst I can. 6 months down the line I may not have been in the same position.

God no, I would love one of them but have you seen the prices of them lately. Mental!!!!

It has Ham content, :)

Get it next weekend all going well.

Little update on the S2, its for sale lol. Nice car, sounds ace but I just wasn't feeling it. There something that doesn't do it for me about the car. I decided to go all out for a car Ive wanted to own since I was about 6 years old. I sold my S4 last week and hopefully get the S2 sold as well so in relative terms Im not actually paying out extra for the new one. That's man maths right there! Still have the RS4 which will take on daily duties for the moment. Anyway some more photos of the S2 for you and if your interested its on ebay at the moment, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171943893952?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

Just wait a few years and there will be plenty on sale at the end of the lease periods. Best colour for it IMO and great choice on the wheels. They look amazing and about 50million times better than the std wheels. 5dr as well, good man.

That's the thing with these, you have to remember they are 20+ years old and chassis' have moved in a lot. Bang for buck there isn't a lot that will touch them though. In gear acceleration is what there about.

Wish I hadn't seen that...............

Im back looking again at 911's. Decided I may never get a chance to own one again so going for it if I can find the right one for my budget.

Issue is the rear bearing caps stick out so VW caps wont work. I tried. You need something like the dome caps or there used to be a company that made flat style caps for Compomotive that you could maybe put VW badges in.

Audi S2 not 944 S2 which is what you had wasn't it?

Ive not missed that either, if it was it would be a track bike. Not really interested in road riding anymore, its been too long.

Nothing in particular, its a cool car. Maybe a bit to similar in some respects to the Corrado and I need something different if at all. I had someone ask if I would sell it and my first instinct was yes so working something out with them at the moment.

Wont be a Corrado, Im not missing it if Im honest. I meant an Elise or maybe 996.

Funny Ive been looking at a couple of these again as Im not really taking to the S2.

I only got £2k for mine needing approx. £750 of paint.

Remove ECU and send it to Stealth an option? Its not ideal but they should have done enough cars in the past with these cams to know what a good base set up is.

Yes, still have them but just need to deliver to the person.

I looked at the 944 S2's and 968's as well. They are supposed to be very nice to drive and as you say getting hard to find so prices are on the up. As an investment they are probably a very good bet and they are easy to work on. They do have some rust issues starting to appear as well though. B5 RS4 is relatively cheap to look after, it really depends on what you buy. Turbos, cams and clutch are the big jobs and its an engine out job for turbo's but that in reality is relatively easy so don't be scared. Saying that they are relatively bullet proof if warmed up and cooled properly and oil changed regularly. I know of one on standard turbo with up to 160k miles. Brakes can be expensive so get one with uprated one, same with exhaust. Suspension is okay, bits are still available and we have a resident UK breaker so that's no issue. Cambelt is expensive, I just had that done along with all gear and diff oils and it was £1300. Cam inspection should be donw before buying. Mine other that the cambelt has probably cost me £500 a year if that to run not including insurance, fuel or tax. Its the tuning parts that are very expensive so get one that's had brakes, exhaust and remap and you have a very very capable and solid car.

You wont get the 996 Turbo for that, £30k min for a decent 996 turbo. I just went through this whole thing and budget was between £25-£30k max. I was looking for something fun, a bit special and would not loose money rapidly. A lot of the cars listed above were in my list i.e. 997, 996 Turbo, 996C4s, Noble, Lancia Integrale, Audi RS2, V10 RS6, UrQuattro, Cerbera, T350 TVR and a few others. I wanted one that I could use without worrying about really affecting value so nothing too precious so a few were discounted. I also didn't realize how much a lot of these cars had increased in recent years so it was going to be a good car but with nothing left for looking after it. Overall I would say they all had their benefits but all had potential real risks against them that only you can really evaluate for you. Try as many as you can as I think some are not what you imagine them to be like. Goes without saying but its a big investment so you have to like driving it. I would say if your budget is £25k get a car around £20 and keep the rest for looking after it. They will all over time potential cost a good few grand a year to maintain with some potential very big bills so keep that in mind. I decided to keep my S4 (was going to trade it in for these cars) as it is such a good daily car and go for something £10k max which can still get you a lot of car probably just as much fun and less worrying to run. If you do decide to go to around this you have TVR Chimera, Lotus Elise, Boxster and a few others. I would however totally recommend a B5 RS4 as I love mine to bits. You could get a really good sorted and sensibly tuned one for £15k.

There no chance of them getting even close to that price. Cheap older cars will always have issues, just do a bit of research and ask on forums for opinion before buying. I reckon if you had asked on here about your white C before buying we would have all said no. I remember reading the advert before you bought it and I wouldn't gone near it.

£100 before I ebay it.

One light gone and other spoken for at the moment.