vr6storm 0 Posted June 15, 2009 haven't actually got a gallery thread for this one,the background to this is that in January 2005,my Mother sadly passed away very suddenly,so I was left with a 3 bed semi-detached house,as I was quite settled in the area of Aberdeen I stay in,me and the wife decided that we would sell my Mother's house and also our 2-bed semi and get a bigger house with at least a driveway and garage,and as all the proceeds from my Mother's house bar the legal fees would be direct to me,no mortgage to pay off etc,we sold both houses and found a nice 3 bed semi ex-showhouse on a corner plot too and the bonus was the fact it had a double driveway and best of all it had a double garage,anyway part of the deal with the wife was that we would put so much of my Mother's house proceeds into it,also put away a decent sum for a rainy day and best of all I could go and get a new car,my first thoughts were YES I'll go and buy a Brand New Boxster (the 987 model was just launched months previously) so that was what i thought would be the ideal buy,I test drove both the 2.7 and Boxster S and decided I wanted the Boxster S,priced/specced one up and it was coming to £43k!!!,then the Cayman S was away to be launched and i started thinking about one of them,but as they were £3k dearer to start with I started to get a reality check :wave: ,spoke to a good friend who had bought a brand new 996 C4S just months previously and he asked me this question........."when you open your garage door,which would you rather see?...a Boxster/Cayman or a 911?",that was what done it for me,not only would I save money buying a 911(didn't want to spend £40k+ on a 996 when you could get into a 993 for under £30k,but it would save me losing a heap in depreciation,as it happened a customer of my in-law's was away to sell his 993 Carrera 4 that he had just bought 18months or so previously,I remembered the day he bought it and he came to the yard to pay his account in it,at the time I had sat in it thinking I wish i could have one of these,but knew I could never afford one,anyway i spoke to him and we agreed a deal subject to a PPI,all that went well and after money changed hands i owned a lovely low mile 95 993 Carrera 4 in midnight blue metallic with the RS aerokit,anyway here's pics of it first day of ownership first and only PCGB outing on a RR and just recently at a local motorshow mod wise Ive added HID's,RSR boxes,bigger tailpipes,Techart brake ducts(chinese copies) and I have just bought a brand new M033 suspension kit from Porsche for the bargain price of £417!!,I also have 1 set of 17inch O/E Cup 2 wheels,18inch mk1 996 GT3 wheels,18inch BBS RS2's and the 18inch TSW LeMans pictured above,Ive certainly become a wheel-whore in the past few years :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carter711 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Absolutely lovely, a car I would love to own and one that's definately on my list to own after (or aswell as) my VR! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted June 15, 2009 That is probably one of the few cars I would replace the VR with! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leonard 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Lovely mate. Has to be my next car...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
__Andy__ 0 Posted June 15, 2009 absoloutely stunning..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted June 15, 2009 Fantastic car and in a day when good 996's and 997's are cheaper than new boxters, I'd still have the 993... IMO it's the last of the classic 911's being aircooled etc and probably the only car i'd replace the Corrado with. Roddy was kind enough to let me have a quick drive of this when I was up in Scotland, supperb bit of kit. The problem is when you drive one you have to have one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mic_VR 3 Posted June 15, 2009 Fantastic car and in a day when good 996's and 997's are cheaper than new boxters, I'd still have the 993... IMO it's the last of the classic 911's being aircooled etc and probably the only car i'd replace the Corrado with. Roddy was kind enough to let me have a quick drive of this when I was up in Scotland, supperb bit of kit. The problem is when you drive one you have to have one! 100% agree, lovely motor and definitely the best of the 911's in my opinion. Can I be really cheeky and ask how much? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob_G60 0 Posted June 15, 2009 very nice mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Fantastic car and in a day when good 996's and 997's are cheaper than new boxters, I'd still have the 993... IMO it's the last of the classic 911's being aircooled etc and probably the only car i'd replace the Corrado with. Roddy was kind enough to let me have a quick drive of this when I was up in Scotland, supperb bit of kit. The problem is when you drive one you have to have one! I couldn't not let you have a drive after you driving all the way up to Moray Steve,although that was when it was in need of a new clutch so you didn't quite get the full on 993 experience :norty: 100% agree, lovely motor and definitely the best of the 911's in my opinion. Can I be really cheeky and ask how much? not a problem,i paid a wee bit over the odds at the time,I paid £26.5k for it in October 2005 at the time it had 19k miles on the speedo(alas the speedo had a documented change at 40k miles ) so basically close on 60k miles,the RS aerokit to add to an un-kitted car is easily close to £3k!!!!,so in a way it wasn't too dear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny B 0 Posted June 15, 2009 Love the Black rims mate, 993's are defo the 911 to have IMO....one day, one day :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KipVR 1 Posted July 4, 2009 I've always loved the 993 more then any other 911, there fetching more money than early 996's and for good reason. They have a 'top second hand cars to own' review on them in this weeks Autocar if you're interested. Nice car, enjoy it!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philuk 0 Posted July 5, 2009 shit mate,, thats stunning i love it! :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scarlet_vr6 0 Posted July 5, 2009 Beautiful :notworthy: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carpy25 0 Posted July 5, 2009 love the 993 , nicer with the black rims as well , i looked hard at 993's before going for my 996 the main reason was cabbin width being 19 stone and 6' 1" space with the narrow 993 was a problem , you say first and only PCGB meet what was the problem i was thinking of joining ?, is the yellow c4s your parked next to Len's hes ess3 on the audi forum lives in scotland i think ? Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted July 6, 2009 love the 993 , nicer with the black rims as well , i looked hard at 993's before going for my 996 the main reason was cabbin width being 19 stone and 6' 1" space with the narrow 993 was a problem , you say first and only PCGB meet what was the problem i was thinking of joining ?, is the yellow c4s your parked next to Len's hes ess3 on the audi forum lives in scotland i think ? Rob aye its Glen's 996 C4S(aka ess3),he's owned his from new PCGB meets are ok but mainly older types of owners Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big ben 10 Posted July 6, 2009 cant believe im about to say this......... cough cough......... nice porsche :salute: it really is awesome, thats a propa porsche that :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
