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So I'm looking for a GTS. This is what i'm after
I know what your thinking - colour is not important, condition is. Also I would be better to "up my budget" to around £28k-35k. Richard Grace has some gorgeous GTS in that range.....love that yellow one!
Unfortunately my life isn't champagne. I have some money put aside, but also need to reserve some cash for some impending important house work, and some important family things....so really "upping my budget" is not a real option. I have been watching the market almost daily since March (Ebay, Autotrader, Exchange and Mart, motors, this site, facebook, etc). I can confirm there have been 4.7's MC shifts for sale in the £15k to £25k price bracket, so I know I'm not being totally unrealistic.
I'm not in a rush. Ive already decided I am getting one, and happy to wait for the right car to come up. If that takes me until this time next year so be it.
I know colour isnt more important than condition, but while I am already in love with a GT, I need to fall even deeper to look past some of the part prices and part availability problems (i.e the current NLA worry of wheel bearings), so the only way that is going to happen is with a car I literally love the look of.
I've owned over 120 cars (was motor trade at one point in my life, but I now write instruction manuals for a living (LOL)), so I hope to contribute quite a bit to the forum in terms of "oily bit advice" once I can finally get my hands dirty of course (and know what I would actually be talking about).
Going further I maintain a workshop with ramp (hobby only space) which I share with a mate, and where I restore my 1979 911SC (my 15th a/c 911). I help my work colleagues work on their cars, and I would extend that to anyone in the South West with a GT (i'm in Cornwall).
That's all a free resource for a local forum member to use, I don't work on cars anymore, and never want to again. I am literally just happy to assist those that want to work on their own car. I just not yet have any useful GTS knowledge or an actual GTS....but I am working on it!
Luke
- Light or eye popping paint colour (White, Silver, Red, Grey, Yellow, etc) - no black, dark blue, etc
- Red, Tan or Creme interior. I have a phobia (joke) to dark (i.e black interiors), yellow paint on black would be the only exception. If it makes anyone feel better - its the same for any of my other cars. I was probally dropped as a baby.
- 4.7 GTS
- MC shift preferred, ZF not ruled out.
- 2010 onwards preferred, or cam variators done
- Full service history
- Up to 60k Miles
- I'm okay with a car needing work, as long as I know what I am up against. Prefer to be able to drive for a few months before coming off the road for work.
- HPI clear, etc
- Wrapped is fine, in fact I love wraps...but original paint would still need to be White, Silver, Red, Grey, etc underneath, as Im a sucker for "bolt on originality".
- 2 keys, but not a deal breaker
- perfer 3 to 6 owners, but not a deal breaker
- Will travel anywhere in the UK...but will want to PPI before purchase.
I know what your thinking - colour is not important, condition is. Also I would be better to "up my budget" to around £28k-35k. Richard Grace has some gorgeous GTS in that range.....love that yellow one!
Unfortunately my life isn't champagne. I have some money put aside, but also need to reserve some cash for some impending important house work, and some important family things....so really "upping my budget" is not a real option. I have been watching the market almost daily since March (Ebay, Autotrader, Exchange and Mart, motors, this site, facebook, etc). I can confirm there have been 4.7's MC shifts for sale in the £15k to £25k price bracket, so I know I'm not being totally unrealistic.
I'm not in a rush. Ive already decided I am getting one, and happy to wait for the right car to come up. If that takes me until this time next year so be it.
I know colour isnt more important than condition, but while I am already in love with a GT, I need to fall even deeper to look past some of the part prices and part availability problems (i.e the current NLA worry of wheel bearings), so the only way that is going to happen is with a car I literally love the look of.
I've owned over 120 cars (was motor trade at one point in my life, but I now write instruction manuals for a living (LOL)), so I hope to contribute quite a bit to the forum in terms of "oily bit advice" once I can finally get my hands dirty of course (and know what I would actually be talking about).
Going further I maintain a workshop with ramp (hobby only space) which I share with a mate, and where I restore my 1979 911SC (my 15th a/c 911). I help my work colleagues work on their cars, and I would extend that to anyone in the South West with a GT (i'm in Cornwall).
That's all a free resource for a local forum member to use, I don't work on cars anymore, and never want to again. I am literally just happy to assist those that want to work on their own car. I just not yet have any useful GTS knowledge or an actual GTS....but I am working on it!
Luke