D2000 Posted 2March, 2018 Report Share Posted 2March, 2018 A mate of mine wants to buy a Porsche in the UK for about $200,000 that he can bring back here. Would need to be pre-89 as he won't be living there for 12 months. What would you buy for the money with a view to a fun drive but also ability to resell for a decent price (i.e. without any/too much import stigma) here if needed in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 2March, 2018 Report Share Posted 2March, 2018 In looking for something over there I'd suggest he look at RPM Technik https://rpmtechnik.co.uk/sales/ as they are a very reputable independent that always seem to have some very nice stuff.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelrik911 Posted 2March, 2018 Report Share Posted 2March, 2018 Good air cooled 911's of that era are more expensive in UK than they are here. There are spotters in Oz right now looking to buy our "cheap" P cars & export back to UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avon Posted 2March, 2018 Report Share Posted 2March, 2018 Agree with the above re aircooled, and would be wary of margins for P cars. Other options would be UR Quattros, Alpine GTA's, Alfa GTV6, Sierra Cosworths or but the main issue would be rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npvpositive Posted 2March, 2018 Report Share Posted 2March, 2018 Lots of great value in the UK compared to Oz, but unfortunately it is in the later (post 89) cars . . . 997 turbo is a bargain in the UK. 993 turbo is about 1/3 less than Oz. Bring on the change in import rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidmarks Posted 2March, 2018 Report Share Posted 2March, 2018 10 hours ago, Zelrik911 said: Good air cooled 911's of that era are more expensive in UK than they are here. There are spotters in Oz right now looking to buy our "cheap" P cars & export back to UK Unless they’re UK cars already here in which case they immediately become worth less !!!!! And are unsalable. Even if they’re good ... So, here’s an arbitrage opportunity for someone who loves a bit of tasty irony - buy up all the air cooled UK delivered cars that are according to our locals suffer from the vehicular equivalent of leprosy and ship them back to their delivery land to be flogged for a nice margin with the tag line “not been on salted UK roads - great Australian sourced UK car - hard to get”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelrik911 Posted 2March, 2018 Report Share Posted 2March, 2018 13 minutes ago, Skidmarks said: Unless they’re UK cars already here in which case they immediately become worth less !!!!! And are unsalable. Even if they’re good ... So, here’s an arbitrage opportunity for someone who loves a bit of tasty irony - buy up all the air cooled UK delivered cars that are according to our locals suffer from the vehicular equivalent of leprosy and ship them back to their delivery land to be flogged for a nice margin with the tag line “not been on salted UK roads - great Australian sourced UK car - hard to get”. About 2 years ago a good mate here sold an ex UK Targa green 911 (vehicular equivalent of leprosy, plus AIDS, plus herpes) back to UK by advertising it on UK eBay. Got a very good price & the buyer in UK was super pleased it was RHD & he did not have to pay some sort of steep Euro Import duty - as the car had already been in UK. Here is a selection of tasty 911s from Design911 UK - note most are LHD and & expensive: http://www.design911.co.uk/cars-for-sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted 3March, 2018 Report Share Posted 3March, 2018 ^^ that’s some stock list ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetry911 Posted 9March, 2018 Report Share Posted 9March, 2018 https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/911-964/porsche-964-turbo-3-3--marine-blue/5791590 And keep it stored in UK and visit her a few times a year, until rules change next year to import it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaFe Posted 21March, 2018 Report Share Posted 21March, 2018 A good friend of mine used to to be the Engine builder at this independent porsche dealer: http://www.gmundcars.com/cars-for-sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTY Posted 21March, 2018 Report Share Posted 21March, 2018 26 minutes ago, NaFe said: A good friend of mine used to to be the Engine builder at this independent porsche dealer: http://www.gmundcars.com/cars-for-sale I know the guy that owns Gmund we grew up together as kids he was always into vw beetles and progressed onto Porches,they usually have some good cars or you could try Malton porsche which is nearby they always have a great selection of cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symsy Posted 22March, 2018 Report Share Posted 22March, 2018 Paragon have some nice cars.... You will pay import on cars , even though from the UK if you them to UK and you know the journey inbound to here , if the dudes over there why doesnt he just do a personal import , he can bring what he wants ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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