911Nut Posted 10September, 2011 Report Share Posted 10September, 2011 I am from the UK and now living in Australia and am a member of the Queensland PC, I own a number of classic 930's which I brought across from the UK a couple of years back. I was an active club member when living in the UK, so have seen many examples of the legendary super car. From attending many classic car events in the UK over the years, you get to understand better the people that own these cars and how well they are looked after. The 930 was a very expensive car back in the eighties and at the time you could buy an house and have a Ford Escort parked in the garage for the price you would have to pay for one. So when talking to many owners about their beloved 930's at the classic shows, you soon found out that their cars lived a pampered life, some owners kept them in heated storage over the winter months and would only dive them in the summer months and never on a rainy day. I have entered some of my cars in the QPC concours show and been placed 2nd & 3rd in class out of about 18 entries. So I find it hard to understand why there is a stigma attached to a UK imports, lets not forget these cars where built in Germany to withstand European weather conditions, the fact the cars went from Germany to the UK for the first part of their lives should not matter. Yes you can find bad examples and some of them might have found their way out here by people looking to make a quick buck, because bad examples will be cheap to buy in the UK like they would be in any country. From what I have seen Australian cars can suffer more than their UK counterparts with regards to deterioration of the interior leather trim due to the harsh hot summer months, which I can assure you is never a problem in the UK. When looking to buy a car don't let people tell you UK cars are all s#itboxs, this simply is not true, yes you can buy a s#itbox regardless of where it originated from. If you ever get a chance to go to a classic car show in the UK and speak to the owners about their priced and much loved cars and think for one moment these owners spend years enjoying the ownership of a s#itbox then think again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 10September, 2011 Report Share Posted 10September, 2011 Welcome to the forum 911NUT. You make a great point. This is particularly true for the 930. What a shame your not in vic, love to look at your cars. Look forward to your input on the great 930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myred911 Posted 10September, 2011 Report Share Posted 10September, 2011 Hi '11... Welcome to our forum and I second Vas's comment and add this... A garage queen or concourse standard car in the UK should present as well as the same car here in OZ. However we need to compare apples with apples. My bet is that a DD (like my SC) in Australia would be in better condition than the same car in the UK, not withstanding being ravaged by our sunlight. The absence of salt on our roads is the difference. Just have a look at older (non-Porche) cars that are garaged on the coast - more rust that paint. My cars get driven in all conditions, the only reason why one car would languish in the garage is through lack of opportunity to let 'em out for a run. Overall, the longevity of our cars this due to the good engineering. Regs rEd Go Cats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myred911 Posted 10September, 2011 Report Share Posted 10September, 2011 Hi again 'nut, I just had a wander through your 951 site, very impressed with the quality of workmanship. Cheers, rED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911Nut Posted 10September, 2011 Report Share Posted 10September, 2011 Vas930 & myred911, Thank you for the welcome and I am very happy to have found this forum, in the UK we have Impactbumpers.com which is a really helpful forum. Vas930, I am having to split my collection due to a recent house move (just don't have the room) and my Slant Nose may end up in Vic, providing the guy likes what he sees when he fly's up within the next couple of weeks. Being an avid collector I have built up a little knowledge over the years and am happy to help other members if I can. I have a very rare 930 Targa only 28 ever made in RHD and it might be the only one in Australia. myred911, Yes salt is a problem, but lesser so for cars from southern UK, so apples for apples could be a northern UK car v a Australian coastal car, both DD, but the UK car would probably have the better interior. If the original UK owner was smart he may have paid an extra £1K and had the underside treated to protect it better from those salty winter roads, not sure how you can protect against salty sea air for the Australian DD. So my main point is please do not tar every UK car with the same brush (unless from new tar is very good protection from salt) a good example of any car is a good example regardless of where it comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911Nut Posted 10September, 2011 Report Share Posted 10September, 2011 Hi again 'nut, I just had a wander through your 951 site, very impressed with the quality of workmanship. Cheers, rED Sorry not sure if this post was directed at me, but I do not own a 944 turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G53 Posted 19September, 2011 Report Share Posted 19September, 2011 Hi, I've just imported a 2005 Carrera S from the UK and previously owned a 964 over there. For my 2 cents I would agree with 911 nut re salt on roads vs salt in the air and the damaging sun. fact is most porsche drivers don't take their toys out on snow or black ice (where they would have spread salt) if they can help it!!! that's what the £5k 2007 BMW is for! secondly the car industry is brilliant over there, so many enthusiasts, a lot more cars to choose from, a lot more money to keep them maintained and a lot cheaper to do so. you're talking about a country that produces at least three (from last count) specialised porsche magazines! A top end rebuild on a 964 costs the equivalent of A$7,000, from what i hear it's double in oz. to comply my 997 in australia they cut with a scalpel three slits in the felt on the rear shelf above the child anchor bolts which you cannot see, and then flicked the stalk a few times to change the system to kmh's - that was all! btw it's for sale at a healthy $25k discount to the aussie ones. once i've bought my house i will go and pick up a uk import for sure...would rather a 997 than a 996 for the same money oh and when i was there ze germans were buying LHD 3.2's from the uk and taking them back to germany because it was better value - so how about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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