ByronBayChris Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 Yep, http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-912-912-/281644774426?forcerrptr=true&hash=item419356341a&item=281644774426&autorefresh=true $98,000 buy now.....add exchange rate, GST, LCT and a bit of compliance work, and the trusty old 912 is getting up to 993TT values. or maybe this should go into the Outlaw wish list post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 Rightio then!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 Or this one for circa 170,000 usd...dont believe the hype http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-marketplace-discussion/624688-polo-powered-4-cylinder-911-motor-912-a-7.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 I was talking to the guys at Throttle shop about their recent 993TT sales ($200k). I asked whether they had been overseas buyers and they said no, the tax/other costs would not have made sense for an overseas buyer to add to the purchase price. Same is true for us I guess - fun looking at the wider world market, but as it goes up and our dollar goes down it wouldn't make sense buying them, especially as the market for overseas cars is so much lower when landed in OZ. Nice to know we probably don't have as much competition as we think we do for 'our' stuff though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 http://www.theage.com.au/news/news/crisis-what-crisis/2008/09/04/1220121408960.html?page=fullpage The Classic Throttle Shop sells cars for all sorts of crises. "We've got cars for people who are having a midlife crisis and we've got cars for people who have a crisis with too much disposable cash," he says. "A lot of people buy our cars because it reminds them - through rose-tinted spectacles - of times when they were children or the car that their dad owned." Nicholls says some of his customers display the obvious symptoms of a midlife crisis - bright shirts unbuttoned to the navel, large gold medallions and comb-overs. "Unfortunately we see these people a lot," he says. "I had a chap in just this morning who was wearing a very loud Hawaiian shirt; there was certainly a lot of pink and yellow going on there." Jeremy Best, Classic Throttle Shop manager, says the clothes are about lost youth. "Unfortunately some people in regaining lost youth tend to dress like teenagers rather than the 50-year-old that they are. It's an odd thing," he says. "Years ago, young men aspired to look like their fathers, now it's the other way around." The toupee top 10 As nominated by James Nicholls and Jeremy Best at the Classic Throttle Shop. Porsche 911 "A convertible version would be a midlife crisis car, no doubt about it." TurboT , reassure us you weren't wearing a Hawaiian shirt whilst talking to the CTS guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 Did they really make fun of their customers to a newspaper? Yeah...not good PR guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 29March, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 True. I'd rather buy an overpriced car from a place who states their customers are "the successful investor type, who knows a quality investment as soon as they enter the showroom" Middle aged crisis Hawaiian shirt gold chain wearing comb over teenager wannabe......that would go well in their mission statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 No crisis here buddy, but wanting to trade up to one of those fast appreciatin' beetle things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstone Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 Dumb arse, getting quoted saying that. Crisis, what crisis? One of the best times of my life. Bring me down with your criticism....who has the crisis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 bright shirts unbuttoned to the navel, large gold medallions and comb-overs. Sounds like Qld in the 70 tys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 bright shirts unbuttoned to the navel, large gold medallions and comb-overs. Sounds like Qld in the 70 tys Could be double bay tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 No crisis here buddy, but wanting to trade up to one of those fast appreciatin' beetle things that is exactly what I look like. Amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 29March, 2015 Report Share Posted 29March, 2015 that is exactly what I look like. Amazing Most people thus inclined shave their's off on December 1st . Are you still collecting donations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 I'm still dumbfounded about the 912 price!! That dash!! Jeebus thats ugly! Anyone want my 912 for $60k? Bargain maaaaate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 More to the point, am I the only one who doesn't like Center fill fuel tanks? What's wrong with the cool little popup fuel door? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 More to the point, am I the only one who doesn't like Center fill fuel tanks? What's wrong with the cool little popup fuel door? Nothing at all , but when you want to race around the 'burbs, livin' the dream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 convertible is mid life crisis? what's a targa then - quarter life crisis? I'll just be buying a convertible 'cause I'm too cheap/poor to afford a coupe (and it's a cheaper way of getting into a later model air cooled car) and back to the topic, there's something about that 912 that isn't quite right - the floorboards, RSR centre fill tank and it's still a 4 pot? I'm not convinced about the dashboard either or the gauge rings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 Most people thus inclined shave their's off on December 1st . Are you still collecting donations? are you referring to my chest hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 are you referring to my chest hair? You grow chest hair for Movember? Deviant as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 Just think, this thread was originally about an overpriced 912 and now it is about male grooming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 30March, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 Maybe that says something about a man who would buy a 912 for 993tt price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/231517805639?forcerRptr=true&item=231517805639&viewitem= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 30March, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 That's more like it. I would still like a swt 912 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 30March, 2015 Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 Oh yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 30March, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 30March, 2015 Oh yes! And I'm on the hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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