Reddit reviews The Used 911 Story, 8th Edition
We found 5 Reddit comments about The Used 911 Story, 8th Edition. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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Reddit reviews The Used 911 Story, 8th EditionWe found 5 Reddit comments about The Used 911 Story, 8th Edition. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Peter Zimmerman's book, The Used 911 Story covers just about everything you want to know.
Buy this and read it.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Used-911-Story-Edition/dp/0963172662
Then just get ready to search alot, do not be hasty to buy. When you do find one it must get a PPI from a highly recommended shop(I paid for 5 PPIs before I bought a 930). Then negotiate from there.
It's 50 year for 911, prices are a little inflated right now, and seem to be going higher at least for rest of year. After that hype its possible some of non-enthusiast that are turned on to 911 this year will wash out and drop the prices a bit, but don't bank on it. At this point I am not sure 20K is getting you a "nice clean driver" 911 unless it has huge miles already on it.
Go hangout on rennlist or pelican parts, and with the book I recommended you will get a good idea of what you are getting yourself into.
A good starting point, if you're really serious about the car, Get it to an Indy Porsche mechanic and do a PPI. Also, get this book while you are at it. It should have every major and known issue in it. Then check the maintenance and repair history; a good binder / folder full of receipts is a pretty good indicator. If anything is rebuilt, including the steel widebody, check for paper work.
In short: Check maintenance and repair history, compare it to the book, and if there is anything you are unsure of, get a PPI done and mechanic should tell you.
Edit: I wish I could help you more, but I don't own one. I researched into 80s 911 SC when I was looking for one, and above is what I learned.
This one is great assuming you are looking at 996 or older:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Used-911-Story-Edition/dp/0963172662
This book is a decent read for the older cars, it doesn't have too much info after they went to water cooling, http://www.amazon.com/Used-911-Story-8th/dp/0963172662/ref=pd_sim_b_2.
I daily drive a 930 with a 4 speed. It isn't for everyone but it really is a fantastic car. It has completely tainted my opinion of modern cars, they all seem so heavy and really isolate the driver compared to my car. If something happened to it I could only replace it with another 930, http://www.flickr.com/photos/willtel/2893100203/in/set-72157604555459772/.