Project Domes shonky autos - Grand Cherokee departs, Kangoo titivation and 911 dug out.

[dome]

4 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

We are indeed!

[dome]

And we're in Arbroath. 

I'm not saying it's backward here but news only reached here recently of the Titanic sinking.

I don't have the heart to tell them what just happened 😳

[dome]

Hello you.

[Tickman]

Lovely.

Is it a Wolsey Hornet or a Riley Elf?

[dome]

Piss stop.

 

 

Completed it m8

[dome]

It's a manual(of course it fucking is) Carrera 4 from 2000 on 141k miles

So, a few things happened recently to remind me that life is short. Follow your dreams and all that.

After carefully looking at 6 of these over the last week I did the right thing and bought the cheapest one.

Shouldn't have any engine problems

Or bodywork problems

So as soon as I fix the engine and bodywork problems she'll be reet🤦‍♂️

It's deceased spec (not on a recent North Atlantic trip you'll be glad to hear) having been a chaps pride and joy for the past 8 years before he passed away.

This means service history is sparse but so far I've found.

So far I've found:

An exhaust and intake combo that's frankly orgasmic.

Coilovers

GT2 rear wing and wiper delete.

Air con delete

Correct Porsche rated Michelins all round which is frankly a miracle at the more exciting end of the market. 

Recent brakes and coffin arms(well known suspension component that fails)

 

Smaller than you'd think. Blue. Fast. Noisy. Epic. And that's just the van

[The Moog]

What a buy!

[Spiny Norman]

Also liked for the P J O'Rourke reference...

 

[Matty]

Absolute fucking winner. 182 engined kangoo. Manta. Now this. You must have to beat them off with a stick @dome!

[J-T]

Fuck me, 10 large on an engine rebuild! Someone must have really loved it.

Anyway, right colour, right wheels, WOULD! These have been winking at me for a while so interested to see how you get on with it

[GingerNuttz]

Better watch throwing that Nazi word around fella, you might get cancelled 🤣

[loserone]

Is it as fast as the van? 

[bezzabsa]

when does the blingy wrap arrive??? a-la every yootoober with a porker

[dome]

54 minutes ago, loserone said:

Is it as fast as the van? 

It might outrun the van but the 530d would probably give it a run for it's money up to the century 

[Matty]

1 hour ago, dome said:

It might outrun the van but the 530d would probably give it a run for it's money up to the century 

I'd be torn between the van and the manta if I'm honest. How fast the porsche is though is surely academic. The point of speed was always more than just going fast. The noise, the smell, the rattles and shit. In the right car you can feel you're going 200 miles an hour going to the spar for milk.

 

[High Jetter]

1 minute ago, Matty said:

I'd be torn between the van and the manta if I'm honest. How fast the porsche is though is surely academic. The point of speed was always more than just going fast. The noise, the smell, the rattles and shit. In the right car you can feel you're going 200 miles an hour going to the spar for milk.

 

You remember your Tri-ang too? But, of course, you're right.

[CreepingJesus]

21 minutes ago, Matty said:

I'd be torn between the van and the manta if I'm honest. How fast the porsche is though is surely academic. The point of speed was always more than just going fast. The noise, the smell, the rattles and shit. In the right car you can feel you're going 200 miles an hour going to the spar for milk.

 

That would've been one of the longer trips in the Seven replica! A 911 is sensible by comparison. Going to Spar for milk probably feels like going from the transporter to La Sarthe pits in a 911. 

Well jell, as they say. Well boughted sir.

[cort16]

Awesome!

[cort16]

Carrera 4 with awd what are you some kind of big girls blouse?  Those bills are eye watering, they are for your car right? 😀

I am just kidding I have read  the awd makes them a bit more all weather usable rather than tweaky bum at 25mph as it's there's been some light drizzle.

It seems like a bit of mine field at the bottom end of the market but having the manual is a big plus never mind an engine rebuild receipt.

What horrors did you see on the other 6 you looked at.?

 

[dome]

My copilot this morning seems to approve 

[Jim Bell]

The only thing that disappoints me about this purchase is that now I'll never be able to see you on a bus wearing a satin Porsche branded jacket.

The law is that you CANNOT wear one if you've ever owned or driven a Porsche. 

[dome]

3 hours ago, cort16 said:

Carrera 4 with awd what are you some kind of big girls blouse?  Those bills are eye watering, they are for your car right? 😀

I am just kidding I have read  the awd makes them a bit more all weather usable rather than tweaky bum at 25mph as it's there's been some light drizzle.

It seems like a bit of mine field at the bottom end of the market but having the manual is a big plus never mind an engine rebuild receipt.

What horrors did you see on the other 6 you looked at.?

 

I had decided on a facelift 3.6 2wd non sunroof car until I decided to just buy the best one I could find. I'll do a proper update on searching for one of these at some point. The 4wd might save my ass at some point.🙈

[dome]

47 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

The only thing that disappoints me about this purchase is that now I'll never be able to see you on a bus wearing a satin Porsche branded jacket.

The law is that you CANNOT wear one if you've ever owned or driven a Porsche. 

I did have a Renault t-shirt until the electrics failed on it

[aldo135]

That is very cool! I just showed my son and he wants to know if you are putting the engine into the van 🙈😂

[yes oui si]

Dark paint, twists. Yup, that works. 

Hopefully the reg isn't foreshadowing... 

I keep looking at the van and thinking that I really should have something like that. 

[Cavcraft]

That's a beauty.

[dome]

Braap

https://youtu.be/Y1KK9vCvrVY

[dome]

On 24/06/2023 at 08:57, cort16 said:

 

What horrors did you see on the other 6 you looked at.?

 

Just for you @cort16join me on a trip through the cheapest 911s in Scotland...

 

First up I looked at this one in a dealers to get an idea of what a good* one would be like.

 

It was actually pretty decent but the clutch felt horrible. I didn't drive it but was assured there was a new clutch in the workshop for it. It was at a typical used car sales type place so I wasn't particularly confident about them doing a clutch on it. Not really the sort of place to buy one from IMO but it was clean and had a load of history.

Next up was this one, up for £9600 or thereabouts.

 

The guy had a fair pair of balls on him, he'd bought it as a non runner and got it shipped up from down south to avoid getting a Scottish car. 

He replaced a load of parts before finding the fuel hose on the sender unit inside the tank was the culprit. 

There was zero history with this one but at first glance it looked pretty good. Sadly when it was reversed off the transporter the bumper got fucked

More worryingly there was rust on the B pillars. Early cars like this didn't have arch protectors and this is where they start to go.

The drivers side felt soft to the touch so not ideal. A quick test drive showed a clunk from the front end and more worryingly some transmission noise from the front end(it was a 4wd one) Next!

I'd spotted this one for sale at a broker (Trader selling on behalf of the seller) and it seemed ideal-a facelifted (slightly more power and nicer interior) Carrera 2 with no sunroof in a lovely shade of grey. It was £18k until I told him I wasn't buying it...

 

 

Firstly when I spoke to him he asked if I'd seen it since the stickers were added. I said no and he proceeded to tell me how the car was owned by his neighbours son and he'd decided to part with it and said he'd send some pictures over. 

Eventually the pics came over, showing a different car. This one in fact, which wasn't advertised at the time but was there at the dealership when I rocked up, priced at £16995. The Fuchs and RS wanabee spoiler didn't do it for me and neither did the rust...

It took a bit to actually arrange to go for look at the grey one it but I was promised a massive file of history, great example etc etc. I asked for a reg number to check the history and was promised it but never got it before going down to look at it. 

When I got there it was OK, but had a few issues.

Rust on lower rear front wing/sill

Front bonnet/boot struts were fucked.

Rear discs had a fair sized lip on them and a few other things that frankly didn't make it seem like an £18k car and certainly not as good as he made it out to be. 

The seller went to great pains to point out a crack on one rear light lens and said how when the chap approached him to sell it he said he'd "put his mark on the car" and showed me a clean MOT test from a few weeks ago. 

We took it a drive and it felt pretty good. The service history wasn't available at the time so I took the reg number and went to do some homework with the promise that he'd get the history.

Checking it out when I got home showed a not great MOT history, including a load of advisories from 2022, including a rear light lens 🤔

I mentioned this to him when he called to follow up the next day and he said he now had the history and would send over some pics. He did, but these only showed the 2022 MOT fail and work to pass. I contacted the specialist who did the work and they confirmed that was the last time they worked on the car, it was sold to the current owner shortly after. 

I said this to the seller who said the current owner had spent load on it  but couldn't seem to manage to send me any evidence of this, saying "there's loads of history, you'll need to come and have a look"

Hmm, it's a 3 hour round trip mate and you pretty much shot yourself in the foot by pointing out the cracked lens that was an advisory on that test that miraculously wasn't on the fresh test you'd arranged, along with the more serious advisories? In the sea with you!

In his defence it may have had more history, frankly I wasn't wasting any more time on it though...

One more was this one

Guy was sound, he'd had it for 4 years but his (absolutely lovely) classic Mini rally car was nearing completion and he wanted the 911 gone to create space in the garage for it. Lad.

Reasonable history and it drove well, he wasn't afraid to give it the beans too. Sadly it was just a bit too rusty, each arch needed some attention and I couldn't spend £14k on something that looked a bit ropey

For context mine was cheaper than that one!

 

[Jim Bell]

Sounds like you bought very well man. 

[dome]

1 hour ago, Jim Bell said:

Sounds like you bought very well man. 

We'll see. I'm fully aware that the purchase price is only the entry fee. I'll need to pay to play😳