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Not a plan at the moment but if you had around £10k sat in the bank to buy a mid-life crisis car i.e. two seater, 2+2, convertible, weekend, fun, classic, modern whatever. Which car for sale now (eBay, auto trader, Facebook marketing etc) would you buy?

My openers would be:

Boxster S - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266349225300 ... media=COPY

911 - https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-detail ... 00&fromsra

I’ve always hankered after a 911 and thoroughly enjoyed the Boxster S I borrowed a few year ago.

read up in IMS bearing and bore scoring on the Boxster / Cayman and 911s - depending on what you read it is a rare issue or a very common one. Mate has his 911 go bang because of the about an 9k quote for fitting new engine.
The issue was more or less sorted in 2009 onwards

I would love a 911 but it would have to be a 997 variant onwards - the fried egg headlights of the 996 would put me off

Z4

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195910850418 ... R-T7-uW0Yg

weeksy wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:36 am https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175831860791 ... R5jX8OW0Yg

My son has the V8 hardtop. It's a weapon.

Nothing says mid life crisis like a V8 Mustang

Nothing like a convertible on a sunny day...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145211728740 ... R9j0lOm0Yg

Mr Moofo wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:21 am read up in IMS bearing and bore scoring on the Boxster / Cayman and 911s - depending on what you read it is a rare issue or a very common one. Mate has his 911 go bang because of the about an 9k quote for fitting new engine.
The issue was more or less sorted in 2009 onwards

I would love a 911 but it would have to be a 997 variant onwards - the fried egg headlights of the 996 would put me off

Yeah, read about that a few times*, 986 / 996 worlds seem full of woe about the IMS and RMS, if I was to go for an older model of either, I’d want at least the IMS doing or would factor in an IMS & clutch into the overall spending money. If the gearbox is off, you may as well refresh the clutch kit & spring (known to fail on older 986 models) otherwise you’d be paying the labour twice.

I had to Google IMS, RMS, and PDK (newer boxsters) after seeing those unknown TLAs in adverts.

In terms of headlights, I know what you mean, but then I was never a fan of the headlights on my 955i Tiger but soon forgot about them when riding it. Facelift / newer model Porsches do look nicer though

My eBay faves...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195860130232 ... media=COPY

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115865830872 ... media=COPY

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166240867813 ... media=COPY

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125946171503 ... media=COPY

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275965169331 ... media=COPY

Got be a Boxster (tho they're strictly a two-seater not a 2+2).

My next door neighbour just got a 2002, I mentioned all the RMS, IMS, etc issues and he said the local specialist had a look at it and said 90% of the old ones will have had the work done years ago. His has a slight leak from one of the seals, the bloke said it'll not get any worse and is more than the car is worth to fix it, just remember to top the oil up!

...and 10k isn't anywhere near enough for a proper mid life crisis.

I couldn't quite stretch to a. 911 tho'

640d convertible

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275959839018

MyLittleStudPony wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:08 pm 640d convertible

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275959839018

Cat S with 130k miles!!!

KungFooBob wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:10 pm

MyLittleStudPony wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:08 pm 640d convertible

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275959839018

Cat S with 130k miles!!!

That's the hard man's way. Then q plate it and get TPO insurance.

Can you have a mid-life crisis on £10k.

Wreckless Rat wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:58 pm Can you have a mid-life crisis on £10k.

Not with anything with wings on it…

Not sure I'd buy a £10k 911, but you'd get a decent Boxster S.

Or..perhaps a Z3 with a half decent engine?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115848597024

Z3's are awful cars. An E85 Z4 is a better proposition, just don't buy the 2.2 four pot.

Ooh..good call!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304949361940

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:35 pm Nothing says mid life crisis like a V8 Mustang

2 tonnes of bad taste!