911Syncro

It's because Mike Brewer of the show "Wheeler Dealers" moved the show back to the UK and dumped that idiot "Ant" in favor of a new technical guy who seems much less offensive. And Mike needs some low cost cars to handle on the show, so the UK prices for all cars went down.

work_truck

But speed yellow? Isn't that worth an extra 100 grand?

GarrettSR5

If it has a WET SUMP, no

3/98 911 coupe

since is local, drive it, look at the oil, look at the coolant, hook up the durametric cam deviations, fuel trims, hook up the manometer. As long as all this check up , there are no weir noises and it drives good, I would buy it at that price.

bdronsick

True, unfortunately Speed Yellow only adds $10K - $15K to the wet-sumps

pulpo

That is 93k USD not 100k.

here are some comps
https://www.classic.com/veh/2004-por...92122-4rkoXMn/
https://www.classic.com/veh/2005-por...92148-pdXG5Zp/
https://www.classic.com/veh/2004-por...92892-pgX32O4/

Basic colors with similar mileage going for 5k-20k more. The last prices for 996 GT3 in the USA are 163k, 114k, 115k, 125k, 116k, 96k, 100k, 140k, 110k.... I think this car would've brought at least 5-10k more in the US. I guess if you consider 93k to be the same as 100k then prices are pretty similar, yes.

Optionman1

(1) Compare the size of the buyer pool in the US vs UK
(2) Historic US Stock Market run/Free $ via stimulus
(3) Steering wheel on the proper side.......

bdronsick

$93K plus UK VAT is a lot more than $100K. And then you have the carbon tax. That car was about $130K USD apples-apples

Economic markets account for all of that “silently”

pulpo

So you're saying that prices are lower because they have higher taxes. I will accept that answer.

Optionman1

If there's a profitable arbitrage available the market will adjust and squeeze it out eventually. Not that unique opportunities don't present themselves, but on a large scale Free Markets work.

xhifer

​​​​I did! And now the engine is blown.

EVOMMM

So you bought a car know that required work hasn’t been done and you drove like that and now your complaining because it’s motor blew???
why didn’t you take it asap to a service tech at $19k minimal history it was screaming for attention
now your screaming
Mike

xhifer

I was joking. How can you take this thread seriously

hatchetf15

That’s some stellar work blowing up the engine in half a day. Did someone drain the oil, plug the AOS and pop a link on the IMS chain, then do a 5,000 rpm clutch drop launch? Ha! You did not. But you wanted to.

EVOMMM

Ok ok with all the talk of ims bearings. Cam deviation water pumps grenading. I became shell shocked into driving my car to a competent tech and throw $4k in preventing disaster’s
LOL