[928uk] OT 996/997 (or other) experiences to share?

[Ian Salisbury]

No Alex, I really don't get it - the aesthetic is nasty!!

Ian Salisbury
Salisbury Associates
07748750084

> On 11 Jan 2017, at 18:01, Alexander Popov <sellingermotorsport at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Is it me or the 928 does not work very well as a convertible?
> 
> The 650iX is a beast. The twin turbo makes a lot more than the stated low 400s - most German magazines speculate about 450+ available on tap. Very nice place to be too...
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 11 Jan 2017, at 17:14, Alistair Walter <awalter at google.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Crikey...
>> 130,000CHF for *Top Down* 928 Motoring.
>> 
>> http://www.autoscout24.ch/fr/d/porsche-928-cabriolet-1985-occasion?index=5&make=62&model=452&st=1&vehid=4494904&vehtyp=10&returnurl=%2ffr%2fvoitures%2fporsche--928%3fmake%3d62%26model%3d452%26st%3d1%26vehtyp%3d10%26r%3d5
>> on BBS too...
>> 
>> Al
>> 
>> 968 Cab?
>> http://www.autoscout24.ch/fr/d/porsche-968-cabriolet-occasion?index=1&kmto=140000&make=62&model=454&st=1&vehid=4237960&vehtyp=10&returnurl=%2ffr%2fvoitures%2fporsche--968%3fkmto%3d140000%26make%3d62%26model%3d454%26st%3d1%26vehtyp%3d10%26r%3d5
>> 
>> 
>> 650i - 4WD
>> http://www.autoscout24.ch/de/d/bmw-650-cabriolet-2012-occasion?allmakes=1&body=4&drive=24&index=4&kmto=70000&pricefrom=20000&priceto=70000&prop=1&st=2&vehid=4174943&vehtyp=10&returnurl=%2fde%2fautos%2falle-marken%3fallmakes%3d1%26body%3d4%26drive%3d24%26kmto%3d70000%26pricefrom%3d20000%26priceto%3d70000%26prop%3d1%26st%3d2%26vehtyp%3d10%26r%3d5
>> 
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>> 
>> On 10 January 2017 at 09:55, Julian Parry via 928uk <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>> 
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>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Julian Parry <julianparry1 at me.com>
>>> To: The List <928uk at lists.928.org.uk>
>>> Cc:
>>> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:55:55 +0000 (GMT)
>>> Subject: OT 996/997 (or other) experiences to share?
>>> Hello all
>>> 
>>> My daughter will be leaving Switzerland to start study in the UK later
>>> this year so I will no longer need a car with 4 proper seats every day. My
>>> current A5 Quattro Cabriolet has been a fantastic drive, even with only 4
>>> cylinders and 211 horses - it's good for 4 people, flexible load space, and
>>> great in the snow. However, at 160,000 km it is beginning to feel its age
>>> (though it looks great still), and has started to consume more oil and fuel
>>> than it ever did before. This has prompted me to contemplate changing it
>>> for something less practical for just the two of us, but with rear seats
>>> for occasional short trips for 4 perhaps when the kids are home.
>>> 
>>> As everything car-related is very expensive her in Switzerland, I am
>>> prepared for and expensive experience of ownership of any of the following
>>> (my 928 has cost me over £7000 in the  first two  years of ownership, but
>>> the A5 has cost more over the same time period), but which of those on my
>>> wish list below is going to be not necessarily the the least costly, but
>>> the MOST REWARDING to own? For example,  I rented a brand new Golf over
>>> Xmas in the UK and it felt terrible on the motorways, needing continual
>>> adjustments to the steering to keep going straight - exhausting, and I
>>> hated it.
>>> 
>>> So, I have been thinking about the following, and wondered if there was
>>> anyone here with first hand knowledge of living with one of these things. I
>>> know about the known (and overblown?) issues with the 911s on the list
>>> already.
>>> 
>>> Audi S5 Cabriolet
>>> 996 or 997 C4 cabriolet
>>> XK8 or XKR (post 2002) convertible
>>> XK (post 2006) convertible
>>> or, as a piece of fantasy, a DB7 6i Volante (I accept I may be certifiably
>>> insane even contemplating this one as a daily driver, but life is  for
>>> living, is it not?)
>>> 
>>> As you can see, I like top-down motoring, and ideally 4 wheel drive for
>>> the occasional snowy days like today. If any one can share experiences of
>>> ownership of any of these, please feel free to contact me off-list. I do
>>> about 30,000 km a year, by the way, if that has any bearing on your
>>> responses.
>>> 
>>> Or maybe I should get a second, lower mileage, 928..... but looks at the
>>> prices of them
>>> http://www.autoscout24.ch/fr/d/porsche-928-coupe-1987-occasi
>>> on?index=8&make=62&model=452&st=1&vehid=4288444&vehtyp=10&
>>> returnurl=%2ffr%2fvoitures%2fporsche--928%3fmake%3d62%
>>> 26model%3d452%26st%3d1%26vehtyp%3d10%26r%3d5
>>> 
>>> http://www.autoscout24.ch/fr/d/porsche-928-coupe-1990-occasi
>>> on?index=10&make=62&model=452&st=1&vehid=3867719&vehtyp=10&
>>> returnurl=%2ffr%2fvoitures%2fporsche--928%3fmake%3d62%
>>> 26model%3d452%26st%3d1%26vehtyp%3d10%26r%3d5
>>> 
>>> Those prices would get me many things off the list above, with a full
>>> history and reasonable mileage, even a DB7 with less than 50,000 km.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance
>>> 
>>> Julian 87 S4 Auto with 250,000 km
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>