Thread: £8000 Porsche Boxster S-allahindlus või katastroof?

Odavad Boxster S idee tundub peaaegu liiga hea et olla tõsi, kuid mõnikord see võib lihtsalt olla väärt võimalus. Telefon helises ja kuulates isik teises otsas vaid mõne sekundi pärast mu süda vajus.
See oli minu isa – kes on 76 kuid ikka lootusetult tung autod – tahavad teada, mida ma mõelnud idee talle osta 14 aastat vana Porsche Boxster S.
Kuidas maa peal sa peaksid reageerima küsimus meeldib see õnnetu hommikul jaanuaris?
Kõigepealt meenutas teda tema vanuse ja siis läks laps üksikasjalikult sellest, kuidas palju 14-aastane Boxster võib maksta seda parandada, kui mitte siis, kui ta läheb valesti.
Kuid selleks ajaks oli ta juba küpsemisest oma rütm, rääkis mulle, kui palju soodne see konkreetne näide tundus olevat, ja umbes miks ta juba koosneb meelt ta kavatseb seda osta.
Nii et sel hetkel otsustasin ma Kuula-oma oma raha, et kaob ka plughole alla, "kui arveid hakatakse põhjatult ju. Ja selleks ajaks asjad läksid halb hinne halvemuse poole.
See kuulub väga kena kõlav Hiina mees, kes elab Twickenham, ütles mu isa. Ja tema ainus teinud 15.000 miles.
Ja kui palju kena hiinlane: Twickenham tema võimalusel clocked Boxster S tahad? Ma järelepärimise.
Kaheksa grand, vastas ta. Kuigi Im lootes põrgu võttis seitse ja pool.
Oh Jumal, ma arvasin, et ta tõesti saab seda osta. Ja selleks ajaks mida siis teete? Nii tegin, peaks ta minna ja tegelikult juhtida autot enne üleandmist mingit raha auto naïvety meeletu purse. Mis ta tegi juba järgmisel päeval ja tuli tagasi isegi rohkem vaimustunud poolt ta oli avastanud.
Kõnealune auto põhineb täielikult uus Hiina sama kena inimene välja ja ta tundus nii ehtne nagu nad saavad. HED ostnud alates 2000 aasta suvel Porsche AFN Chiswick.
Mitte kaua pärast, et ta läks tööle Ameerikas viieks aastaks, mille jooksul ta sai AFN hoolitseda auto töötab ta regulaarselt, kõik kontod.
Ja kui ta tagasi tuli ta kasutas seda vastavalt mänguasja, teise auto põhiliselt ja jätkas seda UK teenindab AFN ja oli iga ühe arve seda tõendada.
See oli täiesti uus elektriline hood, ja oli lihtsalt oli tööd 1100 seda parandada väike leke ühes oma läved teostatud. Ja kui minu mees sõitis ta kodus paar päeva hiljem, olles parted 7700, arvan, et ta, just mõne sekundi eest võis olla õnnelikum mees maa peal.
Paar päeva hiljem läks üle ja võtsin pilk see ja ma ei saanud päris uskuda oma silmi-sest seal, istub mu ema ja isad drive, tehti, mida paistis uus Porsche Boxster S. See tundus, nagu oleks see lihtsalt tuli tootmisliinilt maha.
Niisiis sõitsin ringi natuke plokk ja seal polnud nii palju piiksatas kõikjal lehk. Endiselt tunda kena ja ülemeelik siibrid, käigukasti tundus laitmatu, nagu seda tegi, et rool, pidurid ja seguklapi reageerimist, heitgaasi märkus, kapuuts operatsiooni, salongi, kaks saapad ette ja taha... sa nime see tundus täiuslik auto.
Mitte ainult kas see välja näeb uhiuue Boxster S aga see tundus sõidan päris palju nagu üks, liiga.
Ja nüüd mu süda on enam uppunud – igal juhul alles järgmise veider telefonikõne autod esineb...

The idea of a cheap Boxster S seems almost too good to be true, but sometimes it might just be worth taking the chance. The telephone rang and after just a few seconds of listening to the person on the other end, my heart sank.
It was my father – who is 76 but still hopelessly obsessed by cars – wanting to know what I thought about the idea of him buying a 14-year-old Porsche Boxster S.
How on earth are you supposed to react to a question like that on a miserable morning in January?
In response I first reminded him of his age, and then went into some minor detail about how much a 14-year-old Boxster might cost to fix when, not if, it goes wrong.
But by that time he was already well into his stride, telling me how much of a bargain this particular example appeared to be, and about why he had already made up his mind he was going to buy it.
So at that point I decided to listen – its his money that will disappear down the plughole when the bills begin rolling in, after all. And at that point things went from bad to worse.
It belongs to a very nice sounding Chinese man who lives in Twickenham, said my father. And its only done 15,000 miles.
And how much does the nice Chinaman from Twickenham want for his possibly clocked Boxster S? I enquired.
Eight grand, he replied. Although Im hoping hell take seven and a half.
Oh God, I thought, he really is going to buy it. And at that point what can you do? So I suggested he should go and actually drive the car before handing over any money in a frenzied outburst of car naïvety. Which he did the very next day, and came back even more enthused by what hed discovered.
The car in question has been owned by the same nice Chinese person from new, it turns out, and he seemed to be as genuine as they get. Hed bought it in the summer of 2000 from Porsche AFN in Chiswick.
Not long after that he went to work in America for five years, though, during which time he got AFN to look after the car by running it up on a regular basis, by all accounts.
And when he came back to the UK he used it as a second car, as a toy, basically, and continued to get it serviced by AFN and had every single bill to prove it.
It also had a brand new electric hood, and had just had 1100 of work carried out on it to fix a small leak in one of its sills. And when my old man drove it home a few days later, having parted with 7700, I think he might, just for a few seconds, have been the happiest man on earth.
A couple of days later I went over and took a look at it, and I couldnt quite believe my eyes – because there, sitting on my Mum and Dads drive, was what looked like a brand new Porsche Boxster S. It looked, indeed, as if it had just come off the production line.
So I drove it round the block for a bit and there wasnt so much as a whiff of a squeak from anywhere. The dampers still felt nice and perky, the gearbox seemed faultless, as did the steering, the brakes, the throttle response, the exhaust note, the hood operation, the cabin, the two boots front and rear… you name it, the car seemed perfect.
Not only did it look like a brand new Boxster S but it appeared to drive pretty much like one, too.
And now my heart is no longer sunk – at any rate, not until the next bizarre phone call about cars occurs. . .