PPI 996 GT3 Surrey

[birdcage]

Does anyone have a recommendation on who could PPI this for me at all?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Thanks

[marky911]

I think for anyone worth their salt to look over it you'd have to get the car to them.

I don't where these places are as I'm up north but there's RPM, Parr, Jaz, JZM, Paragon.

Failing that pay Peter Morgan £350 to drive it 3 miles and say "I consider this car to be a good one".

ETA - This is obviously the car another guy is talking about in the other thread?
"Are 6GT3RS's worth £59k" or something like that.

[andye30m3]

These guys did a PPI on a GT3 for me http://www.nineexcellence.com, not surrey but close

found enough wrong with it to put me off so certainly did their job.

[churny]

Failing that pay Peter Morgan £350 to drive it 3 miles and say "I consider this car to be a good one".

Yes but he does follow it for several miles first, best place to judge an engine. Comical i know but peter knows best.

[marky911]

Hi Churny,
yep I was thinking of your sorry tale as I wrote that. I knew it was something like that.

Forgot about Nine excellence. Well spoken of.

[gttastic]

birdcage said:

Does anyone have a recommendation on who could PPI this for me at all?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Have you asked the owner about the Rev Range data? I decided to give this one a miss in the end.

I made an offer on the OPC Bolton one last week but it was refused, and subsequentally sold to someone else (anybody on here?). Shame, as it was a minter that I would genuinely appraise as looking like a new car. I think that was the better car.

[Alpinestars]

marky911 said:

ETA - This is obviously the car another guy is talking about in the other thread?
"Are 6GT3RS's worth £59k" or something like that.

He's referring to a blue one.

[_gez_]

andye30m3 said:

These guys did a PPI on a GT3 for me http://www.nineexcellence.com, not surrey but close

Forgive the pedanticness (but this is PH and in the T&C's when you sign up) but 9E is in Surrey, just!

Axiom Business Park 41 Balcombe Rd, Horley, Surrey RH6 7HF

PS - And recommended for a PPI - did my mates 6RS before he bought it.

[agtlaw]

gttastic said:

birdcage said:

Does anyone have a recommendation on who could PPI this for me at all?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Have you asked the owner about the Rev Range data? I decided to give this one a miss in the end.

I made an offer on the OPC Bolton one last week but it was refused, and subsequentally sold to someone else (anybody on here?). Shame, as it was a minter that I would genuinely appraise as looking like a new car. I think that was the better car.

Does anyone have the chassis number of the Surrey car? (Last 4 digits).

[petermorgan]

The poster Churny is a customer of ours from 2 years ago. He bought a 996 Anniversary privately after we had pointed out the following in the report conclusions and advised him verbally of the risks:
"Both cooling radiators are leaking. They were clearly steaming and the water level was low. It is possible that they were damaged by the freezing weather this last winter – also suggesting the coolant quality was not quite up to strength. In addition the a/c condenser rads (in front of the coolant radiators in the front bumper) looked very brittle. The life expectancy of these items is only about 6-7 years as they are exposed to all the road chemicals etc. The condensers do get disturbed when changing the cooling radiators, so it may be worth replacing these at the same time. It is very important to use a well-known independent (or official) Porsche specialist to carry out these repairs as the cooling systems are critical on these cars. Any hot spots caused by insufficient bleeding of system can cause (and have caused in the past) major engine damage. The cost of this replacement can be significant and a budget of £1000-1200 would not be out of order"
We advised verbally at the time that the engine could have already been damaged, but that our non-intrusive checks didn't reveal any of the well-known wear signs of cylinder bore scoring. We did advise strongly that the coolant system repair was an immediate requirement and that more significant engine wear was possible. Unfortunately and probably because of the car's special edition status, the car was bought and we understand driven a further 700 miles, during which time (and without an effective cooling system) there was clearly ample opportunity for internal engine degradation. When the car was finally taken in for repair, the damage was done. We can only take a third party opinion on the extent of the cylinder bore scoring found, but the bottom line was that this individual had to pay for a full engine rebuild.
Despite the clear facts that we had no liability, I did offer this individual a goodwill gesture, which was declined. He has subsequently chosen to defame my company at any opportunity and because of his continued sniping, we have compiled a file of all his public comments on which we are now taking legal advice.

In answer to the original question, we pride ourselves on our specific GT3 knowledge, not the least because our principal inspector of these cars has long experience running and working on them.

[Redarress]

Since the advert states that a lot of work has been done by nine excellence then they would be the first people to ring. In my experience there is no better way to find out the quality of the car than the person who had blooded their knuckles on it !
As far as I am aware nineexcellence have a very good rep on here

If they are not a million miles away from you it may help you by getting to know them for future maintenance

Good luck

Edited by Redarress on Saturday 9th February 14:10

[melv]

GT-One -Chertsey 01932 569911/944 -ask for Craig or Peter and mention my name

[996ttalot]

birdcage said:

Does anyone have a recommendation on who could PPI this for me at all?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Thanks

The owner is a customer of ours. We have looked after 3 of his GT3RSs (he has a blue one as well now) and is selling the above one - think the wife is wondering why he needs so many

I won't go into too many details other than to say we would have no issues in looking after the above one when she sells. A great example owned by someone who does not spare any expense on his toys. The car is stunning and has been laid up for the winter, he even had it fully detailed by Nathan at Cambridge before laying it up - check their website.

Probably better that we don't do the PPI on it since we know the car very well if that makes sense. If I was in the market for one myself, I would have no hestitation in buying it.

If you want anymore information please feel free to PM me.

Ken

[s_mcneil]

melv said:

GT-One -Chertsey 01932 569911/944 -ask for Craig or Peter and mention my name

GTOne did the PPI on mine, very thorough. Alternatively 9e are excellent but further away, really depends on where you can get the car to.

[Candellara]

Any good Metzger engined RS is a solid buy at the moment IMO

[Alpinestars]

996ttalot said:

The car is stunning and has been laid up for the winter, he even had it fully detailed by Nathan at Cambridge before laying it up
Ken

It shows from the additional pictures I've been sent. Looks very tidy.

[Dan911]

I used PARR. They did a few PPI's on GT3's when I was looking.

[andye30m3]

_gez_ said:

andye30m3 said:

These guys did a PPI on a GT3 for me http://www.nineexcellence.com, not surrey but close

Forgive the pedanticness (but this is PH and in the T&C's when you sign up) but 9E is in Surrey, just!

Axiom Business Park 41 Balcombe Rd, Horley, Surrey RH6 7HF

PS - And recommended for a PPI - did my mates 6RS before he bought it.

My mistake, for some reason I thought they were in west sussex