what are these like to live with ?

[RobbieJay]

I bought a porsche 996 carrera four with 50 k on the clock, ive had it 4 months and the gearbox has broken already and now i have a bill for 3-4 k.

Gutted ! I paid 23 k for my porka and Im thinking maybe I should have got an m12.

My plan is now to fix the porsche and sell it asap, im thinking of repalcing it with a Noble but I really cant be bothered with any more mechanical issues.

I like to drive my cars enthusiastically, clearly the porsche cant take this, will i be ok with the m12 ?

I would appreciate your comments

Kind regards

[Adrian W]

RobbieJay said:

I bought a porsche 996 carrera four with 50 k on the clock, ive had it 4 months and the gearbox has broken already and now i have a bill for 3-4 k.

Gutted ! I paid 23 k for my porka and Im thinking maybe I should have got an m12.

My plan is now to fix the porsche and sell it asap, im thinking of repalcing it with a Noble but I really cant be bothered with any more mechanical issues.

I like to drive my cars enthusiastically, clearly the porsche cant take this, will i be ok with the m12 ?

I would appreciate your comments

Kind regards

Having read the above...............don't buy a Noble!

[Twerlie]

RobbieJay said:

I bought a porsche 996 carrera four with 50 k on the clock, ive had it 4 months and the gearbox has broken already and now i have a bill for 3-4 k.

Gutted ! I paid 23 k for my porka and Im thinking maybe I should have got an m12.

My plan is now to fix the porsche and sell it asap, im thinking of repalcing it with a Noble but I really cant be bothered with any more mechanical issues.

I like to drive my cars enthusiastically, clearly the porsche cant take this, will i be ok with the m12 ?

I would appreciate your comments

Kind regards

I have never had any major problems with mine, and i drive it quite hard sometimes. I seem to here about more and more Porsche’s going wrong but generally I think Porsche’s are better built!

Maybe learn to drive with more finesse? Aggression doesn't make you go any quicker!

[NobleGuy]

Adrian W said:

RobbieJay said:

I bought a porsche 996 carrera four with 50 k on the clock, ive had it 4 months and the gearbox has broken already and now i have a bill for 3-4 k.

Gutted ! I paid 23 k for my porka and Im thinking maybe I should have got an m12.

My plan is now to fix the porsche and sell it asap, im thinking of repalcing it with a Noble but I really cant be bothered with any more mechanical issues.

I like to drive my cars enthusiastically, clearly the porsche cant take this, will i be ok with the m12 ?

I would appreciate your comments

Kind regards

Having read the above...............don't buy a Noble!

Honestly, I'd ditto Adrian's comment.

The Noble is fantastic, but every now and then you'll get something slightly funny going on. For example I've had coolant leaks, boiling coolant, an oil leak, a smoky exhaust, a dead battery which is a pig to change, fuses going and the alternator belt literally fell off.

None massively expensive, but I often find myself worrying that the next problem might be.

Oh, plus the (open) diff broke which was expensive.

[snuffy]

I think anyone can get big repair bills for a porsche/lotus/noble etc type of car and it looks all the bigger when you have bought the car after it has lost a lot of it's value.

I mean, if you bought a car for £90k ( new 997 price ? ) and the gearbox went and it was £3-4k to repair it, it would not looks so bad. But, that repair will cost the same on a car that you paid £23k for and then of course it looks much bigger ( because as a percentage of the purchase price it is ).

I remember reading on here once someone's comment about buying a used M12 as they could be picked up for around £25k so it was now affordable for them and the reply they got was it's still a £50k car with £50k car bills to match. And that's a very good thing to remember.

[Mr Noble]

NobleGuy said:

a dead battery which is a pig to change, ..............

I found it a sinch to change. Dropped it into Kerridges on yesterday and collected it 2 hours later with a new battery fitted. £120.

[obes]

RobbieJay said:

I like to drive my cars enthusiastically, clearly the porsche cant take this, will i be ok with the m12 ?

In a word.... no

[NobleGuy]

Mr Noble said:

NobleGuy said:

a dead battery which is a pig to change, ..............

I found it a sinch to change. Dropped it into Kerridges on yesterday and collected it 2 hours later with a new battery fitted. £120.