| As a relatively new owner of a used Porsche 911 I | | | | hard driving, you really can drive away not just a |
| realise there can't be much that hasn't already been | | | | bargain, but the best car you'll ever buy. |
| said about this incredible super-car, but I'm keen to add | | | | Despite its age, driving my 911 is nothing short of |
| my experiences nonetheless. After all, when you've | | | | invigorating, and guaranteed to blow away the |
| driven a 911 you find yourself actually needing to tell | | | | cobwebs of modern life. It takes me back to a time |
| someone about it, so great is the feeling. The 911 has | | | | when everything seemed a lot less complicated, |
| been 30-something years in the making now, each | | | | somehow. Many of these cars were bought during the |
| incarnation more sophisticated than the last. It's the car | | | | yuppie era by Filofax-wielding self-titled sophisticates |
| people think of when they think of the Porsche brand, | | | | so I guess that's why there's a pretty good selection |
| and rightly so. | | | | around today. It's like owning a little slice of British social |
| When I say my 911 is used I really mean it - it hails from | | | | history, and I like to think many a deal took place in my |
| the 1980s when in my view these cars were built and | | | | 911 on a brick-sized mobile phone. |
| designed best of all. The purchase price didn't break | | | | With its distinctive looks and exhilarating performance |
| the bank, coming in at under £20,000, but even if | | | | the Used Porsche 911 had us hooked from the very |
| I'd had the cash to buy a brand new 911 I'd have left it | | | | beginning. To anyone out there looking to buy I'd urge |
| in the showroom without a doubt. There's just so much | | | | you to give one of these beautiful classic models a |
| character in these older models and providing you | | | | chance. |
| check them over thoroughly for signs of neglect and | | | | |