Really need some advice - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Brucelee · 03-19-2005, 07:13 AM

I used to try and round up my grades in school. The nuns took a dim view of that though!

IceBox · 03-19-2005, 10:27 PM

I've heard nuns have that habit...

Brucelee · 03-20-2005, 07:03 AM

Good one!

goerdylee · 03-21-2005, 09:40 AM

My only concern was that I was exporting from the US a slightly different spec'd car and therefore this would devalue the car if I was to sell in the UK. So heres another one. Is a 2001 S less bhp than a 2003 S???

Lux · 03-21-2005, 09:48 AM

Older S has 250 hp. '03 and newer S have 258 hp.

The reason it is listed in the UK as 260 hp is because they use a slightly different conversion factor (DIN vs SAE) than the US.

I'm guessing the biggest problem selling a US car in the UK is the steering wheel location.

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goerdylee · 03-21-2005, 09:52 AM

thanks for clearing that up for me, wasn't aware of the power difference!
As you can guess having the wheel on the wrong side is a bit of a problem for resale. I'm advertising on Ebay at the moment but if it doesn't sell it's going on the boat to the UK. Guess I'll just have to take it easy with the overtaking

RandallNeighbour · 03-21-2005, 02:41 PM

It ain't just the resale value you have to worry about by bringing a left hand car to the UK... you'll also pay FAR HIGHER insurance premiums. Check it and you'll see what I mean.

Same goes for a right hand car driven here in the USA... very expensive.