The Porsche Brief
A quick, honest word, you three — this is an early prototype, rough on purpose. What’s below is a real brief: four Porsches actually on the market this morning — every photo, price and link live, so tap through and they’re really there. I aimed this first one at what I imagined you all might’ve quietly obsessed over, at some point, and may one day again. If you’re into your cars the way I am about my own random passions, maybe something like this could appeal. If so, I can punt it wider, based on your reactions. No pressure. No stress. Just honesty. Yours won’t be these; they’ll be the ones you set it hunting, below. So poke at it, ignore it, tell me it’s rubbish — every reaction teaches it to see a bit more like you, which will help attract other nerds. Meant in the best possible way.
— BenFour worth your attention — a value entry, a blue-chip, one straight from a Porsche Centre, and an air-cooled 993 the collectors chase.
2008 911 (997.2) Carrera S
The most car for the least money this week — one owner, full history, and the Gen 2. At £39,925, one of the cheapest honest ways into a modern 911 S.
1991 911 (964) 3.3 Turbo
The one that only goes one way. Genuine 964 Turbo, Speedline wheels, documented history. At £199,900 it’s priced with the market, not under it. One honest catch: the MOT’s expired.
2019 911 (991.2) Targa 4 GTS
The usable one — glass-roof Targa, all-wheel drive, and the GTS is the sweet spot of the range. What earns it a place: it’s from an official Porsche Centre, Approved with a two-year warranty, at £90,990 — the honest yardstick for what ‘bought from Porsche itself’ costs, sitting right beside the independents.
1997 911 (993) Carrera 2S
The wide-body the collectors actually chase — the last of the air-cooled 911s, in the spec that gets hunted hardest. At £149,995, it’s where 993 money is heading.
Right now it sweeps the open market — every marketplace, auction house and specialist worth watching. The official Porsche network — the Approved Used stock — is the next layer folding in: early still, and widening weekly. And the corners that never advertise? That’s where you three come in. Know somewhere it should be looking? Tell me below.
It’s not a search box. You tell it the exact car — spec, colour, gearbox, the dealbreakers that rule one out — and it goes looking, everywhere they hide, and pulls back what fits.
It does its best; so do I, checking what it finds before it reaches you — enough to keep the obvious duds off your plate. More of that runs itself as it goes. And the genuinely bespoke calls — the ones that want a proper Porsche brain on the ground — that’s a piece I’m building in, not pretending to be.
It takes a beat, too: the good ones come the next morning, not the next second. Everyone else is instant. This is something actually looking — and getting sharper.
Tell it what you’re after and pop your email in — you’ll get a brief like the one above each morning, built around your car. I’ll check each one first (for bugs, mostly) before it lands; soon it’ll run itself. React however you like, and it sharpens.
I’ll give it a once-over first (checking for bugs), and your first brief lands tomorrow morning — the real ones, honestly noted. Soon that’ll happen on its own; for now it’s me. Shout in the group any time.