Repco trade account and SuperCheap trade account also. SuperCheap is directly across the road from my place which is why I go there. I like to fit a particular style of steering wheel cover they sell and the premium floor mats they sell, both SuperCheap brand and I buy a few sets a time when I am there. No Bursons here in the Isa, just Repco, SuperCheap, Autobarn and Autopro.
Good man! Bugger! Do you find the others,other than Repco, 'professional' enough?....or are they just accessories stores ?
Repco is the hardcore parts place I go to when I need parts on the day. Or they order them in for me overnight from Townsville or wherever when required. SuperCheap and Autobarn are definitely there to cater to the poofter polishers and to ****s like me that buy floor mats and steering wheel covers by the handful or if you need a set of wiper blades fitted to your **** box. They have NO idea when I start to ask the hard questions about parts and parts availability, so I don't bother with them when chasing parts anymore. I am straight on the phone to Repco or I go down there if I am confident they will have the part in stock. Our local Autopro store is a mix of both, a very small store that is out of the way and I am surprised it's actually keeping it's doors open. It's my Brother inlaw's Uncle's shop, it's a **** hole and he's actually trying to flog it off to my Sister inlaw for X-amount of dollars, I keep telling her not to buy it but she won't listen. She works there behind the counter and thinks it's a gold mine.
I'm well surprised you don't have a Bursons in a city of 20+ thou,ours is right next to Repco in a 100 sq klm area of up to 20K in combined towns . We have a SuperC and they're not worth two knobs of goatpoo in professional service,crikey..you ask the staff a technical question and you get the stunned mullet look.
Maybe if we didn't have 4 shops here already, SuperCheap, Autobarn, Repco, Autopro, maybe Bursons would move in and challenge Repco for the title. I remember nearly 20 years ago my good mate Kev who owns Autobarn said that his life was ruined when SuperCheap moved to town lol. They opened up directly across the road from me in 2003, just around the corner from Autobarn, both basically on the main drag in town. Kev and his Wife opened up Autobarn in 1996 both aged 24 and became that successful that he and his Wife employed a full-time manager of the shop in 2002 paying her $60K pa and they travelled the world and did **** all for 18 months until SuperCheap opened up. Kev and his Wife would pop into the shop once or twice a week to say hello, that's how good they had it at the time lol. Their Manager named Shelly and their employee's were running a good show. Within 6 months of SuperCheap opening up, Kev told me "they took the cream off the top" and he and his Wife both went back to work again and they had to let their manager go etc etc. It's not all bad, he's still in the game and has built an amazing $1M+ home here (CRAZY spenging that much money here), owns millions of dollars worth of commercial properties down south, has owned some very fast and expensive Holden and Jap cars, had $250K cash put aside to purchase a Murcielago around 6 years ago, but **** himself when they had announcement here in the local Newspaper (pretty sure it was all over the news at the time also) that the mines were shutting it's doors in 2023 and he said business dropped 50% overnight. Has since recovered of course, but he kept that $250K "play" money just incase the town did turn to **** over the next few years, which it didn't and now he doesn't want to spend $400K to step into a Murcielago lol. So SuperCheap took half his poofter polishing business, but he's still done alright I reckon.
And we were just discussing over lunch how nice Carl’s 911E was… https://classicthrottleshop.com/1972-porsche-911-e-silver-metallic/
Not that nice lol. That car for sale is unusual in that it hasn't suffered the mid 1980s G series rubber bumper "update", big stereo and obligatory rear spoiler. And appears to have had sympathetic owners. Also a desirable specification being Australian delivered with history from new. And a moderate mileage. The cars were still low production in 1972, there's not a lot of RHD cars to choose from. These early cars also seem to be held long term by most buyers. None the less, it's still a bit difficult to get my head around the asking price. A 2.4 E usually sold for around 75% of a 2.4 S which usually sold for around 50% of a RS 2.7 Touring. Working back the other way, does a 2.4 S become close to $800,000 and a RS 2.7 $1.6m?
Yes does. You could also say a 250 PF makes a F12 look like a bargain. I don't know if these cars really sell for around that asking price. All I know is that I'm glad I bought old junk that no one wanted when I did.
If only we knew ,I always liked that Viper Green 2.4s that was updated at the factory into a 2.7 RS spec car . Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
OIC, makes sense. I think the GT4 is the pick of the current new Porsche hot rod offerings. Have you seen how heavy the current crop of 911 GTxx stuff is? They take up more road space than a 928 as well.
Yes, it's crazy how big 911s have become. I have a mate who has had 911s all his life, buying new and changing every 4 years. He bought a Cayman GTS last time around and said "I've got a car that's fun to drive again". I must say it was rorty and compact and had a basic interior, just as early 911s did. Unfortunately he's now turned 80 and the Cayman became too hard to get in and out of, so he's driving a Macan. Scary watching what reality has in store for us...
