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[flipstah]

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[bawlin]

My next 911 will be a 996 GT3. Something about a Mezger with 0 driver aids just makes my nipples hard.

 

[flipstah]

I definitely won't be able to touch Turbo examples, so might be conceding to a C4S. I guess life is good when that's your decision point? Lol.

I might have an opportunity to get something like this, but silver on gray interior for $29kUSD

PORSCHE 911 996 CARRERA 4S MANUAL - C4S AERO KIT - IMS UPGRDE

Some say that 911 996 has an odd shaped headlights, some find it a bit bland-looking. However, the wide-bodied 996 Carrera 4S addresses that criticism fair and square - it is one of the best-looking 911s and many others think so too. Built from 2001 to 2005, the 996 Carrera 4S follows on from...

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[Dino944]

I definitely won't be able to touch Turbo examples, so might be conceding to a C4S. I guess life is good when that's your decision point? Lol.

I might have an opportunity to get something like this, but silver on gray interior for $29kUSD

PORSCHE 911 996 CARRERA 4S MANUAL - C4S AERO KIT - IMS UPGRDE

Some say that 911 996 has an odd shaped headlights, some find it a bit bland-looking. However, the wide-bodied 996 Carrera 4S addresses that criticism fair and square - it is one of the best-looking 911s and many others think so too. Built from 2001 to 2005, the 996 Carrera 4S follows on from...

www.romansofstalbans.co.uk

The Turbo has a different engine design and doesn't suffer from IMS issues, that can affect the normally aspirated cars. A friend of mine has had a 996 Turbo for close to 20 years. He had an engine rebuild at around 425,000 miles, and its still going strong. He has about 600,000 on the car now.

 

[flipstah]

The Turbo has a different engine design and doesn't suffer from IMS issues, that can affect the normally aspirated cars. A friend of mine has had a 996 Turbo for close to 20 years. He had an engine rebuild at around 425,000 miles, and its still going strong. He has about 600,000 on the car now.

Yes, that is true; the 996 Turbo/GT3 are the 'nicer' engines of the two but definitely warrant higher prices. I'm requesting for more information but since the car is coming from a Porsche dealer, I'm taking that as a good sign...

 

[flipstah]

Well got the service history back and it had a service appt 2.5 weeks ago that was super vague on the 996 C4S. Could be an O2 sensor so nbd

Waiting for inspection results but timeline is convenient that this got traded in recently

not a good feeling in this example but it’s coming from a Porsche dealership?

 

[Dino944]

Well got the service history back and it had a service appt 2.5 weeks ago that was super vague on the 996 C4S. Could be an O2 sensor so nbd

Waiting for inspection results but timeline is convenient that this got traded in recently

not a good feeling in this example but it’s coming from a Porsche dealership?

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It's too old to be CPO'd, and I don't know where you are located (different countries/states have different laws concerning sales of used cars and warranties etc). So if in doubt, ask the dealer if they will allow you to get a PPI (at your cost) on the car through either another dealer or an independent. The local Ferrari dealer in our region has no issues with doing that. It could save you a lot of grief and expenses.

 

[VaderDave]

When I bought my Range Rover Classic there were a few things that I started to notice after driving it for a few weeks. I took it to a Land Rover independent shop in Sacramento (about 40 minutes from my home) and I was lucky enough to stumble onto the shop that the PO had used. So I wound up getting an earful of the history of the vehicle and was able to confirm that a few things I had worried about had also worried the PO and he had had them checked out and found they were NBD. So that was pretty fortunate. It did make me chuckle that the PO had neglected to mention any of these concerns when he...uhhh...sold me the vehicle.

 

[Dino944]

When I bought my Range Rover Classic there were a few things that I started to notice after driving it for a few weeks. I took it to a Land Rover independent shop in Sacramento (about 40 minutes from my home) and I was lucky enough to stumble onto the shop that the PO had used. So I wound up getting an earful of the history of the vehicle and was able to confirm that a few things I had worried about had also worried the PO and he had had them checked out and found they were NBD. So that was pretty fortunate. It did make me chuckle that the PO had neglected to mention any of these concerns when he...uhhh...sold me the vehicle.

At least the concerns turned out to be NBD. One of my friends bought an exotic car privately (about a year before I met him), didn't get a PPI, and only much later did he learn of a very significant accident with a freakin train!!! I can't believe the car wasn't totaled. I am very familiar with this model of car, and upon opening and closing the passenger door I knew something was very wrong with it. Anyway, a few years later he tried to sell it, but he didn't get a single offer due to its history of a major accident.

 

[flipstah]

It's too old to be CPO'd, and I don't know where you are located (different countries/states have different laws concerning sales of used cars and warranties etc). So if in doubt, ask the dealer if they will allow you to get a PPI (at your cost) on the car through either another dealer or an independent. The local Ferrari dealer in our region has no issues with doing that. It could save you a lot of grief and expenses.

it’s actually going through a PPI right now due to it being a fresh trade so I’m going to wait the results on that. There are only two Porsche dealerships where I am within 3 hour distance and the C4S is located in the further location.

 

[Jmm722]

I paid for a PPI on my M2 as it was sold at a non-BMW dealership and only 3 months old, which I found odd. The car was perfect and hasn’t had a single issue in 18+ months, but it gave me peace of mind. Poor guy traded it in for a Mazda CX9

 

[flipstah]

I paid for a PPI on my M2 as it was sold at a non-BMW dealership and only 3 months old, which I found odd. The car was perfect and hasn’t had a single issue in 18+ months, but it gave me peace of mind. Poor guy traded it in for a Mazda CX9

you are the father

 

[HRoi]

Well got the service history back and it had a service appt 2.5 weeks ago that was super vague on the 996 C4S. Could be an O2 sensor so nbd

Waiting for inspection results but timeline is convenient that this got traded in recently

not a good feeling in this example but it’s coming from a Porsche dealership?

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Soo....assuming i can’t talk you out of this abomination to 911’s ( )....

Why don’t you make it a condition of the sale that they perform the smoke test on the evaporator system and fix anything that leaks? It should be fairly cost effective for a Porsche dealer to do this

 

[VaderDave]

At least the concerns turned out to be NBD. One of my friends bought an exotic car privately (about a year before I met him), didn't get a PPI, and only much later did he learn of a very significant accident with a freakin train!!! I can't believe the car wasn't totaled. I am very familiar with this model of car, and upon opening and closing the passenger door I knew something was very wrong with it. Anyway, a few years later he tried to sell it, but he didn't get a single offer due to its history of a major accident.

Oh yeah, that would have sucked. My total OOP cost was like $6500, so we're not talking about a major danger here.

 

[Dino944]

Oh yeah, that would have sucked. My total OOP cost was like $6500, so we're not talking about a major danger here.

Yea, you were in a very safe zone. My friend totally screwed himself. I don't know what he paid, but even before I heard it had been in a major accident, just opening and closing the passenger door and a few other issues I noticed, I knew he paid way too much for this car.