[dd74]

10K - pretend you're in the Porsche game for status and/or looks, and I bet with the listed negative stuff, you might be able to get as low as 8.5K. If you play the engine side of it, you'll pay close to whatever the asking price even if the car isn't coming with the correct engine. For all intended purposes, this guy might've blown apart his 2.7 and found a decent 3.0. At any rate, you might offset what he might say is "an upgrade (which in most respects a 3.0 is), though you could say, "Hey, this engine isn't original, and that's what I want - an original car."

This strategy might work unless what you're looking at is really a Carrera 3.0. If so, I would expect 13K with all the "negatives."