|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: North of You
Posts: 9,160
|
Shout Out to Wildthing, Cashflyer and S Carlton: My New 996
I started this thread in Nov 2013:
The Affordable 996 Thread Over the last few yeasts I've been looking, sometimes actively, sometimes passively. A few months ago I changed jobs, which left me in a much better position to buy a car. I was close to buying Cashflyers 996. He was super-honest and showed me all the flaws with his car. Ultimately he talked me out of buying it by convincing me to buy something a little nicer.  Wildthing test drove a very nice 996 C4 for me in California, his help was much appreciated. I had a verbal agreement to buy that car conditional on a PPI the following week. Unfortunately the seller received a cash offer over the weekend and I missed out on the car.  Steve Carlton ran a few 'reports' for me, one of which was the car I bought this past weekend. Thank-you Steve. To everyone here who has helped: Thanks guys, you're the sort of people that make this a great place.  I don't want to upstage these guys with car and price details...but I now own a very clean 996 that was dirt cheap. I will post the remainder of the story tomorrow.
__________________
"A machine you build yourself is a vote for a different way of life. There are things you have to earn with your hands." |
||
07-24-2017, 06:15 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Posts: 7,713
|
Pelican Parts Forums are the best on the internet. People like these make it so. Thanks for sharing, and thanks to all those who helped.
__________________
MRM 1994 Carrera |
||
|
07-24-2017, 06:24 AM
|
|
|
UnRegistered User
|
Where is that captioned photo "This thread is useless without pictures!"
Congrats on the new car!
__________________
Bill K. "I started out with nothin and I still got most of it left...." 83 911 SC Guards Red (now gone) And I sold a bunch of parts I hadn't installed yet. |
||
|
07-24-2017, 07:10 AM
|
|
|
Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 32,400
|
Congrats! They are great cars.
__________________
‘07 Mazda RX8-8 Past: 911T, 911SC, Carrera, 951s, 955, 996s, 987s, 986s, 997s, BMW 5x, C36, C63, XJR, S8, Maserati Coupe, GT500, etc |
||
|
07-24-2017, 07:10 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Mid-life crisis, could be anywhere
Posts: 10,382
|
Congrats! Let's see some pics!
__________________
'95 993 C4 Cabriolet Bunch of motorcycles |
||
|
07-24-2017, 08:17 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 44,321
|
Quote:
Congratulations on the car, let's see some pics. Remainder of the story we already know, "really enjoying the car and hoping to do some mods..."
__________________
Tru6 Restoration & Design |
||
|
07-24-2017, 08:24 AM
|
|
|
|
Registered
|
Awesome!
Welcome to the club, I really like my 996. |
||
|
07-24-2017, 09:29 AM
|
|
|
Driver, not Mechanic
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 3,003
|
Nice! Congratulations!
|
||
|
07-24-2017, 10:19 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: North of You
Posts: 9,160
|
Picked this up for $12,000 US.
1999 C2 sunroof coupe with 100,000 miles. Blue with grey leather, not many options, but everything works and it sounds great. Super clean, no rust. This car has never seen salt/snow. Even came with a real Porsche car-cover. Likes: - exhaust sound - excellent (by my low standards) interior, needs a bit of cleaning on the e-brake and steering wheel - pulls like crazy - seats are narrow and fit me nicely - tight, you would never guess the mileage - rims are excellent - occasionally has a high pitched whine related to engine rpm Don't like: - road noise on the highway, I think it's worn out rubber - seat position, I need to get used to it - one vent is broken and rattles a bit, they ain't cheap - a few of the normal 996 interior scuffs (mainly the trunk/hood release pulls) I need to solve the road noise, and I need to decide on the IMS (it's a '99 so I am guessing it is dual row?). I will drive it as is for a few months and maybe pull the trans in the spring.     
__________________
"A machine you build yourself is a vote for a different way of life. There are things you have to earn with your hands." |
||
|
07-24-2017, 01:48 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 44,321
|
Pretty car!
__________________
Tru6 Restoration & Design |
||
|
07-24-2017, 01:56 PM
|
|
|
Bill is Dead.
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Alaska.
Posts: 9,633
|
It looks good, but I'm sure I told you to spend MORE money.
__________________
-.-. .- ... .... ..-. .-.. -.-- . .-. The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. |
||
|
07-24-2017, 02:24 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: North of You
Posts: 9,160
|
Quote:
I have a rainy day fund going.
__________________
"A machine you build yourself is a vote for a different way of life. There are things you have to earn with your hands." |
||
|
07-24-2017, 02:42 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
When I bought my '03 it was wearing brand new PS2 tires. Even though I stayed on top of rotations they got annoyingly noisy with 10k miles on them. If you decide to go with IMS I would consider doing all the coolant hoses and AOS. Figure with age and mileage the suspension is getting tired if not already done. Personally I would not fret with the IMS but the other wear items are worth looking into. Interior rattles drive me insane so I would find a way to silence that vent
 Also the sunroof rails should be lubed properly otherwise the motor will lunch itself if anything binds. Mine did.
|
||
|
07-24-2017, 02:56 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Lake Cle Elum - Eastern WA.
Posts: 8,417
|
Congrats....That's a lot of fun car for $12K
__________________
Bob S. 73.5 911T 1969 911T Coo' pay (one owner) 1960 Mercedes 190SL 1962 XKE Roadster (sold) - 13 motorcycles |
||
|
07-24-2017, 02:58 PM
|
|
|
Targa, Panamera Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Houston TX
Posts: 22,366
|
She looks amazing! Love that color!
__________________
Michael D. Holloway https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_D._Holloway https://5thorderindustry.com/ https://www.amazon.com/s?k=michael+d+holloway&crid=3AWD8RUVY3E2F&sprefix= michael+d+holloway%2Caps%2C136&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |
||
|
07-24-2017, 04:04 PM
|
|
|
UnRegistered User
|
Very nice!
__________________
Bill K. "I started out with nothin and I still got most of it left...." 83 911 SC Guards Red (now gone) And I sold a bunch of parts I hadn't installed yet. |
||
|
07-24-2017, 04:24 PM
|
|
|
On Tour
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 1,500
|
Very nice!
This is a great place with lots of great folks..
__________________
- 2018 Cayenne S 958.2 - 1988 Carrera 3.2 Coupe Marine Blue (SOLD) |
||
|
07-24-2017, 04:27 PM
|
|
|
Zink Racer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Spokane WA
Posts: 3,992
|
Congrats. I just finished some weekend trips in my C4S, 1,500 miles in a few days driving in 100 degree temps and I'm close to 100k in mileage. Runs (knock on wood) amazing. My wife loves it and says, you won't sell this one will you?
__________________
Jerry 1964 356, 1983 911 SC/Carrera Franken car, 1974 914 Bumblebee, a couple of other 914's in various states of repair |
||
|
07-24-2017, 04:35 PM
|
|
|
|
Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 32,400
|
Check the date codes on the tires. Old tires are hell on these cars, and common because they tend to be toys.
__________________
‘07 Mazda RX8-8 Past: 911T, 911SC, Carrera, 951s, 955, 996s, 987s, 986s, 997s, BMW 5x, C36, C63, XJR, S8, Maserati Coupe, GT500, etc |
||
|
07-24-2017, 04:36 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Nice score.
I'll give you 12005.00 for it. Deal?
__________________
Pete 79 911SC RoW "Tornadoes come out of frikkin nowhere. One minute everything is all sunshine and puppies the next thing you know you've got flying cows".- Stomachmonkey |
||
|
07-24-2017, 04:49 PM
|
|
1983 Porsche SC
Carrera
2003 996
04 Jeep
1979 Porsche 911SC
