Thinking of selling this ….
Just got it back from the paintshop yesterday from its latest round of SoCal sun damage , and about $5000 lighter with a car that hadn’t been used since 2023 and has to live on the street with no cover with never-ending repairs and bills I’m thinking of selling ….
Would like honest opinions on market value (not low-ball offers) on this car from those in the know .
It’s a 2009 (year I got my green-card) Carrera 4s launch car* bought cpo from a San Diego dealership @18 months old .
* Porsche specced launch-code cars from factory on new models and dealerships where invited to buy 1 (2 if they went to factory launch iirc) to use as display-only models prior to the new model arrival . These cars have an option code LAUNCH , not to be confused with launch control (that the c4s-Pdk had )
Customers could look and sit , decide and order , but no test drives .
Once orders where placed and new model arrived in showrooms , “launch/display-only model” could then be approved to sell .
This spec was also on the cars that journalists got invited to drive .
Lots of interesting cars , such as black 997.1 with ceramic brakes etc , and lots of not-so interesting cars … (green paint and tan interiors etc not for me )
The 997.2 c4s Pdk was the one to get for me … wide-track , meteor grey , lowered euro spec sport-pasm , gt2 carbon bucket seats , chrono+ , full black leather etc etc .
So , I worked lots of overtime , sold some cool guitars and amps , and finally struck a deal to buy it
I was not scared to use it , and racked up the miles driving daily to construction sites throughout Southern California .
the changes gradually came , with oz wheels powder-coated red (after seeing a gtsrs on hre website) , and red Gmg rollbar and gt3 front bumper .
I kinda made a gt3 touring before the factory did , and eventually an old caddy did an abrupt stop on the 405 then drove away so I had a long drawn out insurance claim to replace the factory gt3rs bumper (lots of shysters , p-car taxers , and months later) I bought a new factory front bumper (8.5k iirc) and at this time fitted new gt3 front rad kit . another 2-3k ?
I will have to look through paperwork but I wanna say the total was 15k , and at the time I didn’t have that as spare cash so claimed through my insurance .
And as we all know , the “while you’re in there” syndrome inevitably kicked in and the headlights and indicators etc looked “old” so lots of extras where done .
What I ended up with in 2025 , is a 16 year old car with 165,000 miles that may have cost the same in upkeep as I paid for it , that lives on the street , and gets tickets for no front plate whenever my elderly nieghbour is bored ….long story but I got 3 cars ticketed at the same time 3 weeks ago whilst I was asleep after nightshift , and I watched as within 1 hour of bringing it home from paint yesterday evening she was outside dramatically rolling her eyes at it .
I paid to put it on a local storage facility today to avoid more costs , and decided I might have to sell .
Any ideas what I should advertise it for are most welcome .
Added a pic from years ago when the first gt3rs bumper was put on along with wheels and cage ,
