[JR_NYC]

I've been seeing 1999 996s with fewer than 50,000 miles for $30,000 or less on the market regularly these days. There was a nice looking silver one on Pelican w/40k mi. for $29k, if I remember right. That's about the same price as you'd pay for a garage queen G50 Carrera with similar mileage. Not a perfect comparison, I know, but my point is that they look "cheap" to me.

The question is: Are they really all that bad?????

I haven't done a lot of research on these cars but obviously I'm aware that it's the first year, it's got the leaky RMS issues, and if you get a 996 ideally you buy a '03 or later w/bigger engine and fewer shared Boxter parts, etc. '03s and later are A LOT more expensive though.

It's hard to overlook a 300 hp low mileage modern Porsche for $30k. Are these cars so relatively "cheap" because they're so problematic and expensive to maintain? Or is it just an oversuppy problem like with the Boxter? Or something else?

I'd like to hear your thoughts.