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1) Asking price doesn NOT always equal selling price
2) I would use KBB/NADA values as a guide.. why? because if the seller were trading the car in, that would be the money offered to them.

Folks get awfully emotional when they buy the "car of their dreams" and when its time to sell it, often set an artifically high price. The fact is, even the 997s were made in large enough quanitites to make them more common cars than say, 993s. Plus we all know depriciation hits newer cars harder than 20+ y/o cars.

The worst that someone can say when you offer a "low" price is "no thanks" and keep looking.

996 TTs are not hard to find in the $35-45K price range. These cars were $100K+ less than ten years ago! Built in nymbers TOO Great to maintain any exclusivity.

Price is driven by supply and demand. . Right now we have pretty high supply and pretty low demand.

The worst someone can tell you when you offer a low price is "no thanks". It might help to offer that price for "x" amount of days... sometimes the buyer will "just want it gone" and when no one else offers or shows an interest, your low offer can become more attractive.
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