[jwetering]

There was never a 996S, not including of course the widebody Carrera 4S which is a completely different car. The 4S started with the Mark II series (2002 in the US) and it replaced the Carrera 4 narrow body. Your car is not an S and nobody will be fooled.

In North America cars are designated by their model years, but these are always introduced the year before that model year. A typically misleading North American system for classifying things.. In Europe the cars are designated by the year in which they are introduced.

The Mark I cars ran from 1998 to 2001. These had 3.4 litre engines, noses identical to Boxsters, and no glove compartments. These cars came as either Carerra 2 or Carrera 4. The Mk II cars had 3.6 litre engines, noses like turbos (headlights anyway), and interiors with gloveboxes. The british called these "facelift" cars. These cars came as Carrera 2 and Carrera 4S models.


Are you seriously driving a right hand drive car in Germany? Not that there is a problem with that but I am surprised. I have noticed that cars are bloody cheap in the UK also. It doesn't help that the pound is in the toilet.