Brad, OWP, Shaun,
It is a 2005 (yes, 2005) 996 C4S in Seal Grey Metallic over black full leather interior.
I've been researching and shopping for months. After deciding what I wanted, I got tired of trying to find a car with all the options I wanted. Finally, I realized the C4S has most of what I want as standard equipment. While the 996.2 interior is better, the full leather option is best. The wider stance of the C4S/996tt also break up the slab-sided complaint of the standard 996 body.
The car came from a good home but not a great home. Basically it suffers from 70K of deferred maintenance other than religious routine oil changes. It came to me undriveable and throwing misfire codes on 4 cylinders - plugs and coils fixed that right up. Now I've started pulling the engine bay apart - I'm doing the air/oil separator (AOS for your rennlisters), plus serpentine belt and all idlers. When I started tearing things down, I noticed a scary-looking six inch crack in my coolant tank, so I picked one of those up too. Relatively cheap at around $175, and much easier to access while I have the rest of this stuff apart - inexpensive insurance. I went ahead and dropped $400 on a PPI, which revealed an immaculate sump - no concerns about the IMS bearing at this point. I will get an oil analysis after 5K to verify engine condition, and then swap in an upgraded bearing whenever the clutch needs replacement.
Initial impressions - I totally love it. The interior is great and still smells like a new car after 8 years. The Turbo brakes and suspension are amazing. I have only driven the car ~100 miles, mostly highway, so far - but the one on-ramp cloverleaf I took, the car was unflappable and fast as hell. The gearbox and shifter are excellent. Engine is really fast, really responsive. It sounds great on-song but is quiet as a Camry cruising in sixth gear on the interstate. A buddy of mine who also just picked up a 996 is already tempting me with a sport exhaust mod he did to the stock mufflers...which take like 15 mins to remove...hmmm
Loaded on the trailer and headed out to the shop.
Clean but covered in pollen. C4Ss have hips - something most 996s sorely lack.
Even at stock ride height, I can just barely get the lift arms (with some thin pieces of wood as buffers) under here.
I really like a black 911 interior - always have.
