The Affordable 996 Thread

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[sammyg2]

2001 Carrera, 34378 miles, $13,900



911 Porsche Carrera / Low mileage / Great price.

(salvage title)

[bbturbo]

2001 Porsche 911 Carerra $12,500. If it were a stick, I would have bought it already.

[sammyg2]

2001 Porsche Carrera 4 Auto/Tiptronic - $14000

115,000 miles clear title




2001 Porsche Carrera 4 Auto/Tiptronic

(not diggin the whale tail)

[sammyg2]

Porsche 911 cabriolet 996 ims update $12,000 obo





Porsche 911 cabriolet 996 ims update $12000 obo


I know how popular cabs are with this crowd

[sammyg2]

IMS???????

2002 Porsche 911 Convertible - Without engine

Selling Beautiful Black 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera Convertible WITHOUT engine. Selling body with all other parts minus the engine. Drove the car every day for 8 years until engine failure at 105k...decided to sell the bad motor for parts and planned on buying a re-built motor someday, however ended up buying a new car. This 996 Carrera Cab is completely stock with no modifications to the body..paint is in good to great condition. The car is actually very clean all around, just no engine. Looking for a buyer who is interested in Porsche 996 bodies and DIY enthusiast to add engine and restore to operational. Asking $9000.00 OBO.
do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers

[sammyg2]

LOL ABSOLUTELY NO AFFILIATION WITH SELLER ..... .chuckle ........



Repoed Porche - $4000 (L.A.)

2011 porsche 911

fuel: gas
title status: clean
transmission: automatic

Contact for more info on this clean government seized porch.

No soliciting, I do not need help selling!

Act now, will be sold quick!

Repoed Porche

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

LOL ABSOLUTELY NO AFFILIATION WITH SELLER ..... .chuckle ........



Repoed Porche - $4000 (L.A.)

2011 porsche 911

fuel: gas
title status: clean
transmission: automatic

Contact for more info on this clean government seized porch.

No soliciting, I do not need help selling!

Act now, will be sold quick!

Repoed Porche

Pic is of a 997TT, so I'm sure it's legit for $4k.

[sc_rufctr]

I looked at a local car for sale in a yard. 1999 996 with about 220,000 km. $28,880!

That may sound expensive but a 1997 993 with almost the same km recently sold for $65,000.

How's this for insane?

"1996 Porsche 911 Carrera S 993 Manual, 86,020 km" - $255,000!

1996 Porsche 911 Carrera S 993 Manual

[cashflyer]

Yep - those 993 cars have collectible value that the 996 is likely to never achieve.

[sammyg2]

A fool and his money are my best friends

[tcar]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I looked at a local car for sale in a yard. 1999 996 with about 220,000 km. $28,880!

That may sound expensive but a 1997 993 with almost the same km recently sold for $65,000.

How's this for insane?

"1996 Porsche 911 Carrera S 993 Manual, 86,020 km" - $255,000!

1996 Porsche 911 Carrera S 993 Manual

Are those OZ dollars? If so multipy by about 0.75 for US dollars.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Porsche 911 cabriolet 996 ims update $12,000 obo





Porsche 911 cabriolet 996 ims update $12000 obo


I know how popular cabs are with this crowd

Stop it! You're killing me!!!!

I'm retiring in 3-5 years... I hope deals like this are still around then.

[Paul_Heery]

A bit of a cautionary tale for those of you thinking of dipping your toes into the water of affordable Porsches. I have been looking for a Cabriolet (or Boxster) and this one came up near me recently.
2002 Porsche 911 Carerra 4



From the listing, it looks good as the owner touts, "I've had new IMS bearing upgrade, clutch, and flywheel update. New brakes and rotors on all wheels." That checks off a lot of things on the evaluation list.

So, I went about my normal routine investigating the build and history on the car.

1. I ran the VIN through the online decoder and saw that the car has a nice list of options. WP0CA29942S653347 Porsche 996 / 911 C4 convertible 2002
2. Next I ran the VIN through https://www.vehiclehistory.com The results here caused some concern.
3. Then, I added the car to my Garage on https://www.mycarfax.com/ This allows me to see some, but not all, of the maintenance history on the vehicle.

The above may seem a bit much. But, it only takes a couple of minutes to visit 3 sites and paste in the VIN to get a report from each and they are free. It helps me weed out some of the dubious cars from my search. When searching in the used 996/997 and 986/987 markets, you will come across a lot of knuckleheads. I prefer to not encounter them unnecessarily. Once I find a car I want to take the next steps on I contact the seller, ask some questions, go see the car, then if it gets that far have a PPI done.

Now, back to this C4 Cab. Vehicle History showed that the car was purchased at a "Buy Here, Pay Here" dealer in February then registered by the current owner in CT. This brought out the yellow caution flag as this would make me suspect that there is no real service history for the car. Also, I don't know what the guy paid when he bought it, but the report shows that the used car dealer had it listed for about $1,000 more than the current asking price. It appears that the seller may just be trying to get his money out of it.

Next, the maintenance report from MyCarfax only showed one entry for the time that the current owner has had the car. It is for a local quick oil change place. Now, I realize that all maintenance does not show up on these reports. But, service at a quick oil change joint brought out a full-course caution.

At this point, I was curious. How could someone that stated in their ad that "I've had new IMS bearing upgrade, clutch, and flywheel update. New brakes and rotors on all wheels" trust their car to the lube goons. I needed to find out more, so I sent an email to the seller complementing him on having the all of the above maintenance done and asked if he had the full service history. The response I received was, "First of all I should let you know that my boss is selling the car, I'm just listing it and addressing questions.He doesn't have the service records for it, he purchased it with all of that done from an independent dealer, along with a lot of other work as well. He purchased it around 2 or 3 months ago." Hmmm...I am sure that the work was done to perfection by drive-by dealer. The black flag came out and this car was dropped from the race.

[cashflyer]

Would you rather see oil changes at a Jiffy Lube, or no record of oil changes at all - which is what would show up if the Porsche was owned by a DIYer?

[Paul_Heery]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Would you rather see oil changes at a Jiffy Lube, or no record of oil changes at all - which is what would show up if the Porsche was owned by a DIYer?

I would rather see no record of oil changes, instead of a Jiffy Lube. Jiffy Lube automatically adds to my fears of questionable maintenance.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Good job with your due diligence, but that is certainly applicable to purchasing any used car, not just a 996.

[tcar]

But especially a 996... or 986...

[1990C4S]

Originally Posted by tcar

But especially a 996... or 986...

Every single Porsche out of warranty has a weak link.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

why do people do this? Who are they?

RED ALERT :::::: 1999 PORSCHE BOXSTER ::::::