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You'd want to make sure you have enough camber/toe adjust-ability to get it within specs however
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I've checked all the Databases I could get from google, no records except for the Porsche identifier which pulls up accurate records of the model and specs.
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Check worldwide, maybe i'm not looking at the right places
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The thing is there isn't even a single record of this car so far on sites I've been able to check worldwide, maybe I'm not looking at the right places.....
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That's why I'm going through all this trouble, I must know without any reasonable doubt that the car is clean otherwise I won't buy it.
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I've checked all the Databases I could get from google, no records except for the Porsche identifier which pulls up accurate records of the model and specs.
Check worldwide, maybe i'm not looking at the right places
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The thing is there isn't even a single record of this car so far on sites I've been able to check worldwide, maybe I'm not looking at the right places.....
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It won't be a normal request but if you explain your concerns maybe someone in an official capacity could reach back and have German authorities run a quick check to see if anything pops up hot on their end.
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Hello everyone this is my first post on this forum and I’m excited to join because I will be buying a 996 911. Im 18 and have been driving a 2006 v6 mustang as my first car. I started driving the mountain roads around my area and have loved canyon carving ever since. I chose the 911 because it is the perfect sports car in my opinion. Fast in the straights but more importantly in the turns. And they look good. I’m really looking forward to getting into my first Porsche but I wanted to hear some advice from the owners about things to avoid/ owner known secrets about keeping them running for as long as possible. Any advice whether it pertains to driving, maintenance, problems, or general car care are appreciated.
I will be purchasing a Carrera 4 with a manual transmission.
Hi Everyone,
I'm looking at a 2006 Porsche 911 Carrera, it's quite clean and I've driven it. I just need to make sure that I'm getting a car that isn't dodgy.
It's a German import and not US. I've checked all the Databases I could get from google, no records except for the Porsche identifier which pulls up accurate records of the model and specs.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Thanks for responding. I'm in Nigeria, these cars are hard to find here, and when you find them they go pretty cheap mostly because nobody wants them and everyone believes it will break and no one can fix it. And once in a while some obviously stolen ones pop up, these ones usually have their VIN scratched out, but this one 's VIN is intact.
Unfortunately we do not have anything like the DMV locally, as for the police, only if it was reported stolen by interpol or something. The thing is there isn't even a single record of this car so far on sites I've been able to check worldwide, maybe I'm not looking at the right places.....
Is there a German Embassy or Consulate anywhere in Nigeria? It won't be a normal request but if you explain your concerns maybe someone in an official capacity could reach back and have German authorities run a quick check to see if anything pops up hot on their end.
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You have the VIN, and it was imported into Nigeria, right? So I assume Nigeria has a way of recording the import and where it came from. Maybe use the VIN to check in the country of origin (maybe there is an EU database) to see if the car is stolen?
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You're quite right, even though it's a German Porsche it really could have come from any country in the EU. I will see if I can get hold of the import documents. But so far all available EU databases have brought out no results......thanks!
This is a bizarre one, good luck. What if it was stolen in Germany, what would be the consequences? No one is going to come and get it.
Was it imported legally? In first world countries you couldn't import a car without proving ownership with documentation. In emerging countries, I suspect this is not the case. Most Porsches have scratched out vin's? What happens to those cars? Do they get confiscated?
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Hi, no most Porsche's do not have scratched out VINs I just saw one that had that recently, once in a while you will get to see obviously dodgy cars.
Importing a car is as simple as getting fake documentation from the exporting country, there are car thief rings all over the world that do this.
If the police stops you and see a car with scratched out VIN, the car will be confiscated and so will the driver all the way into jail if he cannot prove ownership.
When I asked the seller to get me the VIN of that car which was a lovely 06 Carrera S, he stopped picking up my call.
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While it is true that reputations have been tarnished, but it's always left to the individual to respond by making assumptions or just be silly.
The first few people that responded to my post were extremely helpful, I contacted DEKRA in Germany and they contacted KBA and they're on it, waiting for a response, so thanks to those guys for the advise!
I think so long as you do your due diligence and check to the extent Nigeria permits/allows to determine the legality of the import and the seller, what else can you do? I would just keep notes of whom you spoke with and from where to document your work. Good luck.
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Maybe, but in the end would you be able to keep a vehicle that was proven to have been stolen, even though you went to the trouble of investigating (to the best of your ability) the status of the vehicle you bought? Even if the guilty parties are identified and charged, the vehicle(s) in question are now evidence in a criminal case.
Just to update, I got this from KBA today;
I have forwarded your email through the Bundeskriminalamt to the French authorities. The vehicle has not been approved in Germany, but in France.
So turns out the 911 came out of France, incidentally I've seen a Cayman which I will have a look at this weekend....
Just wanted to let you helpful chaps out there know that I finally picked up a 2007 Carrera S today, all checked out and good to go, needs a fair bit of work here and there but runs and drives like a nutter!
Thanks for your help guys, I finally have one!!
are you on basic suspension or PASM? If you are on PASM, switching to non pasm suspension will give you 10 mm higher ride height.
You could always get a good set of coilovers. These usually allow to go up a bit. You'd want to make sure you have enough camber/toe adjust-ability to get it within specs however
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I'ts a PASM and I will do just that, but how do I make sure the PASM light goes off and stays off?
I will research coilovers that will work and look at them for long term, we do not have any tracks here so I'm sure I won't miss the PASM
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pressing the PASM button does not change the ride height. Just makes it stiffer. To have 10 mm right height, you would have to swap the suspension component with non pasm shocks and springs. Actually I bet the non-PASM springs alone would give you + 10 mm ride height and you can keep the PASM shocks
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Yes I know what PASM does I mean the PASM error lights in the dashboard, won't they come on once the shocks are removed?
I will try the non PASM shocks. Thanks
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