2003 C4S on BAT

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/2003-porsche-996-c4s/ Following the pleasant surprise of a '99 aero C2 going for $35k last week, I'm interested to see how the market values its wide-bodied brother.

Nice find. Higher mileage, but a newer engine. Purists will probably snort and others will talk about the Vertex IMSB replacement. Don't know enough about BAT, is there a reserve price or is it high bid wins?

I think the fact that the new Carrera are all going to have a turbo will only push up the value of the normally aspirated modern 911 models. I watched this with older models in the 80's. They hit their low value mark and then because of either style or technical change, they begin to rise consistently. Electronic nannies and lack of a proper manual transmission is a huge reason why the 996 will go up when properly equipped. The IMS is a one time maintenance fix so its a non issue anymore. When modern cars feature their computer as a central interior design element, it gives a " Geewhiz" advantage when they are new. The problem with this is, like a outdated computer, they look dated much much sooner and don't age as well than the cars that have a simplistic interior design with buttons instead of a MMI mouse or touch screen. The car in question (High mileage, low optioned and mediocre condition) will not represent what the normal super clean PCA conditioned value will bring.