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YOUR RESEARCHMy first 911 - bought a 996 C4 yesterday
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Make sure the proper spacer is installed (5 mm on the front) because offset diff between 996 and 997.
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No, given the engine was replaced in October 2007.
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I guess will be lurking here as well as the 944 Turbo forum...
1999 C4 with a new engine in fall of 2007. Arena red on Savannah.
PPI was clean and we agreed to all the details yesterday and I sent the deposit. Now I just have to figure out if I am going to pick the car up or have it shipped from Texas to Ottawa. I am leaning towards picking it up because the cost is over $2K to have it shipped and I can fly down on points. Thoughts?
Long drive from Texas my firend. Lots of hyw driving and by the time you get back to Ottawa you may see some serious "Stone Chips".
Call TFX International based in Toronto, they have can ship your P car in an enclosed truck. Not sure how much from Texas.
I drove my 2000 C2 Cab from Milwaukee, WI to Washingtion DC, go for it! Just picked-up a 2002 C2 Cab, I was ready to fly to CA, but found one local. Good luck.
Chris
Congrats on the new car! I think I will be there in a few days myself. You mentioned that the car has a new engine... How did you know? Would you happen to know where the serial number is and it's supposed to match the VIN of the car, right? Lastly, when they did the PPI, did they do it at the place where you bought it or was the car taken to a 3rd party location?
I forgot to ask, when they did the PPI, did they do an engine leak down test?
And my vote... DRIVE IT. It will be a priceless experience you will cherish forever. As for stone chips on the way back, check out this pic from the 987 thread...
https://rennlist.com/forums/987-foru...er-s-home.html
I have a copy the invoice from the dealer for the intallation. Seller was excellent and provided all invoices for the last 6 years for me to review.
Do not know where to look, sorry. Looking at the invoice the engine serial does not match the VIN.
No, given the engine was replaced in October 2007.
Had it taken to a local Porsche dealer.
VIN and engine serial numbers do not match. There is a date code in the engine serial number that if one knew how to decode it one could tell if the engine newer (or older) than the car. I had the info on how to decode the engine serial number but don't recall how and not sure where I picked up the info now.
But someone else wanted to know how to tell when engine made and I found it somewhere, somehow.
Sincerely,
Macster.
I'm surprised there have been no offers for someone to drive it
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Fergus!
I agree - you should drive it. I drove mine back from Detroit. Stone chips be damned - it's a 10 year old car that's meant to be driven!
And driven like it should be driven!
I'm in the drive-it camp!
I don't understand when people don't drive their cars, wasting their youth, wasting the car's youth, wasting time.
Drive it. Stone chips or not, who cares. (easy for ME to say!!) These cars were meant to be driven.
If you're concerned about stone chips on the nose, just drive it in reverse.
My car has a ton of chips already. Definitely not worried about wasting it, my youth, or the car's youth as someone said. If you have the time, the drive should be fun. If you can't be away from work that long then have it shipped.
I would say damage is more likely letting car shippers have it. At least catastrophic, drop-it-off-the-trailer damage.
Thinking pick up on Friday, though the border on Monday, back at work Tuesday. Total time lost 2.5 days at most - but maybe I can create a business trip around it
Approx. 20hrs drive in your first Porsche for the first time. All the best and make sure you have all your paper work or custom will not let you through.
The drive should not be too bad for you, actually you should enjoy it much of the way especially in a 996... Last week I drove a Jeep Sahara from Dallas TX to Albany NY with completely full of household stuff in the back. The drive was not so pleasant but I did it in 2 days, first day took 15 hours to Cincinnati OH and the 2nd day in 10 hours to Albany NY. The weather was not very cooperative and it was raining most of the way, making the drive very tiring. I hope you will get good weather on your way to Canada. Good luck, be safe and make sure to bring a V1 with you, you will definitely need it, mine saved me couple of times too even in a 4x4... Cheers,
In college a bunch of us rented a caddy and drove from Albany to Houston in 19 hours... Non stop. I remember racing some dude in Taurus SHO across some flat state. He gave up after 110. Ahh, the stupidity of teenagers.
It has the carrera iii 997 18" wheel. Make sure the proper spacer is installed (5 mm on the front) because offset diff between 996 and 997. Drive it and enjoy it!
No problem there.... Title and bill of sale gets it out of the country (faxed to the border 72 hours ahead of time) and with the dealer's printout of the Campaign letter I should be able to get it into Canada.
Not from Canada - illegal to own one up here
Legal in BC and a few other provinces.
I moved from Ottawa to Victoria a few years ago. Now that it's legal for me to own one (and I do), I find I rarely need it out here. The number of speed traps is significantly lower out here than in Ontario!
Congrats, Fergus!
I don't get the tape on the bumper thing...the implication seems to be that he'll somehow get more rock chips on the 2000 mile drive home than he will in the next 2000 miles he drives the car. How does one 2000 mile drive cause more chips than twenty 100 mile drives?
Yeah, I don't get that either. I can see doing it if you're buying a new car and are planning to have a clear bra installed, but otherwise it seems a little silly.
We'll swap stories later. My friend and I are flying to Houston on Saturday the 31st to pickup my 997 and drive it back to Woodstock, Ontario. The plan is to cross the border on Monday morning and be back to work on Tuesday. Here's to having a fun and safe trip.
Congrats on the car!
Drive it of course. Also, recall clearance letter not required at border as customs has no interest in it. Make sure your local border crossing accepts faxed documents as some don't.
I faxed them title, bill of sale and a letter stating what I was doing. Call US customs ahead of time and see what they require.
Have fun!
Congrats! My vote is to drive it... what a better way to learn about your car...
I had a similar choice when I picked up mine last year and chose to drive it even though the distance was just a small fraction of yours... but I almost ran out of gas on the trip home because I was unfamiliar with the gauges and thought that the oil pressure gauge was the gas gauge (I don't see so good without glasses...) I was way too excited about finally owning one, that I really didn't care to look at everything (I spend more time learning the gauges in a rental car than I did with my brand-new-to-me pcar)...
Congrats and welcome to the board!
Rudy
Well work and US Border Service has gotten in the way of my best laid plan to drive it back...
Work - am travelling all week next week and have to go to Sweden and France the week after. Window to fly down and get back got compressed to 4 days.
US Border Services - they want orginal documents at the borders near me and that adds a couple of days to the whole process, which makes it a 5 day trip. When you add up all the costs - the difference between trucking it and driving it is less than $200.... and I have dedicated auto transporter who is handling all the paperwork as well.
Now to pick snow tires and winter wheels
Congrat's and plan a trip to Toronto so you can show it off. Details here:
https://rennlist.com/forums/rennlist...-saturday.html
With all wheel drive the 417 is gonna be a snap in the winter. I bet you'll be looking like this guy...
Here's how to tell when the engine was made, taken from the "Porsche 996- The Essential Companion", page 599
"The engine code is located on the engine block, on the right side of the crankcase, next to the fan housing...."
hmmmm... what fan housing???? Must be an error, carried over from the 993...
Anyway, the code is stamped onto the crankcase and looks like this:
M96/30 663 09588 (taken from my replacement engine)
where, the last 5 numbers are the serial number of the specific engine
the 6th number from the right is the year of production (3=2003)
the 7th number from the right is "6", the code for a normally aspirated engine
the 8th number from the right is "6", the code for the number of cylinders
Note, the code for the year of production is not linear, at least for the earlier years:
W = 2008
X = 2009
Y = 2000
1 = 2001
2 = 2002
etc.
Hope this is helpful.
...Rickker
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