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YOUR RESEARCHused 996, price question.
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i don't like AWD handling, my garage is filled with stuff already, hard to find a place for the hard top.
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By the way, call the selling dealer and ask him to run a service history on the car with the VIN and you can get a good idea of what work has been done.Or call Porsche and they can tell you what dealer sold the car originally
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By the way, call the selling dealer and ask him to run a service history on the car with the VIN and you can get a good idea of what work has been done.Or call Porsche and they can tell you what dealer sold the car originally
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i bought a few used-cars, never had any problem except a pwr window switch gone bad, got the part from ebay and fixed it myself in 5 minutes.
call me crazy, but i went though bob996's post(well, most of it, cause they are so long).
i bought a few used-cars, never had any problem except a pwr window switch gone bad, got the part from ebay and fixed it myself in 5 minutes.
looking for my first p-car for a while. saw a CPO 996 matching my spec in my local porsche dealer (Year: 2000, 30K mile, $41900) didn't get it cause thinking about getting 997 instead.
now figure out i don't want 997 cause the $$. did a few search in autotrader.com, found one 99, c2 cab 45Kmile. asking for $35K. seems tempting. called. the guy said"it sent to auction already, if it's not auctioned off tomorrow, i will try to get your some pic"
should i continue my "reseach/adventure" on this car.? or move on.
all other 996 cab. in my area are "extreme rare C4"
i talked to the seller on this C4. how much you guys think i should offer.
http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ca...ce=&cardist=22
talked briefly with the seller.
the car is 100% org. stock. no repair work. all main. done by dealer.
the seller mentioned warranty "just" expired. kind of red flag for me. why he waited until warranty expired to sell the car?
i will ask the seller again if he wants to work with lower 40Ks
I have the same car except with a 6 speed not the tip. I bought mine in June of 04 with 4000 miles and I paid low 60's. Now that I better understand the market, I would either offer the guy low 50's or go for a 2002 or newer. They made some changes to the engine, chassis, etc from the 02 models. The 4 wheel drive is nice but if you're buying a summer rag top, don't get hung up on it. If you can spend high 50's look for a newer model. I love mine but if I did it all over I would get an 02~04 generation. Good Luck!
By the way, call the selling dealer and ask him to run a service history on the car with the VIN and you can get a good idea of what work has been done.Or call Porsche and they can tell you what dealer sold the car originally
when did cab. change to glass rear window on 02 or 03?
AWD and hard top means nothing to me. in fact, negitive. i don't like AWD handling, my garage is filled with stuff already, hard to find a place for the hard top.
how about this one on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2002-...QQcmdZViewItem
it's everything i am looking for but the color.
The 2002 came with a glass window. I love the blue color on the one you found on ebay. Have you tried Porsche.com and did a search on preowned in the trading area? Also there is a dealer in NY that has quite a stable of nice Porsches
Hunting Ridge Motorsports. Check out their web site
