Hi to all Just bought a new to me 996 , 1999 Midnight Blue over Savanha Six Speed, 36K miles and basically as clean a 13 year old car you can find without looking in a museum. Garage Kept its whole life and driven around 2700 miles a year since new. All original Books , records and receipts plus all OEM extra parts taken off car. Car has some nice upgrades like new gt3ssr wheels, new clutch, wood trim 3 spoke steering wheel and Ebrake plus gear ****. My favorite option is the Fister Exhuast with Schnell tips , Sounds like heaven on Earth to me. Put 300 miles on the car this weekend just driving with no where to go but High Rev's to hear that nice note under my butt . I have a few plans : Tint windows right away and fix some tiny crub rash on a few of the lips and DRIVE ! I had ownes a Boxster in 99 and a Boxster "S" a few years later then went away from PCARS till i jumped into this sweet Machine Saturday................
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Welcome to rennlist and more important, welcome back to the Porsche family. That is one sweet 996 you have
Welcome to Rennlist!! Nice looking 996.
I've got the same year and color, you've got a great looking car there! Fister is the next mod I'm looking to do, glad to hear you like it! Welcome back to the P-Car family!
if you don't mind as asking.. what's the price on these 99s with low milage going for now.. beautiful car by the way...
Love the color combo. Welcome to the club.
Welcome, another MY99. What a well kept example. Your new Porsche will love those 300 mile drives, keep them coming.
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I looked hard for such a car and Saw many listed at 29K to 18 K with varied miles from 1999 to 2000. I wanted one here in town as i didn't want to buy a car i couldn't see or drive first and being so busy i had no time to travel.... Did not want to buy from a dealer and have to pay any TAX This car was listed at 25900$ We settled on 23000$ Cant stress how clean this car is , and to be honest it was right in my wheel house budget wise as a 4th car . The upgraded wheels , Air box, exhaust and stereo are exactly what i would have wanted to make the car slightly different from others on the road so they were a huge bonus for me purchase wise. I looked at so many beaters that when i meet the owner and saw the car all i was waiting for at that point was a clean check up from a shop and she would be mine. You can actually buy them cheaper if you dont mind door dings , high miles , stock everything , beat interiors and cracked seats.............I paid for what i got.
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Congrats, did this car come out of Midtown? I used to live in Ptree lofts, and one that looked exactly like this was parked there frequently.
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Yea the guy lived in the Highlands and from where you are it was just down monroe at the main intersection............what a small world.
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And I think that you did exeptionally well on the deal. It's a real nice looking car for sure. Welcome to the 996 world.
Looks like Ocean Blue Metalic. Beautiful car.
Very nice. Welcome.
nice acquisition; it makes a great DD; and FisterD's to listen to the sweet sound!
Beautiful 996, welcome to the forums. Can't wait to hear how you like it compared to your Boxster and BS. I am in a similar situation. I haven't owned a P-Car in about 5 years (last was a 996 911 Turbo with like 20k miles). Im getting ready to move into a 2006 Cayman S with 8700 on the clock!!
You live in Atlanta or what? I live in Savannah if your in the area. I actually have the same exact color combo and year. I bought it about 2.5-3 years ago with ~30k and have had very little issues with the car. IM sure you will love it!
The contrast with of the tan interior with the blue color is superb. Rare find indeed! One question though: Why would a 36k-mile Porsche need a new clutch? Just bought an arctic silver 2000 C2 myself on 25 Apr with 139k kms (86k miles) and it had a new clutch put in 5000 kms ago. That I can understand but with 36k miles, it surprises someone like me who is still driving a Jetta 16V with 305K kms (189.5k miles) on its original clutch. Any one care to comment?
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SOmeone trashed it, drove it hard or started from 0 in fourth gear?
great looking car. Love the wheels.
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A few classic ways of shortening the life of a clutch is:- driving along with the left foot covering the clutch pedal or resting on it. Holding the car on a hill with the clutch instead of the hand brake. Giving it too much gas as the clutch is being released and releasing the clutch to slowly as a ton of gas is being applied. Thats about it. Oh no. Theres probably another one here:-. taking out the clutch assistance spring as a cocked up modification. Might be worth all new owners to check that the clutch assistance spring is still where it's supposed to be. You may have bought a car from a would be modder who didn't know how to drive a clutch car in the first place. Thats my honest 2 penneth for what its worth. Harmless mods I can stand but idiotic ones... sorry.
Very nice car. Welcome!
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That spring will have no effect on the wear, just the feel. Handbrake for hill holding? Amateur. .
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