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YOUR RESEARCHBeware Ebay ad for this car....
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Both the front and rear glass needs to be replaced along with new leather seat covers (redyeing wouldn't help), new headliner, new radio (was a refurb unit with problems), ect.
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Both the front and rear glass needs to be replaced along with new leather seat covers (redyeing wouldn't help), new headliner, new radio (was a refurb unit with problems), ect.
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The ad listed below is way off on the description of the car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...em=4599205114]
Below is a a partial summary of the issues with the car and the ebay ad.
1 - Paint is starting to dull and has lots of scratches
2 - slight oil leak (1/2 quart every 4-6k miles)
3 - Leather is worn pretty bad on the front seats
4 - Back of the front seats are ripped (one of the previous owners had a wheelchair that caused this)
5 - The headliner has quite a few small rips in it (previous owner again)
6 - The rear window is scratched on the inside (previous owner again)
7 - The front windshield is pitted and had deep scratches from sand in the wiperblades
8 - It was not a 'one owner' car as I was the 3rd person to own the car.
9 - It was not a 'new Porsche trade in' as I traded in the car at a Ford dealership in Austin for a BMW Z4 3.0
The list keeps going on and on. The car is great if you want something to fix up (my original plan) but its not in the condition they are listing it in. I traded the car in because I needed something as a daily driver with a warranty. If anyone bids on this car, please feel free to contact me for my history on the car for the 7 months I owned.
Please past this post on to any other site you might think would be interested in it. I'd hate to see someone get ripped off due to a dealer out to make a quick buck.
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Richard
'99 911 coupe
Guards Red, Full leather (beige), Tiptronic
I bought the vehicle in March of '05 and decided to trade it in Oct of the same year. Both the front and rear glass needs to be replaced along with new leather seat covers (redyeing wouldn't help), new headliner, new radio (was a refurb unit with problems), ect. Plus the paint was starting to go really quick, especially the front bumper. (Bad repaint from a previous owner). So adding all that up before even getting to a full repaint, you're talking several thousands of dollars to get the car in good shape.
The whole point of my post was to inform potential buyers not to take this dealer even anywhere close to his word on the history and condition of the car. I was owner #3 yet the ebay ad has it listed as a 'one owner' car. The car is listed as a Texas car but was originally from Georgia.
As for the price, the Buy it now price is way too high for the state the car is in. I paid less than that myself for it back in March and that was with 12,000 less miles.
Thanatos, that was very honorable of you to come on here and warn us about this car. You deserve good karma for the rest of the year!
Are you Greek by any chance?
Yikes - you're a car dealers worst nightmare. Only in the internet age could a previous owner jump on to contradict a dealers resale of their car. Amazing.
But you know, $27k, supple leather, three spoke wheel, and 993 Targa rip off wheels....sounds like a winner.
That's what I thought when I bought the car. Then I started to notice all the little problems with the car and started to add up what it would cost to get the car to the shape I wanted it to be in. After adding it all up I could have bought a better condition car for about the same if not a bit more. The photos on the ad do not properly reflect the state of the vehicle. Of course having driven the car for 7 months I know all the issues by heart and might over emphasis them a bit. However I'd rather any potential buyers from the site know what they are looking at. So if anyone is really interested in it, let me know and I can run down all the things I know about it. If it goes for under $25k then its probably worth to fix up, anything over and you might as well keep searching. (just my opinion).
the rims were one of the things that got me also. One of the previous owner just had to have them. Since the tires on the car were almost brand new I saw no reason to change the rims out while I had the car as I wanted to move up to some 18 inch thin spokes. For the most part all the items I changed out I pulled back off before trading in the car. (beige leather tip shifter with silver button, a better working Porsche stock CD player, and a beige center console with lid) It seems every car I get, sooner or later I end up with parts left over in my garage. :-P
