WTB 2002-2005 Turbo S or X50

I'm looking to buy an X50 or Turbo S 996 car. Manual transmissions only. I'm in Los Angeles at the moment but also up in Portland, OR often as well. Preferred exterior colors: Slate Gray, Atlas Gray, Dark Olive Metallic Acceptable Colors for the right price: Seal Gray, Midnight Blue, Lapis Blue, White Interior Color: Only black shall do My only other restriction is no Turbo Aerokit cars. I prefer cars with no front bumper plugs or plate holes (cleaner look), but realize that most aren't going to be unmolested. GT2 body parts are acceptable as long as radiator ducting was properly modified to go with said front bumper. I know this is going to be a tough search, but I'm willing to be patient for the right car rather than the "right now" car. Please let me know if you folks are aware of any cars like this that are available or could be made available for the right price.

was there a 996 TTS?

^^^ yep. 2005 turbo s

The Turbo S was in 2005, yes. A swansong trim for the 996 with the PCCB and X50 engine (not sure what else came standard over a regular Turbo). Some people think the cars are faster (stock for stock) than X50 cars, but I don't know much about that.

Turbo S came loaded with tons of Options as Standard

Obviously Turbos are going to be better than a Turbo (Sorry, just had to say it)

I think this is going to be a tough search for a Turbo S - there was literally something like less than 100 sold in the U.S. in 2005. I know because I almost bought one last summer, out of Fresno - but the vendor was a little too flaky. There's probably more with the X50 kit, though.

that's right - 2005 (doh)!

I've had PPIs done on 2 different '05 Turbo S Cabs in the last 6 weeks or so. Overall they are an awsome car from what I hear and pics I've seen. Never seen one in person, that's probably why I haven't purchased one yet. I could walk around a car and within 5 minutes or so, know if it was something I woud buy. Seeing a dozen or so fairly low resolutuion and poorly composed pics and an inspection report describing all the minor issues does not feed the emotions like viewing it from 10' away and a test drive. I'm now kicking myself for not buying the '05 Turbo S Cab that needed a good detail, front brake pads, one coolant hose replacement recommended, and a front bumper cover scrape reair and repaint. PPI revealed it was a good runner, everything worked, not in collector condition but a dialy driver. Owner offered it to me for $38,500 and gave me 2 hours to make my decision. I'm now thinking I could have fixed the issues, sold the car in spring for a cool $10k profit, or just had a fantastic driver.

Sounds to me that you need to pull the trigger...

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Wow, that's 2001 with stories pricing. And you passed because??? Sure the CAB and Tips bring less than coupes and manual but my god, the motor alone is worth almost that much!

I passed because I wanted to sleep on it. Seal Grey wasn't my first color choice or even my second. It had a lot of miles, 99k and although we know this is probably not an issue, it would most likely be a difficult car to sell in 3-6 years. It may have been hard for me to sell with all the issues fixed for $45k with just over 100k miles in the spring.

Didn't realize it had 100K miles. Makes sense.

Still on the lookout for that car, though I have been talking to a lot of sellers.