hunting for a 996

I hate to say this, but the price of the 911 has gone down significantly and this has drummed up my curiousity. I have owned about 5 944's and loved every second, but I always dreamed of a 911. Well, I just got out of my 2004 350z for a more sensible brand new mazda cx7 and let me tell you... I am not ment for a cross over. I miss the sporty feeling and the acceleration. Bleh I hate this car, but I have only put 13k miles on it. Looking on autotrader etc, etc I stumbled accross an amazing thing. I could buy a 1999 or newer 911 with low miles for under 30grand! So with that being said I have found another deal and I wanted to run it by everyone . I found a 2003 996 with roughly 26k miles for 28grand. http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false Its about 2 hours away and from me and the pics looks really nice. 3 owners with a clean auto check. might be a little crazy wanting to buy a Porsche in this silly economy, but with these awesome prices who can pass it up. Thanks!

DO IT !!! get a PPI and dont look back !! Thats a beautiful car ! IMO

Good for you. I think you should jump all over it. I paid $42 for my '03 about two years ago. And just over a year ago I could have still sold it for $40k or more. As fast as these cars have dropped this past year, they still have outperformed my retirement accounts!

Hey, I'm also a long time 944 owner. I had an 86 NA, still have an 89 turbo track car, and had an 87 NA that was a daily driver for a few years. Anyway, in early March I bought a 2000 911 Cab for $22,500. IMHO, the 996 is a great value. I say go for it and good luck, Barry

That looks like a super deal! and I am also an Ex-951/944 owner.. matter of fact I am about to buy back my old 85.5 that I sold to a buddy 11-12 years ago!

U will luv it

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I paid close to $38k for a CPO'd '02 a year ago with similar miles, nice options. I'm not whining at all - fact is, these are superb cars - and hard to beat the price now. Get a good PPI and read some of the advice on the boards before pulling the trigger.

Thanks for all the great info guys! I am making a trip tomorrow to go look at it and scheduled a PPI. Only thing is "I have a guy from Fort Lauderdale looking at it too"... Argh haha I hate that... Makes me want to drive down there right now! I dont wanna miss out. Probably just a sales pitch lol.

Looks like a great car for not much $...don't miss out.

nice looking car. might be just me, but in lighter colors, i prefer the car to be pretty stock (no aero kit). but in dark colors i prefer the car to have an aero kit. nothing a few bucks and some time can't fix.

Wow, looks like they're pricing them by the mile now. That would make mine worth about $76k, and Phils about $5k.

gonna be a sleepless night... Hope its still there in the morning!! Anyone in the Ft Lauderdale area want to come with me??

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Actually, more like $3.5K. That's my biggest fear.

I know of a 03 C4S, artic with black full leather.................

wonderful car! checks out and all it needs is new rubber on the front. I got lucky, the guy that was supposed to look at it the night before beat me there, but ended up he "didnt have enough time" so he left in a huff. Unfortunately I ran out of time today and couldn't finish the buying process due to the banks being closed, so I put down a deposit and will try to finish the process on monday!! woohoo! Gotta see if I can leave work early for that 2.5hr drive... at least the drive back home will be worth it

Glad it checked out OK for you. Of course, we WILL be expecting pics before the week is up!

No go... my new mazda is worthless ( oh well... guess I need to private party it and keep on hunting.

You can probably get it for less than 28. 28 seems a little high.

well they didnt want to come down at all since there were 2 people looking at it and offered me 5k less on my car than what kbb poor trade in says. They didnt want to deal so I said no go... Oh well there are more fish in the sea.

Keep looking. I just picked up a 2002 with 14K miles for $27K. Perfect except for a few very minor paint chips on fender. There are sweet deals on 996's out there.

yah, as I act uninterested they continue to call me with better and better deals. "Ok my manager said he can go another 1,000 on your trade." I'll wait them out haha!

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Geez, in this market you'd think you wouldn't see games like this

I agree, but they think I am stupid and don't understand car values. "THis car is a great deal man!" "Its gonna sell quick!" Well it hasnt sold in 2 weeks and they keep calling me. We'll see.

Hello, The sales games never end do they? When I was in the market back in March I read an add for a car that sounded pretty close to what I was looking for. An 02 C4 Cab, 70K miles, good condition, nice options, etc. The price was $29000 or something like that. My max price was $25K. So I called the place, spoke to a salesman, got the details on the car, etc. I was very honest with the salesman and told him I liked the car, but my max price was $25. Of course, he couldn't go that low, the car was worth, more, I would be foolish to let it go, etc. The best they could do was $26K. So I passed. The next day I made the deal to buy my 00 cab. The day after that the salesman called back and now, magically, they could do the car for $25. Too late. I am happy with my choice. Barry