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Replace but has double row bearings
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It's not had IMS replaced but has double row bearings.
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Check the dates on the invoices thou…I saw the invoice for Bilstein coilovers on my wife’s RS6 and thought ‘great, it’s got decent suspension’, didn’t notice the invoice date was 2010.
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Check the dates on the invoices thou…I saw the invoice for Bilstein coilovers on my wife’s RS6 and thought ‘great, it’s got decent suspension’, didn’t notice the invoice date was 2010.
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Check the dates on the invoices thou…I saw the invoice for Bilstein coilovers on my wife’s RS6 and thought ‘great, it’s got decent suspension’, didn’t notice the invoice date was 2010.
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Hi all, first post, first Porsche
I am thinking of swapping my Triumph TR6 for a 996 C4 with 107k. It looks and drives well, and I'm having it checked at a reputable Porsche specialist (1-1.5 hours). BUT there is no service book, just a pile of invoices totalling over £35k. Am I mad?
if you can piece together a service history and be happy with it's current condition, then no reason why it can't be a good option.
invoice values mean little if they from earlier decades
the results of the ppi are key
How much do you value your triumph at? Without knowing more about the 996, it sounds like a £10-12k car with no service book, and being a C4 with average miles (unless it’s had an incredible amount of jobs done and is a really tidy example). As already mentioned, ignore old invoices and note the recent work by age/mileage.
I would be more concerned if there was a service book but no invoices. Sevice books can be faked, invoices on the other hand give more information and you can always call the OPC/Indy/garage and talk to them about the vehicle and the work they did. Service books can get genuinely mislaid.
The TR is realistically valued at about £15k but it's hard to value atm, with a lot of cars on the market. The C4 asking price was £17k and seems a tidy example. It's not had IMS replaced but has double row bearings. Not sure how important that is (probably Subject of other threads).
I would far rather trust a stack of invoices rather than a service book. I could buy a stamp off eBay and make my own service book if I was so inclined (sure I could make up invoices too, but that’s way more effort). Check the dates on the invoices thou…I saw the invoice for Bilstein coilovers on my wife’s RS6 and thought ‘great, it’s got decent suspension’, didn’t notice the invoice date was 2010. Now it has new Bilsteins.
Personally the ims thing doesn’t worry me (remind me of this when my 996 explodes), but I worry way more about bore scoring, would defo get a bore scope done by a decent garage.
Try this, and thanks for all your help.
Porsche 911 996 Carrera 4 Coupe | eBay
Porsche 911 (996) 2000 3.4L Carrera 4. Firstly if you're going to have an 911, it really needs to be one that looks like a 911, and manual! with 4 wheel drive. 2000MY Coupe in rare Ocean Blue, Tasteful Grey leather interior, with anthracite Alcantara roof lining.
www.ebay.co.uk
A few thousand more and you get much lower mileage cars. With history. I would absolutely consider the vehicle you have found as it depends entirely on condition. But I have a C4 potentially for sale with reams of paperwork which is half the miles ( and only 30k on the engine ) 3 years newer so benefiting from the 996.2 updates and the price difference is perhaps only 6k. But I don't take trade ins!
