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Ill be listing my 2004 AE for sale shortly and would appreciate any input on asking price?. Ive owned this car nearly 10 years
Here is the service history and a few of the mods, all factory period correct bits sans the PSS!0s – Last 5 years Black Stone reports too.. No history from original owner one, on oil or other service. First records I have start at 8k mi.
02/09/06 at 8,180
12/11/06 at 11,497
05/07/07 at 12,444
04/30/09 at 16,415
04/12/11 at 18,981
04/27/12 at 21,225
07/01/14 at 25,433
10/20/14 at 27,486 5W 40 Shell Rotella T-6
05/20/15 at 28,500 5w 40 Castrol Syntec
05/01/16 at 29,700 5w50 Mobile One
05/01/17 at 30,600 0w40 Mobile One
02/02/18 at 31,228 0W40 Mobile One (I striped LN plug & took to shop to remove and of course had to also pay for oil service)
02/28/19 at 32,512 0W40 Mobile One Filter clear, oil clear
06/05/19 at 32,700 IMSS, AOS and oil and filter at Hergesheimer Lake Forest CA Unfortunately I had just completed the annual oil and filter less than 200 miles ago
05/29/20 at 33,290 0W40 oil change and filter NAPA Mobil One
05/22/21 at 33,431 0W40 oil change and filter NAPA Mobil One plus Ceratec
05/04/22 at 33,829 0W40 oil change and filter Mobile One
06/27/22 at 33,843 High Pressure Power Steering line replaced at Autostrasse Costa Mesa CA - tiny very tiny leak at high pressure crimp. I am a nut about keeping my toys leak free so.... replaced. Never hit the ground, not a speck on garage floor
05/30/23 at 33,889 0W40 oil change ad filter Mobil One Napa 1348 – due to no miles, no BlackStone report
Continental DW Tires American Tire November, 2014
900.00
West End Alignment Gardena CA November, 2014
Front .7 Camber .0 Toe Rear 1.5 Camber .32 Toe
150.00
DIY 30k Service at 27,500 October 22, 2014
Pelican Parts and AutoHaus AZ parts order
Air and cabin filters 45.00
Spark Plugs and coil packs, time not miles replaced (Spark Plugs FGR-5 Bosch) and updated 997 coil packs – all plugs looked great
Oil Pressure sender switch replaced (PPI OBDII showed intermittent failure occurring) Working now, no codes -Preventive replacement. 80.00
Magnetic Oil Drain Plug LN Engineering 25.00
Oil service Shell Rotella 5 40 and new filter 50.00 – see oil history above
Serpentine Belt OEM Porsche 55.00
Brake/clutch fluid flush DOT 4 15.00
Euro Hella clear side markers installed 60.00
Bumper Plugs 30.00
Phase II December, 2014
Transmission fluid changed 01/15/15 Kendall 75w90 SL Cape Auto Laguna Nigel 28k miles 125.00
Adaptec 7mm front and 7mm rear spacer 217.00
Fister D exhaust Mod 330.00 plus used 2004 AE 5k mile donor cans 475.00
Other preventives;
IMSS preventively LN registered 2019
PSS10s and GT3 street alignment 2017
Porsche Water Pump preventively
Wahler 160 Thermostat and housing preventively
Porsche coolant flush and fill
June 05, 2019
32,700 miles
Phase III
December 2015
GT3 wheels 2k
GT3 Euro Seats 3.3k
GT3 Porsche Factory roll bar 1.2k
996 Aero OE deck lid and wing 1.5k
GT3 front brake air dams
$8k in GT3 parts
I have four piece luggage set, all owners manuals from original delivery, window sticker etc...
All original take off parts included
Last edited by 996AE; 02-23-2024 at 12:46 PM.
Reason: I am sure I forgot something
My neighbor around the corner from me just purchased a stock 40AE with slightly more miles, I think around 36k, and from what I recall paid close to $50k after taxes and fees. It was a private sale. If I was in your shoes, I'd offer the car with 2 price points. One stock (no GT3 parts) and one with the parts. Having limited knowledge of your car, I'd price it in low 50s for stock? A very clean example with luggage and 40k miles sold on BaT in January for $56k plus fees and taxes. Spring is almost here and that tends to drive the prices up a bit too. Do some market research on the GT3 parts to see what they go for and offer them all as a bundle at maybe 75% of the cost, if you want to get rid of it all in one go. Just my 2 cents.
I always preach this, but I can't stress enough how important it is to put together a quality advert if you intend to sell it yourself. Put effort into a short narrative about the car, quality photos and all records, which you should have a lot of. Be transparent and through. After all, for most if not all, this is an emotion purchase and a well written and presented car will evoke some emotions in the prospects. This is so often overlooked and will bring in a higher selling price. In my eyes and many others, the effort you put into selling the car can be equal to the effort you put into the car as an owner. Yeah, you'll probably deal with some people that will make your blood boil a bit but that's part of the game if you sell it yourself. In the past, when coming across those interactions I might entertain a few real well thought out questions but if they're just lowballing, I just cut the interaction short and politely reply with, "sounds to me like this might not be the right car for you. Thank you for your interest and wish you best of luck finding the right car". PCA put out a good video (although crappy audio) with Nathan Merz talking about selling cars. It's a good watch.
Great comment thanks. I have sold my last two collector cars using local consignment services.
I may go this route for this car too
One comment in over a week gives me a good indication of market
Consignment is how I acquired my car. Had its positives and negatives from the buyer perspective. Depending on how you feel about the car, I wouldn't worry about "the market". If I was in your shoes, I'd worry about finding a good next owner for the car. It's not a logical but an emotional decision and hopefully you'll find someone that will appreciate the car for what it is, the pinnacle of 996 diving experience without going for the GT3 badge. Many people still don't know about the 40AE but once they learn and understand it they typically look for that specific model. I know that was me and now my neighbor! Good luck with the sale!
02-21-2024, 12:34 PM
