sugarwood

https://tallahassee.craigslist.org/ctd/5993635218.html

Those seats and steering wheel don’t not look anything like 116k miles.
More like 316k. Are 996 interiors known to wear out quickly?
Or is this an extreme case of abuse and neglect?

dkraige

That's abuse. See how the back seat, which is barely used, looks ok. Front seat area that is used a lot is ruined. Owner must be wearing chain mail or something.

Most 996s I've seen are pretty beat on the painted plastic parts like console and dashboard parts, but leather usually doesn't look too bad. That level of leather wear probably tells you a lot about how much the owner cares for the car in general. May have never changed the oil!

5CHN3LL

Yes, the 996's cabin seems to age poorly compared to some other interiors, due at least in part to the materials used.

That said, the condition you're showing is not typical for 100K miles. My car is at 80K miles and is pristine in comparison.

I can't help but notice what looks like might be an "X" cut into the seat bottoms for both passenger and driver...which makes me wonder if this car's interior issues are less about parts and labor and more about the intervention of a certain person the previous owner thought might be a little off but brought home from the bar anyway...

gnat

Yeah I have to wonder WTF happened to that car

Normally its the plastic bits that wear like crap while the leather does pretty decent.

Our 01, for example, has full leather, lived it's entire life outside with no protection, has had maybe a handful of leather treatments in it's entire life, and other than the bubble on the dash is still in great condition. I can't imagine the years it will take to put another 35k on it will make it look anything like that without A LOT of help

wildbilly32

Maybe a car that was inspected by the "authorities" looking for items not quite legal? Does look like it has a new expansion tank and proper cap! Might be a awesome buy with crappy seats!...Doubtful...

Vdubjetta02

My interior looks just fine at 80,000 miles (even my sport seats)

I have some wear on tear on my steering wheel and that is it.

DBJoe996

Abuse and total neglect. Notice how even the passenger seat switch plate is broken. That's like interior torture. I'm at 139K miles and my interior barely shows any wear. With an interior like that, I can only imagine what else was neglected. Poor car.

ZuffenZeus

This damage is from very acidic people riding naked.

gnat

Holy crap! I didn't pull up the ad before. They want $9k for that?!?! Dent in the front bumper, opaque lights, scratch on the rear bumper, the whole interior... wow!

And we thought the "is it worth it" car was something...

I don't see anything with the switch plate. Is it the flap of leather folded back over it that you are talking about?

I consider the interior of our car neglected and at 75k-ish it still looks close to new. This goes way beyond simple neglect. I'd even venture that it goes beyond simple abuse and at least some of this is intentional damage (pissed off ex?).

There is certainly a (sad) story to this poor thing. Cars with stories are almost universally cars to avoid...

IkoIko911

my car had 38k miles when I bought it, two previous owners, other than some slight and expected wear on the drivers seat bolster - the interior is immaculate

the car was ordered with the "supple leather" - so not sure if that was a stronger grade than the standard leather?

gnat

I'm not sure it's any stronger grade, but it definitely has more give due to the excess material. My non-scientific experience is that the supple leather does wear a bit better. That only applies to the seat centers though, the rest of the leather in the car is the same.

Woodman71

This is what happens when you hold dog fights inside your car.

MadIrish

Two very large, very sweaty people used that car. They'd close the windows, ride around with the heat on, drenching the seats, and hotboxing each other after Taco Bell lunch (hence the mid seat blow out).

Then they forgot their poodle in the car one day and he went apesh&t on the bolsters and the steering wheel.

The rest of the interior is in oddly in nice shape

5CHN3LL

I will pay the first Rennlister who can provide video proof of the act the sum of $10 to lick that steering wheel*. No, you don't get to wash/disinfect/kill-it-with-fire the wheel prior to the challenge.

*The resulting lickprint should be no less than 1" in width, 4" in length. Anything less, and you just licked that nasty-azz steering wheel for nothing.

sugarwood

The steering wheel is trashed.