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Yeah no way you can find low miles all stock x50 for less than $49k.
Plus you can sell those tacky HREs for good money.
Different strokes I guess. I like those wheels. I got my pristene 25K mile car (drove it the next day to a a Porsche Concours without doing a thing and won my class) for way less than that. No, it's not a X50-equipped but I just don't feel that X50 justifies a 50% surcharge. It's also silver/black which I feel is very plain -others find it "classic". ...Back to the different strokes thing.
To be clear, I'm not knocking the car, but if I were in the market I wouldn't consider it unless it were at least $10K cheaper. At $59K I'd be looking at 997TTs.
Different strokes I guess. I like those wheels. I got my pristene 25K mile car (drove it the next day to a a Porsche Concours without doing a thing and won my class) for way less than that. No, it's not a X50-equipped but I just don't feel that X50 justifies a 50% surcharge. It's also silver/black which I feel is very plain -others find it "classic". ...Back to the different strokes thing.
To be clear, I'm not knocking the car, but if I were in the market I wouldn't consider it unless it were at least $10K cheaper. At $59K I'd be looking at 997TTs.
Yeah? Good for you. And happy new year! Like everyone else on this forum can tell you, 2xk mile unmolested X50s are deep in the $50s, that's the market. The guy who sold you your car had no idea what he was selling clearly or he needed the money desperately.
And at $59k good luck finding a manual 997tt in a comparable condition to a 20k mile 996tt lol.
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I was just at Auto Assets in Ohio today getting service done, and they have a yellow 2001 turbo with only 13 k miles on it- it looked new. Ask is 55 k. A lovely car.
We saw this one online and were curious about it. If you are close by, any chance you would mind looking at the front bumper? In the pictures it looks scratched. Not going to spend that kind of money if there are issues.
I should add it's about a 3-1/2 hour drive for us and we don't want to drive all the way down there for nothing.
it is curious why the dealer would not have it touched up.
That being said, I don't think I'd let a small license plate scratch on the front bumper keep me from buying this car. I'd be more concerned about the front bumperettes - not sure what Porsche was thinking with them and am very glad they changed the bumper design even before the end of the 2001 model year.
But, at $56k asking, that car is very reasonably priced given the low mileage and otherwise apparently like-new condition otherwise. I doubt it lasts very long on the market.
Yeah? Good for you. And happy new year! Like everyone else on this forum can tell you, 2xk mile unmolested X50s are deep in the $50s, that's the market. The guy who sold you your car had no idea what he was selling clearly or he needed the money desperately.
And at $59k good luck finding a manual 997tt in a comparable condition to a 20k mile 996tt lol.
This^^a 997tt at 59k is rode hard and put up wet.
X50 cars are shooting up in price, couple of years ago you could get a tts for 50k and an x50 for 40k, not anymore.
I actually think the dealer did touch that up because I took a couple pictures of the car and the spots are not there, and he did mention something about touching up some small spots on the front. I have a photo of the front of the car and would be happy to send it to you, AWD.
2 owners in 12 years and less than 10k miles. Hope the next owner actually drives the car.
Not directed at you Yinzer, but I see these type comments on every forum on Rennlist and have never understood why anyone cares one iota what others do with their cars when they buy them. If they want to park it in their living room and use it as a TV stand, it's their money.
On the other hand, I see those same individuals, when looking for a car, want a low mileage, pristine example. If there were not individuals that didn't drive their cars much, there would not be low mileage examples out there in the first place. IMO.
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Not directed at you Yinzer, but I see these type comments on every forum on Rennlist and have never understood why anyone cares one iota what others do with their cars when they buy them. If they want to park it in their living room and set use it as a TV stand, it's their money.
On the other hand, I see those same individuals, when looking for a car, want a low mileage, pristine example. If there were not individuals that didn't drive their cars much, there would not be low mileage examples out there in the first place. IMO.
Amen.
If the PO underuses the car, that's a good thing. As long as he doesn't also unserservice it.
The PO may have had 14 cars and apportioned his driving between them. Not to mention convertibles have seasons, so I could rationalize a seasonally-used convertible...
Having said that, I don't understand the disproportionate value given to low mileage Porsches, as they generally have a couple hundred thousand miles of service life.
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