Let's hear your 991 acquisition story!
04-16-2019, 05:18 PM
#47
Instructor
I have been missing and regretting selling my 997.2 C4S a year and change ago. A month ago came by one of the local dealers to check a 2014 CPO S and next to it sat a beautiful 2014 CPO C4S. It had all I wanted: black, sport exhaust, sunroof. 5,000 miles on it. Was ready to put a deposit right away but car was spoken for. Another sales guy had agreed to save it for an old time customer.
Focused on the S but could not come to love it. Mostly pain beaten and interior felt .... abused. I had been looking for six months and could not forgive myself for not checking with my sales guy that week as I had done for months. How did I miss this one?!?!
Fast forward three weeks and I get a call from my sales person. A 2014 black 4S with 13,000 miles, manual, sport exhaust and sunroof is in on a trade. I have to say yes and they will put in in the back for 24 hours. Came by next day. Car looks very good and subject to CPO results I would take it. CPO went well and upon agreement on price and few things that were “pass” under CPO but I wanted I pulled the trigger.
Wife does not know yet as she is away on business travel. Will update tomorrow .... if I’m still alive.
Focused on the S but could not come to love it. Mostly pain beaten and interior felt .... abused. I had been looking for six months and could not forgive myself for not checking with my sales guy that week as I had done for months. How did I miss this one?!?!
Fast forward three weeks and I get a call from my sales person. A 2014 black 4S with 13,000 miles, manual, sport exhaust and sunroof is in on a trade. I have to say yes and they will put in in the back for 24 hours. Came by next day. Car looks very good and subject to CPO results I would take it. CPO went well and upon agreement on price and few things that were “pass” under CPO but I wanted I pulled the trigger.
Wife does not know yet as she is away on business travel. Will update tomorrow .... if I’m still alive.
04-17-2019, 12:53 PM
#48
Instructor
04-17-2019, 10:56 PM
#49
Rennlist Member
I have been missing and regretting selling my 997.2 C4S a year and change ago. A month ago came by one of the local dealers to check a 2014 CPO S and next to it sat a beautiful 2014 CPO C4S. It had all I wanted: black, sport exhaust, sunroof. 5,000 miles on it. Was ready to put a deposit right away but car was spoken for. Another sales guy had agreed to save it for an old time customer.
Focused on the S but could not come to love it. Mostly pain beaten and interior felt .... abused. I had been looking for six months and could not forgive myself for not checking with my sales guy that week as I had done for months. How did I miss this one?!?!
Fast forward three weeks and I get a call from my sales person. A 2014 black 4S with 13,000 miles, manual, sport exhaust and sunroof is in on a trade. I have to say yes and they will put in in the back for 24 hours. Came by next day. Car looks very good and subject to CPO results I would take it. CPO went well and upon agreement on price and few things that were “pass” under CPO but I wanted I pulled the trigger.
Wife does not know yet as she is away on business travel. Will update tomorrow .... if I’m still alive.
Focused on the S but could not come to love it. Mostly pain beaten and interior felt .... abused. I had been looking for six months and could not forgive myself for not checking with my sales guy that week as I had done for months. How did I miss this one?!?!
Fast forward three weeks and I get a call from my sales person. A 2014 black 4S with 13,000 miles, manual, sport exhaust and sunroof is in on a trade. I have to say yes and they will put in in the back for 24 hours. Came by next day. Car looks very good and subject to CPO results I would take it. CPO went well and upon agreement on price and few things that were “pass” under CPO but I wanted I pulled the trigger.
Wife does not know yet as she is away on business travel. Will update tomorrow .... if I’m still alive.
04-17-2019, 11:17 PM
#50
Rennlist Member
My 991 acquisition story? Started 10 years ago test driving an Aston Vantage and thinking, “I like this car etc… but I should go a drive a 911”. One rip in the 997.1 C2S (Arctic Silver over Sea Blue with PCCBs) with that howling flat-6 right behind me and I was bitten. Two years later into a 2008 TT cab (Arctic Silver over Carrera Red), then swapped into a 2011 Boxster Spyder (Carrara White), added a 1998 993 C2S (Ocean Blue Metallic), then sold the Spyder and into a 2014 981 base Cayman (Agate Gray over Agate Grey / Orange), then back into a 2nd 2011 Spyder (Silver over Red), and sold the 993 (yeah, yeah, yeah…) and just ordered a new 991.2 Carrara T in Guards Red over basic Black, PCCB's and 4WSS+, that’s on the boat as I write. So looking forward to driving this T and getting to know it’s nuances and special things. All reports look good. Which of the others do I regret selling? All of them. Yep. Nutty for sure. But when you own your own business you get a certain amount of freedom that is fun to enjoy. I’ll keep you all posted on when I actually get the keys to the red “unfiltered truth”.