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Old 03-05-2007, 01:25 AM
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Default FYI: 1997 993 C2S possibly trading in at Porsche dealer in Nashville

I was at the dealer on Sat. driving a 2006 Cayenne TT S (HOLY COW...different story though). Anyone looking for a C2S and specifically for a white one, may want to call Thoroughbred in Nashville, TN and inquire.

It was white with approximately 34,000 on the clock. I think the interior was black but cannot remember, as I think the windows were tinted.

No relation, no affiliation, etc... but I would ask for Jeff Escue as he has shot me straight on the Cayenne TT S regarding pricing, history of the car, etc... PM if you want the delaership number as I don't know if it's appropriate to post oit.
Old 03-05-2007, 01:28 AM
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Pretty rare car, so I figured I would post the fact that it might be available soon, before it is.
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I called this morning. and wanted to update the previous post...The car is a white/cashmere C2S, 36K miles, tip. Jeff said they were asking $31K, which I thought was a good deal, except for it being a "tip".
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Jim,
Thanks for getting the updated info. I was more focused on the Cayenne TT S that I drove, and was in a hurry when I was leaving so I did not look at the interior.

I'm not a Tiptronic guy in the 993, but it's probably a perfect car for someone. I will tell you the Tip on the Cayenne TT S was one heckuva lot of fun!!!!
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That sounds like a great deal! Wouldn't this be a $40-50k car if it was a 6-speed?

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I called this morning. and wanted to update the previous post...The car is a white/cashmere C2S, 36K miles, tip. Jeff said they were asking $31K, which I thought was a good deal, except for it being a "tip".
Old 03-05-2007, 06:00 PM
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Either tip means a hell of a lot of depreciation or the car is not healthy. 31k is WAY cheap. If it checks out someone will get a huge steal (again, assuming tip is not the huge killer of value in this car)
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That's a great deal for a car with that mileage. It's a tip, so that's going to have a negative effect on price, but still is a great price.

Dealers would put the value on these cars based on Kelly Blue Book and not real market prices I guess.

If they are selling it for $31K, I can only imagine what the poor soul that traded it in got for it.
Old 03-05-2007, 06:11 PM
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Tip should knock 3K off a C2S at best. (I bought a '98 Tip last year.) With low miles like that, $31K is insane. I should buy it and flip it - unless there's a story, there's $10K to be had in that deal.
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Wow! What a great deal. And deals do fly...there's a sale pending on it so the car is likely gone.
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I'll bet this car shows up at one of the big national 993 dealers such as Holt or Premier and is priced in the high 40's to low 50's...

What a great deal...
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That IS an incredible deal!!!
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Even being a tip it should go for 42k+! Someone get this checked out and buy it before they realize they have priced too low!
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As suspected. They are going strictly on KBB or NADA book prices.

KBB reports a 97, automatic, with 36K miles, ( "Excellent" condition values taken)

Dealer Price: $32,605
Private Party: $29,400
Trade in: $26,400

http://www.kbb.com/KBB/UsedCars/Pric...&Mileage=36000

Porsche dealers may not know the real street value that these cars can fetch. They base their pricing on NADA, etc. Sometimes they may end up sending a complete lot of trade-in cars to be auctioned off.

Dealers are more setup to sell new cars and they don't really want to deal with trade-ins if possible.


Good thing is a tip or I'd be all over it. This may a be a great find for someone, it even has the "right" color!
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Well, I'm glad I passed the info on to my Rennlist brethren as I am guessing someone on here put a deposit down on the car. I hope this kind of surveillance leads to a happy Rennlist owner. I didn't know the car, but from afar it looked nice and worthy of consideration.

I'm starting to feel stupid for not buying it, however!!
Old 03-06-2007, 08:15 AM
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Car was bought yest by me, thanks to Robert... So I will let everyone know what is up with it, they are putting it through the shop at the dealer now... it needs a steering rack, so they are doing that..

We will see if it holds muster or not.. but worth a shot..


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