993 C4S vs. 996 C4S
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I have a buyer for my 1997 993 C4S and thinking of buying a 2003 996C4S for almost the same price. Any advise you can give me I will greatly appreciate it.
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Depreciation of the 2003 that brought their prices to a par in 2007 will continue to plague the 996 iteration. Your 993 will be worth considerably more than the 996 in five or ten years.
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Originally Posted by pinoysche
I have a buyer for my 1997 993 C4S and thinking of buying a 2003 996C4S for almost the same price. Any advise you can give me I will greatly appreciate it.
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my buddy has a 2003 4S, and its a sweat ride. He has the sports exhaust which is unbelievable, good power, The girls like it more, but what do they know......
That being said, I could have bought a 03 996 for the same price I paid for my 993, and didnt.
That being said, I could have bought a 03 996 for the same price I paid for my 993, and didnt.
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Originally Posted by pinoysche
I have a buyer for my 1997 993 C4S and thinking of buying a 2003 996C4S for almost the same price. Any advise you can give me I will greatly appreciate it.
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Do yourself a favor. Put some seat time on the 996 before you buy. Sure, you may appreciate the higher power, luxuries etc. but after a while you may start missing the unique attributes of your 993C4S and it'll be too late. This has happened to me before and it almost happened again recently. I bought a Maserati GranSport. Fantastic car and loved the 400HP, skyhawk suspension and F1 tranny...for the first couple of months. The car got old quickly and I sold it eight months later, one month after I bought my 272HP 993 cab. I recently contemplated buying a 997S or a GT3. Instead, I think I'll be buying a 993C4S like yours to upgrade from my cab.
The grass gets greener on other pastures as time goes by. Do your homework before you make a move you might regret. If you still feel that you want something different, I'd forgo the 996C4S for a GT3 or 997C4S. Prices on 997s are coming down fast and you can probably get into one for around $70k. Same with the GT3. Better yet, spend some money on your car and do some mods like LWF/chip, suspension, cans etc. You might fall in love all over again.
The grass gets greener on other pastures as time goes by. Do your homework before you make a move you might regret. If you still feel that you want something different, I'd forgo the 996C4S for a GT3 or 997C4S. Prices on 997s are coming down fast and you can probably get into one for around $70k. Same with the GT3. Better yet, spend some money on your car and do some mods like LWF/chip, suspension, cans etc. You might fall in love all over again.
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The new cars are really nice to drive. Like me you can always go back to the retro look and feel when ever the mood strikes you.
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Well, that changes everything. Sell the C4S and get yourself a GT3 or 997S.
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Originally Posted by LJ in Van
Well, that changes everything. Sell the C4S and get yourself a GT3 or 997S.