Academictech

Putting this on Rlist and Pelican First...hope it goes to a fellow P-Car enthusiast here!

FINAL PRICE UPDATE before she goes into storage 9/17/10: 29,500.00

PRICE UPDATE 9/9/10: $30,993.11

Price: $32,993.11

Mileage: 125K miles (yes, that's 125,000 miles)

All factory, save for the addition of a CD changer in the trunk.


Only option aside from the S body is a factory ordered S-Turbo kit...not sure why anyone would order a $7K option on a car like this without getting an ounce of extra performance, the original PO probably traded up to a nice souped up Honda Civic with a huge birth canal like exhaust system.


THE GOOD: Well sorted, recent $4K major service (belts, hoses, electrical), serviced at Automotive Associates. New Bridgestone Pole Positions all around, new Front brakes and rotors Everything works as it should...well most of the time. Shocks have been changed out with factory parts at some point in the past.


THE BAD: Central locking system sticks on occasion, probably a door lock actuator, hasn't been a big enough PITA to bother with. Original paint, front end has been resprayed sometime in the past. PO put an audio amp in and the sound coming from the speakers sucks but if you're looking for a car with nice sound, check out the system in the 2011 cars coming from Hyundai they'll smoke anything Porsche offers. Have some but not all service records. Original PO had it serviced at Porsche so they're probably available from there, second PO was a DIY guy and I've used Automotive Associates since I've had it. Needs new floor mats, the original ones were pretty well worn so I tossed them.

THE UGLY: Ain't nothin ugly about this car. Well...depending on who you ask...a factory Turbo S kit without a Turbo engine could be considered fairly damn ugly.

The true mark for a decent 993 in my opinion is its driveability cross country and i'd not hesitate to do just that in this one.

Why I'm selling: 993 TT...blame UserA...he got one and now I have to have one.

Independent PPI's welcome...there are some good 993 wrenches in the area: Musantes, Automotive Associates and Hairy Dog Grrage. The car is located in central Connecticut.

TRINITONY

^ lol..that's why I refuse to drive a 993 turbo. GLWS...

timothymoffat

on both counts.

Do what I do: get close neighbors and friends to buy cars you like.......way cheaper!

sanyata

Umm...... so how do you like the S Turbo kit?

Academictech

Actually I do like the Turbo S kit. For those who don't know me...the comments are in jest

SCMomentum

You forgot one other big option...paint color. Polar Silver was never a factory option color for the C2S....AFAIK. The color would have been a specialty order...which makes this car very rare

~Dave

niche

Has top end been done? Also, the Cup2 wheels, are they original? Thought they only went on the c2 cars.

deadhead1960

The window sticker of my 1998 C2S lists 17" wheels as standard; however the vast majority of "S" cars had the 18" wheel option.

Academictech

The window sticker had the 17" cups with spacers on the rear wheels as standard on my last three C2S cars. I think the C4S cars came with 18" twists as standard. Upgraded to the 18" on my '98 but much preferred the highway ride on the 17 inch cups despite the aesthetic improvement on of the 18 inch hollow spokes.

The last time I ever used a Porsche dealership for service was when I put those 18" wheels on my '98 S. A fellow traded in his track '996 TT and had the original TT wheels in new condition for sale at the dealership. I bought them and they promptly installed them and left the spacers on! The kid doing the install thought it looked 'sick' with those flared out wheels. I asked him if he could mod it so that the front wheels were flared 2" outside of the fender too...he seriously thought it was possible.

Dave, you're right, Polar Silver was an option on window sticker, and an expensive one at that, surprising giving how beautiful Arctic Silver is, but as others have posted, the polar silver really looks great in different conditions if you've kept it up.

I'll post the window sticker if I can find where my wife made me lose it in the multitude of paper that runs our daily lives.

Academictech

No top end and still on the original clutch. The cup wheels came with the car from the factory. No SAI issues.

rc1320

If the leak down is good on it that is a very fair price.

Academictech

Update, after some crazy driving this past weekend the car has been trashed.

Well...that's only if you feel an additional 2K miles to the odometer is trashing it

Now I'm not sure i want to sell anymore. Maybe a $30K additional garage bay is in order. Or perhaps a car lift so I can stack 'em? After all, the garage has 15' ceiling height. My other option is to put them in tandem style. The bays run deep but two 993's end to end leave about 1" of clearance from the garage doors. Are the 993TT's the same length as the C2S models?

Texas993

Stack them. I have garage height envy - mine is too short to install a lift.

TRINITONY

Should be the same length, after all the 2s were made from left over TT bodies.

Onami

I agree...stack 'em. I have my lift coming in mid October...can't wait!