Not sure of how much story to involve with this year long search for "the one". First, I'd like to thank everyone for the help with this, it's been a long time commin'. To all that Rennfaxed for me, thank you, DJ at Don Jackson, Laura at Hergeshiemers, and all your brilliant folks that make this site so enjoyable and informative, cheers.
Spotted this car on Autotrader a few months ago. Spoke with the owner on two occasions, but it was in Phoenix and I'm on OC so was focused locally at first. I drove approx. 10 993's since summer of 2012 from Valencia to San Diego. Saw alot of poor thrashed cars the owners claimed were in excellent condition. Saw the "one" that got away, ('97 blk/blk C4S 71K miles, excellent cond, talked the owner down to 41.5K, pulled the trigger one day to late and that one is now being shipped back to Germany, sigh). Read about every page on Rennlist, at least it feels that way, anyway, I did my homework.
Called the Phoenix owner (a '96 blk/cash C2 83K mi. full records) a third time and sent word out for a rennfax. Recieved photos, write up, and phoned about the car THE next day. Called the owner that day and a gentleman and his son driving to NC from CA swooped in on a whim and had the car sent to Don Jackson Ent. for a PPI. OK, fine, told him if the deal falls through call me. He was sorry and said I really was his first choice, but those are the big red breaks so to speak. Two days later he calls me saying the other buyer dropped out due to shipping cost to the east coast, price of the car, blah, blah, blah.
PPI was good, 2-4% leakdown across the board. Called him back, worked out a price, sent the car to Porsche dealership for a few fixes that included new leather skins for the front seats, valve seals, etc. all on the sellers tab!! He is the service manager at a local dealership in the Phoenix area and said he could get the work done by his colleague at the Pstealer for a price I could never get, Done. Work was completed, car was on a truck, and in my garage. Bought sight unseen, and was a pleasure. Upon arrival the car was more than I expected. Really better than I expected due to the amount of crap I had looked at in the past. Enough of this, check it out.