lucycan

Sorry, its the rear windshield GASKET replacement due to dry/cracking

lucycan

Here is the cut on the rear bumper. It appears to be about 3" tall. Owner says it is NOT all the way thru the bumper.



New cover and paint? or could this be patched/sprayed???

My local body shop (best in MN) quoted me $2600 for a new skin and paint.

jdistefa

You can plastic weld that, sand, repaint. Should be waaaaay less $$.

TT Surgeon

I had a similar thing fixed on the nose of my old c4s, it was like 400$, looked good as new.

lucycan

Great, thanks guys!

lucycan

Guys, price is $69k now. He says he will not go lower even if the PPI shows something. Should I walk before I spend $400 on the PPI? This car has all service records since day one.

930chas

Unless you're in love with the color combo, I would pass.

ca993twin

If you love the car, then take a $400 chance and get the PPI. If it's clear, buy it. If not, walk. Or tell them what its gonna take to fix it and negotiate one last time before you walk. Remind them that all of the cars flaws will be posted on the internet forums.

lucycan

This seems like a decent deal for a 1 owner well documented car, no?

I mean compared to RPMs creampuffs this is a steal.

I do like the color combo. Probably not my absolute favorite but how many 1 owner, well sorted 993TTs are around?

ca993twin

Jason,

Perhaps its just me, but I don't care too much about the number of previous owners... unless you're dealing DIRECTLY with that single owner. Then he should be able to look you in the eye and answer every question about the history and how every ding and dent got there. I have found that with a multiple owner car, each new owner basically "refreshes" the car, and adds stuff. On balance, I just don't think it matters much.

The full documentation is nice to have, but sometimes the dealer can get you all of the records of service at any of the Porsche dealers... although that info is lately handled like top secret data... I don't know why.

This is not meant to discourage you from the purchase of that car. It is a real beauty, but if it doesn't pan out, others will. Its just that number of owners and full documentation don't really mean as much as the current condition, which is only revealed by a thorough and expensive PPI. And even then... the unexpected can still happen.

Best of luck on this car. I happen to love that color.

lucycan

Good points. I guess I look around on this site and see people going gaga over a $55k example with 61k miles calling it a "steal" but something with almost half those miles for $14k more is not that good of deal?

Seems there are not a ton of mid mileage (say 30-40k) examples I have seen.

At 1-2k miles per year I am probably better off buying an RPM creampuff anyways.....

ScottMellor

I'm with Steve. I am the 3rd owner of both of mine, and I have seen far worse one owner cars.
Cool colour on that one. Buy the car that, even after you have owned it for two years, you still glance back at after you have parked it, because it is soooo lovely.

ca993twin

Jason,

Given your intended low mileage use for your car, you probably are better off paying a bit of a premium for a low mileage example. For me, that wouln't make any economic sense, and driving the car and watching it depreciate would make me crazy (well.. crazier than I already am). So, for a guy planning 8k or so miles per year, the 61k mile example at $55k (or even $60k) would make more sense. Assuming of course that the car was in great condition.

I think the reason you not hearing great shouts of amazment at $69k for that price is that the price sounds... fair. Basically... OK. Not a steal, and not a rip off. This is a matter for the heart. When you find the car you LOVE, and it checks out OK, buy the damn thing. A couple of thousand isn't gonna change anything.

930chas

Honestly, if you are serious about buying a $69k car, then drop the $400 and get a PPI done. I dropped ~$1100 on various PPIs before I bought mine, and that was the best money ever spent. Get a PPI done on the car, find out what it needs, negotiate from there, and if everything works out , buy the car.

Receiver

You have to be happy with the price. You don't want to be always thinking that you paid too much. If you love the car and you think the price is reasonable in your own mind, it doesn't matter what we think.

However, there are lots of other cars available. For example, Scottsdale Lotus ( where I just bought mine) just got a guards 15k mile car forwhich they want 79.9. I don't know anything about the car but there are lots of cars out there. You can afford to be picky if you are patient. As we say, half the fun is finding the right car at the right price.