kaktis993

You could buy an unmodded car in very good to excellent condition with half the mileage for $60K. For comparison's sake there was a recent Autotrader ad for a Speed Yellow car in Arizona. It had 40,000 miles on the odometer, mod work equivalent to the Autothority setup that was done 12,000 miles ago, and listed for only $5K more than the asking price of the car you're looking at. No affiliation, just an avid watcher of the current market...

dfwporsche

I need to just wait to find an example like yours in Arena Red. I love that color.

dfwporsche

here is the car I was referring to BTW:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

Full Boost

DFW,

Its a nice looking car. Black is the meanest you know that right?

There are some expensive upgrades on there - the techart bar and rear wing for starters along with the front duct lights. The audio gear looks well done - if you want audio gear - its one of the nicest installations I have seen.

Does any of the stock stuff come with it? Wheels? Bars? Wing etc?

And the maintenance records?

Get a PPI by someone that KNOWS these cars - as mentioned earlier - RAC - if it passes - get the boost checked and leave it at lower than 1.2Bar. The intercooler looks big - but as we know - wont flow or be effective for very long - for the HP they are talking about - but unless you want a Secan......

Edit - just saw the 607 HP at crank comment. If they are running 1.2 bar to get this - then the the owner got great miles out of this mod!!

Judging by others that have sold - the price might be bit high.

IF you want an AR car - do not buy this. It will be harder to move if you end up seeing the one you really like...... as the original porsche ad on the poster for this car says....

"Remember that girl in High School you always liked....... Don't make the same mistake twice!"



Simon.

chsu74

There is a new AR/gray 993 turbo with 59K miles just listed on autotrader yesterday. 60K miles recently completed and looked like its in really good shape. It has sports seats and looks mainly stock with suspension work. That looks like the nicest AR on the market right now.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

I have been looking for the right 993 turbo but there are so few of them being traded right now..

DM993tt

These cars are air cooled, more power makes more heat. I read details of the autothority mods, but didnt see anything about additional oil coolers. They are a must. besides that. Yes these cars are very capable of producing a lot of torque & power, but with any tuned motor, you are stressing components more than you would with stock and that reduces longevity. By how much?? Anyones guess.

kaktis993

I'm interested in that car too. Also a bit high on the price considering there's another Arena Red car in Columbus for sale with 47K miles listed for $63.

chsu74

There is a thread on that car in Columbus. Why would anyone seriously consider that car if the dealership will not allow compression and leak down tests? That is a deal breaker on an air cooled car IMHO.

kaktis993

That thread was started by me. I agree that situation would be a deal breaker but it appears something was taken out of context in that thread because the dealer has been completely open and honest thus far.

dfwporsche

I ended up buying this very car! I was looking at it the day it came on autotrader.

ca993twin

Pictures, or it never happened.

dfwporsche

Will do as soon as it arrives. Its cool - the color matches my 87 930 which is close to arena red. They will look like twins.

Texas993

congrats! you will love it! I'd love to see it sometime in DFW and get you to meet some locals.