dombeau

I plan to celebrate my wedding with a lovely 97 993TT 70 000km (40k miles) this week-end. Turbodan helped my with PPI details but the celebrant would like to know if anyone in the room as something to say before I say I DO!

The car belongs to a Kevin Ledrew, he had it for 3 years. It was bought at Seagal motors in Toronto and the previous owner was Allan Maclean Howard (7 years). Before that, PFAFF in Toronto, MVL leasing and Seagal Motors had the car while few 1 year owners enjoyed the car for a summer fling.

Thanks for helping

dom

Quadcammer

I'm not quite sure what you are looking for here.

can you be more specific.

dombeau

Ok right! Somebody know those guys from Toronto? The car???

thanks

allegretto

link?

pics?

dombeau

since we agreed on the price, he removed his add on the autotrader.ca It's a fully original 993tt artic silver on black interior (bucket seats), original wheels and exhaust 70 000km. PPI is excellent. There only a compression test that has to be done..

pirahna

Nice, I hate those Porsches that come with the bench seats.

Enjoy!

solomonschris

My car passed a compression test (@ 24,000) but failed a leakdown. Teardown revealed one badly worn exhaust valve guide. Do a leakdown is my advice before saying I do.

dombeau

thank you for the replies! I will have everything tested!

dombeau

Disaster, the car was repainted. I took it to a collision center and they confirmed the car was completely repainted and other stuff... I walked out!

Onami

Sorry to hear that but glad you found out before spending your money! Was this the silver one that was in the autotrader for mid $70's? I think it was in Mississauga???

993Godspeed

Why will repaint be such a big deal? Pardon my ignorance but a paint job done properly with a professinal shop should not hurt that much...will it? If paint is done with original color I don't see it hurting the car. Just me I guess.

ECS Tuning

Glad to see you took the necessary precautions and found out the truth before you purchased. Any others on the horizon ?

I wouldn't think so especially if the shop used the same color code to match the original. I think the question would need to be why was painted in the first place. (accident, faded paint)

allegretto

First - if you are paying top dollar, the car should be original. If not, then you should not pay top dollar

Second - nondisclosure is a deal killer for me and many others. What else aren't you telling me about?

Third - why a whole body re-paint? There is a story there and as a buyer, it had better be good. But see number 2 above... no trust

dombeau

@ Onami: yes that one. Now we know the story when it will come back on the market!

The paint job was good, but when you are paying top $$$ for an original piece that is advertised with original paint and what you see is not what you were expecting..... What was hidden under that paint? Cover up? Right rear wing was not exactly as left one... Suddenly the owner told me he had a 5k$ claim for a new bumper but that doesn't show on the carfax.... Too many things that made me walk away...

Yes I am still looking for one... but I will take a short break.... I'm in a bad mood right now!

Onami

I thought so. I thought that the car was overpriced even before finding out about the repaint. Check out Jamie140's car in the Canadian section. He usually has nice cars for sale.