Hello fellow Porsche enthusiasts!

I've lurked here for years but I recently realized a childhood dream in purchasing my first Porsche... a 2001 996 C4 (seal gray/savannah beige) with 12,288 miles on it. One owner, garaged it's whole life. I just replaced the original rubber with a set of Sumi HTR Z 3's. A PPI at a local Porsche specialist revealed that the water pump is starting to leak so that's going to get resolved soon. Other than that I'm going to drive and enjoy the hell out of it. I look forward to continuously learning and being a part of the community. Thanks for all the info up to this point, I'm going to keep reading and learning.

 

 

Congrats on the car, that is crazy low mileage. Are you going to do the IMS or anything else? Love that color, not too dark or light.

 

Congrats

 

Creampuff !! Congratulations !!!

 

Wow, incredible find! Enjoy, I know the feeling of realizing the dream very well. Wait a couple of months and you will catch yourself doing nothing but thinking about it, lol.

 

Congrats on the incredible find....it is indeed a creampuff. Definitely a candidate for ims upgrade....if you ate willing to share would love to know what you got it for....

 

First of all, congratulations on this beautiful, unique 996. I love the color combination!

Now to shift gears if I may. This is a classic case of a garage queen and so I wonder what condition the IMS and other internal components are in? Not trying to be a downer, but I've heard many times, that garage queens are some of the worst offenders of IMS bearing failures (ref - PCA IMS videos) and since this is a 2001 car, I assume is has the single row bearing? Did the Porsche shop conduct an oil anaylsis, manometer test, bore scoped the cylinders, and ECU evaluation? What was the outcome?

Thanks, and welcome to the Porsche community!

 

Wow, VERY nice!
Seal Gray rocks!
Now enjoy putting a bunch of miles on it.

 

Welcome to the "madness"! Love the color too.

 

Thanks, I'm going to do the IMS at the end of this year. I'd like to lower the car and close the wheel well gap a bit. still researching going with 19' wheels or coil overs. I'd also like to get rid of the park assist rear bumper... it's atrocious.

The low mileage was as worrying as it was attractive. No oil analysis to my knowledge but all the other test revealed it was in top condition. Or at least that's what they told me. No misfires, error codes etc. I have it scheduled for the water pump and complete fluid flush next week, I'll have them dig a little deeper.

 

I probably over paid at $21 but I really liked the car and it's condition.

 

Not trying to open a can of worms, but I'd keep those 18" Turbo Twists on the car. They're better matched than any 19" I've seen on these cars. Those 18" Turbo Twists were considered the bomb-diggity-bomb especially if they're hollow spokes.

Sounds like you have a solid plan to address the known issues with these cars. I would verify the cylinders by bore scope inspection. When you get the IMS done, request they replace the RMS and AOS while they're in there. Good luck! Beautiful car!!! Enjoy!

 

I think that is a good price for those miles and for how it seems to look.

Do you have interior photos? Options? I love the look of the 996.1 with the twisted turbo wheels.

 

I'll get some interior photos up soon, the couple I have on my phone are terrible.

Options are;
- 18' Turbo look wheels
- 3 spoke leather steering wheel
- Colored center wheel caps
- Park Assist (not a fan of appearance, I'd like to make this go away)
- Comfort Pack
- Technic Pack
- Self -Dim mirrors and rain sensor
- Heated front seats