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Old 07-19-2021, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Sean Sutherland

Garage queen that ​​​​​​looks to be in beautiful exterior and interior shape.

But only 11 service records over 21 years, with no mention of AOS, Ignition coil, Spark plug, Fuel injector, or water pump replacements, rear main seal and clutch. Does this mean that the engine oil was only changed 3x over 45k miles?

PPI with bore scope and Oil Test are critical.

Why, because the new owner could either be in for 60k plus 5k for the above mentioned service items and have great car without bore scoring...

Or have an 85k car due to bore scoring including a rebuild.

Buyers, do your homework please.
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Old 07-19-2021, 12:14 PM
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There are still deals to be had. If I hadn't already bought my C2 I'd have driven 5 hours south this weekend.

https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/...351036424.html
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Old 07-19-2021, 12:15 PM
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Absolutely!
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Old 07-19-2021, 12:32 PM
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That is either patently too good to be true or the greatest steal of the new millennium. Hoping the latter for a lucky Rennlister...


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There are still deals to be had. If I hadn't already bought my C2 I'd have driven 5 hours south this weekend.

https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/...351036424.html
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Old 07-19-2021, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by SRMPDX
There are still deals to be had. If I hadn't already bought my C2 I'd have driven 5 hours south this weekend.

https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/...351036424.html
Nice!
Looks like pricing from last year when I was searching for a 996.
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Old 07-19-2021, 04:13 PM
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Nostalgic of $35K 964’s LOL


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Nice!
Looks like pricing from last year when I was searching for a 996.
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Old 07-19-2021, 04:16 PM
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Nastalgic of 55k 996 GT3s in 2009 and 45k 996 Turbo.

Not to mention 350k Carrera GTs at the same time.
As well as 2k Featherlite trailers.
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Old 07-19-2021, 04:23 PM
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Time marches on, and prices keep drifting up 🥺



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Nastalgic of 55k 996 GT3s in 2009 and 45k 996 Turbo.

Not to mention 350k Carrera GTs at the same time.
As well as 2k Featherlite trailers.
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Quite frankly, don't know why anyone would want to sell their 996 right now. Narrow or wide body. Tight and light or wide and heavy.

Plenty of preventative solutions to prolong engine life available as well as more on the way.

Plus you get the best damn headlights copied by the carerra GT.
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Originally Posted by GC996
Quite frankly, don't know why anyone would want to sell their 996 right now. Narrow or wide body. Tight and light or wide and heavy.

Plenty of preventative solutions to prolong engine life available as well as more on the way.

Plus you get the best damn headlights copied by the carerra GT.
The allure is the money for most probably. Wouldn't mind the money myself, but it would just sit in investment accounts and pay a chunk off the mortgage...., which may be more responsible, but I'm not responsible and neither of those two options have 300HP from a flat 6.
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Originally Posted by Billup
The allure is the money for most probably. Wouldn't mind the money myself, but it would just sit in investment accounts and pay a chunk off the mortgage...., which may be more responsible, but I'm not responsible and neither of those two options have 300HP from a flat 6.
Yep!
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Originally Posted by Billup
The allure is the money for most probably. Wouldn't mind the money myself, but it would just sit in investment accounts and pay a chunk off the mortgage...., which may be more responsible, but I'm not responsible and neither of those two options have 300HP from a flat 6.
Pretty much this. I've bought and sold a lot of cars over the last 15 years and I don't think I've ever come out ahead. I know I would come out ahead this time but there isn't much I would do with the money right now. Can't buy a house right now because we wanna pay grad school in cash and the market is ridiculous.
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Old 07-19-2021, 07:07 PM
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Now back to the show:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...1-carrera-137/

Almost $39k after fees!!!
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Originally Posted by Optionman1
Now back to the show:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...1-carrera-137/

Almost $39k after fees!!!
6 owners and 9 service records? Can you say roll the dice?
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Optionman,

Any correlation to prices and service history records? Or is it just driven by pretty colors?
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