Prices Keep Drifting Up
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Drifting
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I just changed the injectors (among other things) on my 55k mile 03 4s and the car seems to me to be quieter and smoother. Will also say the 997 GT3 shifter upgrade is so enjoyable I'm kicking myself for delaying 2 years. If you have any slop in your stock shifter I can't recommend this upgrade enough. Now I just need to add some miles so I can get to my first post new injector UOA and see how my slowly increasing history of fuel dilution changes.
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I sure luck out
bought it for $18 in January. Already past 6,000 miles in my possession. I was offered yesterday $2,000 for my 408 wheels plus cheap Italian replicas. On top of all that I was given $500 to go pick it up. Made $200 driving it home. I’ll never see a deal like that again.
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hmm........but there are a few quiet guys in the back of the room who found their dream 996 with a blown engine for an absolute steal, researched the crap out of the m96 prior to tear down and were well prepared to build their own 4.0 in their garage. And a couple of months later and they're already out on spirited drives with their buddies and their 996's with invaluable insight about how their engines are put together.
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I too bought a garage queen with no PPI and haven't suffered the consequences to date. However, implying that increasing prices of 996 models is the market's way of saying the various costly 996 engine problems is grossly overblown is a reach in my opinion. IMSB issue, yes, I think the market has gotten over that now that a relatively inexpensive fix is now routine maintenance. Granted many horror stories show up on RL, which is expected, since few people join a technical forum to say "my car is perfect and nothing wrong ever happens".
Anyone who finds this forum and self educates would be nuts to buy a 996.
No, anyone who finds this forum will be going in with eyes wide open and educated. They can research any topic and decide for themselves their risk tolerance. Nobody ever makes a better decision on anything with less information.
Anyone who finds this forum and self educates would be nuts to buy a 996.
No, anyone who finds this forum will be going in with eyes wide open and educated. They can research any topic and decide for themselves their risk tolerance. Nobody ever makes a better decision on anything with less information.
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Hey!!! don't forget about us mouth breathers who bought a car with no ppi and have zero issues. Anyone who finds this forum and "educates" themselves before buying would be nuts to buy a 996. Im glad I didn't I would have bought something else. The market currently disagrees with the smart guys as the "data" points in this thread show. To those lurkers still shopping... A rebuild is not an invetability with any degree of certainty, im not lucky and I'm not and anomaly. You will enjoy the car and the original engine will make you happy.
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I too bought a garage queen with no PPI and haven't suffered the consequences to date. However, implying that increasing prices of 996 models is the market's way of saying the various costly 996 engine problems is grossly overblown is a reach in my opinion. IMSB issue, yes, I think the market has gotten over that now that a relatively inexpensive fix is now routine maintenance. Granted many horror stories show up on RL, which is expected, since few people join a technical forum to say "my car is perfect and nothing wrong ever happens".
Anyone who finds this forum and self educates would be nuts to buy a 996.
No, anyone who finds this forum will be going in with eyes wide open and educated. They can research any topic and decide for themselves their risk tolerance. Nobody ever makes a better decision on anything with less information.
Anyone who finds this forum and self educates would be nuts to buy a 996.
No, anyone who finds this forum will be going in with eyes wide open and educated. They can research any topic and decide for themselves their risk tolerance. Nobody ever makes a better decision on anything with less information.
And for those of you guys "I didn't do a rebuild for the next buyer" cool hope your happy, but this is a discussion about appreciation/depreciation and that requires people selling cars.
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Yeah I agree a ppi should be done but I think research on the owner is a good indication of the car they are selling I did just that for my car and I got lucky bought a high mileage one half way across the country and loving every revved mile I drive it big smiles and ogling faces my way
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Is there an actual power difference between 296 and 300, or was this simply a marketing edit?? If it was eGas then the 1999 C4 would not be 296 either correct?
And FWIW my 2001 felt seat of pants 20HP+ more than either of my 1999’s. And 2002 felt 50HP+ more than all of them.
And FWIW my 2001 felt seat of pants 20HP+ more than either of my 1999’s. And 2002 felt 50HP+ more than all of them.
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