speedyellow996

nice photo...the only difference I see is that huge big red thing hanging off that round disc looking thing...

thanks for the photos

Ghost Rider

I think the operative question here is what is this car worth? The bidding is at 59K right now, their buy it now price is 69K and historically that dealer wants near their buy-it-now price. Someone above said they'd spend $5K over the fair market value for a 01 996. What would that price be? Would it be worth 59K? 65K? Assuming of course that there aren't any problems with it. I ran the options listed for the car on the web and located all but a couple and noticed one other thing. The car is listed as having the 490 option from the factory, which corresponds to Hi-Fi stereo, but I didn't see that in the pictures of the dash area, unless this is different on a 996 than it is on a Boxster. My Boxster with the 490 had the lighted controls for the digital sound processing, would this be the same on the 996?

With only a little over 7,000 miles I think it looks like a nice car, but I and I'm sure most Porsche enthusiasts would know that this isn't a GT3 and wouldn't perform in the same way as a GT3. Although if it has headers and the Fabspeed exhaust I assume it would perform a little better than stock wouldn't it?

The car has the US 030 suspension, but I agree, it looks too high up. I thought about taking a trip over to look at the car in person, but I'd like to get some more opinions on what a good price would be for the car and other items to look out for. What is the deal with that dealership, I heard they have a bad reputation but nothing specific. ??? Anyone?

Ghost Rider

Here are the option codes off the sticker under the hood and what I was able to dig up, if anyone can fill out the missing ones I would appreciate it.

CO2 - catalytic converter
030 - M030 rigid tuned suspension, US version I imagine.
XAA Aerokit
XAD Rear GT Fins
XME Rear centre console painted body colour (speed yellow)
XRL 18 inch sport design wheels
652 Delete Sunroof
696 AM/FM Radio with CD
981 All leather lining
983 Leather seats front and rear
936 Leather seats rear
659 Onboard Computer
601 Litronic Headlights (non turbo)
498 Without rear model designation (so they could add GT3 to it later)
490 Hi-Fi sound system
476 Brake pad with abrasive pad = what the hell does that mean???
446 Wheel Caps with coloured Porsche crest 18 inch wheels only
436 Three spoke leather steering wheel with airbag
425 Rear wiper
424 Automatic heating control
288 Headlight washer
236 - ?????
XSY - I think is SY seat belts
X47 and X58 I can't find.
09981 09991 21631 I believe is the deviated yellow stitching.

wilam

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by David in LA:
<strong>uh oh...the infamous Schmitt dealership... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">So what's the story on the Schmitt dealership? I see their ads in the Wall Street Journal all the time. There is a Charles Schmitt and a Daniel Schmitt. What is the realtionship and what is their reputation?

LanceK

IMHO...who cares.

David in LA

Wilam - do a search, esp in the 993 forum.

DonW-Cape Cod

I don't know about you guys but I was real interested until I realized there are no "bumper plugs" ...not interested anymore <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

Ghost Rider

I just noticed something. The link above was for a PREVIOUS sale, the car has been relisted on Ebay. Last time it only had 4 bids and got up to 62K, this time there is 1 bid and it is at 59K, maybe we could convince them that the market is plummeting on them while they wait and they'll never get their money out of this car.

So who is this person in St. Louis that everyone keeps talking about for PPI testing?

LIL RAJA

done with yellow cars. they are chic and cop magnet.