I have been in the car business my whole life and the one universial true is that the car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Those books are called "guides" for a reason. It may be high by book standards but if someone can see the value it will not matter. If you look at what cars sell for vs. what the book says that rarely match in both the high and low side. The only value that is fairly consistent is wholesale values that are tracked by the auction ect. Retail is a whole different deal and prices are all over the board. I hope that someone does see the value in this perfect yellow 996 and pay all the money!

 

Here's a recommendation for both of you: If you don't want people sharing info (good or bad) about something you are doing, don't post on a discussion forum on the Internet that is designed for sharing info.

And say no to drugs.

 

Now if I had said no to drugs earlier in life I would have a TT by now

 

Sooooo, what is CURRENT asking price again?? Thanks!!

 

That's been my experience too. You can quote book prices all you want to Dealers and all they will do is to make a few calls to find out what that particular car has actually sold for in the past few weeks. It may or may not match what KBB or Edmunds specifies, but my experience is that KBB and Edmunds are typically on the high side with their estimated values.

I always find that if someone is serious about selling his car, the best thing to do is to establish a wholesale value for his car. The best way to do that is to take your car to at least two Dealers and ask them what they are willing to pay for your car. After establishing the wholesale value, you can always try to sell it privately by multiplying the wholesale value by 1.15 or 1.2.

 

One thing I can count on from this forum is very interesting responses I appreciate the feedback and more so when it is well intentioned. Thank you.

Obviously I want to sell the car and considered all the input carefully. At the end of the day I relied heavily on the current listings here and in Autotrader. I looked up cars with very close to 11k miles and compared options. It's a short list and not hard. You really must study the listings though to see differences. I tried to do that. You can always point to a cheaper price. We all have gone and looked at "good deal" listings at one time or another and usually there is a reason, chips etc. One thing I can say is my CPO warranty is as good as a dealers, after all, it's Porsche's CPO and the date is the date. If I traded the car, which I might, the dealer's "new" CPO would expire the same day mine does now, September 2009.

As far as options, and the car has many, some that may be important to one individual are not to another. It is possible to install some cheaper, depends on who you know and what work you want to do yourself.

If I wanted to hide the fact the car had ever seen a track I would have removed the fire bottle. Actually, I think it is a wise option anyways and left it in for the pictures. That bottle will go in my next car too. The brake pads are brand new and replaced OEM pads with lots of life. I simply wanted to improve on the factory pads. There is no PSM on the car. I wanted a pure drivers car. The flawless condition of the car says it all in terms of how it has been used.

I sold a silver car to buy this and still own two silver cars. I like silver, obviously, but once you pull the cover off this car and see the depth of color and finish it is breathtaking. I hope to buy a yellow GT3 actually but silver would be ok.

Hope this answers some questions. It is hard to price a flawless car because many really are not but it's clearly worth a premium. There are people out there that can't afford new (me, for instance) but are determined to find a low mileage car that is absolutely perfect. The trick is to somehow convince a buyer that yours really is. Once someone sees this car they will fall in love. I did. Actually, I still am, but I hoping someone will appreciate the difference so I can then go find another flawless Pcar. Maybe one that's name on the tail starts with a "G" vs a "C".

 

Good luck on the sale...

Love the OZ wheels. You should show some pics with those wheels

 

As requested....

 

beautifiul car.... if i had the money...... i would take it off your hand....gl with the sale.

 

I may have the track car for you. You would have to build it out. 2002 C2 with 75000 hwy miles ( 50 K since october 2004, had 14XXX miles when I purchased it). Still CPO until 9/08 or 100K. Silver, has PSM, but can be turned off easily. I am in CT as well. Car is lightly optioned, and does have a minor accident in its history (at 1200 miles, which has not made one bit of difference in the safety or driveability of the car. My price is significantly less than your asking price.

 

Dude, just get some clear sides and a GT3 wing. Nobody will know the difference!

 

I respectfully disagree.

The car looks way better with the Carrera Lightweights.

However, I know OZ makes good, light track wheels which I'm sure is what they were used for, so I guess everything has it's purpose!

 

Actually Lowside, the OZ's only have maybe 350 miles on them, if that. All around town some and one trip of maybe 180 miles. MPS2's on them and I'm planning to sell them seperate when the car sells, unless the buyer wants them. I will make a buyer for the car an exceptional deal on these wheels and tires to take the whole package.

I also have the original rubber for the car, PS Ribs with 7k miles on them and substantial tread remaining, although I haven't measured it.

All my wheels have two coats of wax on them and the eight tires are stored in heavy bags in a conditioned basement.

 

42Empress, thanks for the offer but I'm primarily hoping to get into a GT3. If I can't find one after the sale of this car I may look for a race car already set up but would sure miss driving on the road so I'm not pursuing that avenue as much.