996 40th Anniversary Edition Registry & FAQ
11-05-2021, 01:07 PM
#1531
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Nr. 0481 - already sold
Can't tell which one this is but here's a 12k mile one for sale:
https://www.lylepearson.com/inventor...aa29984s621172
https://www.lylepearson.com/inventor...aa29984s621172
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11-05-2021, 01:10 PM
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11-05-2021, 11:51 PM
#1533
My 40th has 91K on the clock. I don't drive her as often as I should be every time I do I simply love it. Bought her in Sept 2012 with 67K miles. You found a great resource here regarding these cars and you should also visit the 911 40th Registry (links are in my signature below). Lots of helpful info and a "for sale" page on the Registry website where you can find these cars when they're for sale (as well as parts and memorabilia). Happy to help if you want to chat off line, too. Email is 40jahre911@gmail.com. Best of luck with the hunt. Ted
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11-24-2021, 08:15 AM
#1534
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Anyone into "Other Porsche" stuff?
11-27-2021, 01:26 PM
#1535
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#678 Asking for advise.
Hi all this is my #678 and I’m in need of advise I recently posted about the fuel problem and thanks to you all I know what the problem is now. Because of my success on the TV show forged in fire I have been extremely busy and the car has not been driven in about 6 months. I have kept the battery charged and maybe our 30 mines in a matter of 6 months, now the headlights are not coming on but all the other lights and everything else works fine. I was offered a cash offer for the car. The car has 180k miles. The question is to sell it not to sell 😢 what do you all think?
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11-27-2021, 05:58 PM
#1536
Only you can answer that question. Is the cash offer good enough and one that would make you happy? Bigger question may be, what are you going to replace it with, if you want to even replace it. Today's market is definitely a sellers market but if you plan to get something else you'll find yourself on the other side of the equation.
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11-28-2021, 08:02 AM
#1537
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Only you can answer that question. Is the cash offer good enough and one that would make you happy? Bigger question may be, what are you going to replace it with, if you want to even replace it. Today's market is definitely a sellers market but if you plan to get something else you'll find yourself on the other side of the equation.
11-28-2021, 03:01 PM
#1538
I don't know anything about your car other than the mileage so it's definitely hard to say. I would suggest looking at the sold listings for our cars on BaT to get a feel for what other cars went for and price your car accordingly.
Some of my personal thought on selling, in no particular order..... I feel like with 996 and other P cars, people are still hung up on mileage. Lower mile cars will always fetch more money even if they have spotty maintenance over the 17 years they have been in service. Generally, a high mileage but well documented and maintained car is the safer buy, IMHO. In your case, I think that will be the biggest obstacle you'll need to overcome with the sale. All the IMS issues the 996 took a beating on were more often than not present on low mile cars that were driven little and had that annual oil change, at best. That's how the motor in my car died under the original owner at about 20k miles. Although there are low mile 964 and 993 examples that are trading hands, people are slowly paying attention less to the odometer and are looking for a well cared car, with those generations. I think that will happen with the 996 too eventually but not yet. Either way, driving your damn Porsche should not be a penalty.
If you end up putting it up for sale I can't stress enough how important it is properly present the car. "Runs well and needs nothing" type of ad won't get you a premium that you can ask for by: providing quality but non-redundant photos, a well written paragraph or two about your ownership experience and why you're selling as well as detailed service history. This includes mile and date stamps + records/receipts. I've done this for several cars I sold and was able to attract serious buyers that were impressed by the level of detail they received which in turn made it for a very smooth transaction. I always asked for more money because of the value that I provided which made the buyer feel more comfortable with handing over a good amount of cash. This is probably above and beyond of what you'd do, but I recently shot a little demo reel of my friends car for his for sale ad and the buyer absolutely loved it as he was from out of state. I did something like this for mine as a practice and I think it came out great. One thing to keep in mind is that every car will find the right buyer and the other way around. Don't rush it. You always have to put up with some BS from other prospects lowballing you but it's all part of the process.
Some of my personal thought on selling, in no particular order..... I feel like with 996 and other P cars, people are still hung up on mileage. Lower mile cars will always fetch more money even if they have spotty maintenance over the 17 years they have been in service. Generally, a high mileage but well documented and maintained car is the safer buy, IMHO. In your case, I think that will be the biggest obstacle you'll need to overcome with the sale. All the IMS issues the 996 took a beating on were more often than not present on low mile cars that were driven little and had that annual oil change, at best. That's how the motor in my car died under the original owner at about 20k miles. Although there are low mile 964 and 993 examples that are trading hands, people are slowly paying attention less to the odometer and are looking for a well cared car, with those generations. I think that will happen with the 996 too eventually but not yet. Either way, driving your damn Porsche should not be a penalty.
If you end up putting it up for sale I can't stress enough how important it is properly present the car. "Runs well and needs nothing" type of ad won't get you a premium that you can ask for by: providing quality but non-redundant photos, a well written paragraph or two about your ownership experience and why you're selling as well as detailed service history. This includes mile and date stamps + records/receipts. I've done this for several cars I sold and was able to attract serious buyers that were impressed by the level of detail they received which in turn made it for a very smooth transaction. I always asked for more money because of the value that I provided which made the buyer feel more comfortable with handing over a good amount of cash. This is probably above and beyond of what you'd do, but I recently shot a little demo reel of my friends car for his for sale ad and the buyer absolutely loved it as he was from out of state. I did something like this for mine as a practice and I think it came out great. One thing to keep in mind is that every car will find the right buyer and the other way around. Don't rush it. You always have to put up with some BS from other prospects lowballing you but it's all part of the process.
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12-04-2021, 09:32 AM
#1539
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Looks great from 30Ft.
Plays well with others!
Circled the earth 18 times, theoretically!
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12-16-2021, 04:29 PM
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