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Old 09-05-2013, 10:45 PM
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It is a '00, in a weird color, with Savannah Beige interior, tiptronic, and 90k. But it looks clean and is listed for $16995.

This dealer usually has nice cars and good taste.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ctd/4000946402.html
Old 09-05-2013, 11:42 PM
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Unusual color is right but not bad.

I found a 2001 with a Tip in Forest Green Metallic with 85K miles and the brown interior for $20.5K. I think one could buy it for at least a few $K less but not maybe $4K less.
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What is so mythical about a $17K 996?
Old 09-06-2013, 12:17 AM
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I like the color.
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Originally Posted by Imo000
What is so mythical about a $17K 996?
There are a few on this board who continually claim these are everywhere and whoever posted about another car paid too much.

This is the first 911 in this price range that I have seen that actually looks to be a decent car. Others I've seen have all sorts of warning signs, signs the cheap Porsche will need thousand in repairs immediately.
Old 09-06-2013, 01:35 AM
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There was a nice looking arena red w/grey interior manual car with 85kish for 16.5k listed not too long ago on autotrader and CL. It sold but it didn't go instantly even at that price.
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I paid $11.5k for my 99 cab. In good shape.
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I paid $17500 for my 99' 996 with 54K miles and IMS done. All stock/original silver on black 6 speed.

Pretty normal.

$20K buys you a lot of car these days with better performance and quality than a 996 non GT3/Turbo. I think the price is justified.
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http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...nal&listType=1

sub 20 is easy... though I will say I've never seen this car in person and don't know its real history.
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I like that color combo, it's classy.

There's a few sub-$20k 996s for sale in my area currently. The lowest is a $14k '99 with 185k miles on it (with original IMS for you doomsdayers).
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Dealer's advertised pricing versus market pricing ... does that help?
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Looks like a good deal to me Remember, PPI
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There was one here on RL last year at $14. It lasted about 10 minutes.
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Originally Posted by Capt. Obvious
I like that color combo, it's classy.

There's a few sub-$20k 996s for sale in my area currently. The lowest is a $14k '99 with 185k miles on it (with original IMS for you doomsdayers).
The '99 MY is the best of the 996 model years for several reasons, but one of the top reasons is that IMS failure is extremely low.
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17.5k plus 10k to bring it to
Standards 27 k plus for a tip ?
No thanks


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