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Old 05-21-2018 | 10:00 PM
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No This is in all CL's in Texas and has been for quite a while.
Old 05-24-2018 | 01:16 AM
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New craigslist Kansas City, looks nice ,
1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 AWD Only 53K miles! - $24995 (79th & Wornall)

Old 05-24-2018 | 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Vincent713
This is proof that people can exaggerate on the ad. Hail dings are easy to fix but not when they are creased. That alone would turn me off the car. If it was replaced with an LN IMSB, there should have been a sticker on the motor lid somewhere to indicate this.
Those sticker aren't always put or left on.
Old 05-24-2018 | 04:58 PM
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Finally found a good-looking deal close to me. Ad went up an hour ago and I just got off the phone with the seller who has someone coming to see it in 30 minutes. I'm 2nd in line, but it may be too late.
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/...598053067.html

Seller says he is firm on the price, which is fair since he's had such serious interest within an hour of posting the ad. At $17k it seems fairly priced for a car with 111k miles on it, but not exactly an "I stole it" sort of deal.
Old 05-24-2018 | 05:37 PM
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I like the wheels....careful about posting links to potential cars on here...might get snaked by someone else lol
Old 05-24-2018 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Espo78
...careful about posting links to potential cars on here...might get snaked by someone else lol
Yeah I thought about that. But I figure in the long run my best chance to find a car might because someone kindly posts one on here. As long as a dealer or flipper doesn’t buy it, but that seems unlikely on a car with this many miles.
Old 05-25-2018 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by fronesis47
Finally found a good-looking deal close to me. Ad went up an hour ago and I just got off the phone with the seller who has someone coming to see it in 30 minutes. I'm 2nd in line, but it may be too late.
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/...598053067.html

Seller says he is firm on the price, which is fair since he's had such serious interest within an hour of posting the ad. At $17k it seems fairly priced for a car with 111k miles on it, but not exactly an "I stole it" sort of deal.
Beautiful car. I do not usually like chrome wheels on these cars, but they just fit the black so well. Since it is Craigslist, I am sure the guy going to look at it is a tire kicker, but you never know. I say get a PPI right away!
Old 05-25-2018 | 12:00 PM
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Yup, good looking car! Better get on it...
Old 05-25-2018 | 01:30 PM
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Looks like a good 4S for 26.5k (edit tippy):
https://www.ksl.com/auto/listing/4731904?ad_cid=19
Old 05-25-2018 | 04:23 PM
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Here is a high mileage 04 C4S. It seems to show well from the photos. The price is incredibly low. Are high mileage cars that hard to sell?

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invent...ting=208332955

I'm looking for a C4S and really like this color combo along with the Manual. Too bad it has so many miles on it. I'm open to input on this one.

Thanks!
Old 05-25-2018 | 05:05 PM
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High mileage doesn't worry me if the car was taken care of. Invest the $200-300 needed for a PPI from a reputable Porsche/German shop in the area and let that be your decision maker. Honestly, even if the car needed $3-4k in work to bring it up to snuff, that's still a good deal if it's an overall clean car.

I'd buy it.
Old 05-25-2018 | 05:25 PM
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I've been looking for a couple of months and driven a couple 996's. There is only one available here in MN. I'm an avid DIY'er, so I can do much of the mechanical work myself. At this price I'm not worried about putting another $5K or so into it to take care of the IMS, AOS, water pump, Clutch, etc,,, If everything else looks ok, I think I'm going to go pick it up. I'm in MPLS, so it is a 9 hour drive.

Thanks for the input!

I had the dealer send me a video of the car starting and running. From the video it sounds to me like it has bore scoring What do you think?
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Old 05-25-2018 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by fronesis47
Finally found a good-looking deal close to me. Ad went up an hour ago and I just got off the phone with the seller who has someone coming to see it in 30 minutes. I'm 2nd in line, but it may be too late.
https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/...598053067.html

Seller says he is firm on the price, which is fair since he's had such serious interest within an hour of posting the ad. At $17k it seems fairly priced for a car with 111k miles on it, but not exactly an "I stole it" sort of deal.
I would guess the cost of the recent work would be at least $6k - I paid about $4200 for clutch IMS RMS and AOS replacement the first year of ownership of my 2000 996 plus I replaced the tires for about $1K
that might be a good car that you could own and drive with out to much $$$ or a while - good luck with your search its a lot like picking a spouse if you get a good one you will be very happy if not you will become a philosopher
Old 05-25-2018 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by wyo
I would guess the cost of the recent work would be at least $6k - I paid about $4200 for clutch IMS RMS and AOS replacement the first year of ownership of my 2000 996 plus I replaced the tires for about $1K
that might be a good car that you could own and drive with out to much $$$ or a while - good luck with your search its a lot like picking a spouse if you get a good one you will be very happy if not you will become a philosopher
It was a pretty good car, but I ended up passing on it. The current owner had done some nice little things to it, but at some point 1 or 2 owners before it hadn't been all that well taken care of. Interior was really showing its age, and I'm still uneasy about owning a high-mileage 996. It's not that I think high miles means the car what be mechanically sound (far from it), but that high mileage cars are HARD to sell without just giving them away.

I think I'd rather get a 996.2 or 997 with under 70k; yes, I'll spend $5k to $10k more, but I think it might be money well spent.
Old 05-26-2018 | 12:52 PM
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Here is an Anniversary Edition with 68K miles asking $29,991. This seems like it may be a good deal. It is being sold by a Porsche dealer, of Monterey, CA, so we should expect that everything is in good working order. Odd thing is that the ad doesn't even mention that it is an AE! Wouldn't the dealer know that and want to mention it to shoppers?

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ngId=485871399


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