Hi all,

The time has come for me to consider selling my 996TT. I haven't been driving it, am driving the kids (3 of them) around more and more and am finding myself driving my 4Runner or SC Targa more.

Before selling the car, I'll definitely fix the SAI, which is throwing an error code and get a full detail.

The front bumper has some chips, as does the hood, as you would expect a car with 130k+ miles. The wheels (Forgestar F14) have a bit of rash on a couple.

Would you fix them before selling or just be forthcoming about all the faults?

Id fix the SAI, get the detail, and let the rest ride. The car has 130k on it and I dont think that you would recoup the investment for fixing the cosmetic issues.

Second this.

Touch ups might not turn out well, be worse than the disease.

At 130K miles the car will have some minor cosmetic issues. Any buyer has to expect this.

But you can stress the car is an honest car.

PIC's???

Exactly. Expert touch ups would probably add to the cars values... So-so touch ups will likely reduce the cars value!

Some touch up guys are really, really good though. If you have access to one of them, I'd go for it

There are also wheel guys near me (Woody's wheel works, for example) that do an amazing job repairing curb rash for not very much $, like $70/wheel. Again, if you have access to a great wheel guy and time to deal with it, yes, fix the curb rash.

No touch up, no matter how good, can disguise 130k miles. Get a $200 basic detail and sell it with a good conscience.

Thanks for the advice. Car is represented as honestly as I could and is in the classifieds.

Listing looks good. In February 2001 Porsche changed production over to the 996.2 "stiffened" chassis. Since your car was built in July of 2001 you might want add that it has the 996.2 chassis.

thanks for the heads up

Goddammit why did you guys bump this thread from the dead. You had my interest all piqued until I looked at the timestamp.