kkswow12

says there was a fire from the hydraulics about the spoiler and been done right by him, bein the porsche mech he is, can not tell it has been messed with, so until i see it i have to think i'm lookin at a really fine 996tt, but don't know how much i can go by, will report back, this could get exciting, jahoo

Macster

Russian Roulette is exciting too but I don't play it.

The car has a salvage title. This implies that whatever damage it sustained was considerable and the insurance company decided not to repair the car because of this. This means that the car cost too much to fix *right*. The car can still be fixed, apparently was fixed, but maybe not right. Do you want to own such a car?

I had a 4 week old Cayman S hit and the other driver's insurance declared the car a total loss at the point the repair bill estimate climbed to over $40K. (Properly repairing a Porsche is not cheap.) The car cost me (not including tax/license/etc) $50.6K. The car stickered (but was discounted -- I bought it on sale) at $62.6K.

The numbers above I hope give you some feeling for the extent of the damage the car you are looking at must have sustained to be declared a total loss vs. repaired properly.

Sincerely,

Macster.

TeKNiC3

How much is he asking? How many miles? Whats the year?

Unless it was really cheap, I would stay away.

PasPar2

if is it a black tiptronic with some ridiculous white graphics on the rear for sale by a pcar mechanic - he tried to sell it here at a "low low" price of mid 40's and now its on autotrader for hight 20s. been there for around 6 months+

JG 996T

Although the price of a car with a salvaged title may be tempting, don't forget when you go to sell it, the car will still have a salvage title. Caveat emptor.

ltc

I've heard of a few 996 turbo fires caused by power steeriing hose failures, but this is the first time I've heard of a fire caused by the rear spoiler hydraulics.

Mikelly

My guess is someone relayed incorrect info concerning the source of the fire...

adam_

Sounds exciting!!

Just go for it! Rarely do people misrepresent issues or object just to sell their boat anchors...

Wheeee...what a fun time.

racer

Could be a nice basis for a race car.. strip it out.. have some fun! Not sure if "salvage-fire" is any better or worse that "salvage-accident" for instance. As someone else mentioned, don't ever expect to sell it for a profit.. but it could be fun in the meantime.

kkswow12

i hope this link works ... http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...e&rdpage=thumb ...salvage title...should i be scared?

leftlane

What is it about the replies in your other identical thread that you don't seem to want to believe?

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-turb...age-title.html

Mikelly

You should ALWAYS be scared of a salvage title car, unless you're going to turn it into a track or race car. If you're buying it as a street car, you're buying someone elses problem. Check your local laws on what it will take to tag and insure a salvage title car first, and then decide on what you want to spend on this car to make it "right".

There is a reason that this car has been for sale for a while. If it is to good to be true, well you know the rest...

Mike

Mikelly

See my post in your other thread on this same subject here, which is bothersome that you would post again on the same subject in a new thread, but hey, whatever...

Mike

kkswow12

sorry about the double post...i just joined up here and couldn't find where to retrieve posts, until today, thanks, for your input guys, i will look hard at this, and the thing is, i will be living in germany and will be taking something with me...been looking at pcars on the german site mobile.de and stuff is way more expensive there, so maybe i should add 15k and find a no problemo car,,, but is there such a thing, doesn't hurt to look, thanks again for the help, kk... as the governor of the great state of california once said, i'll be back...

LVDell

fixed it for you