TT Surgeon

Nice car!

Lance 4c

Some of the comments crack me up. For $273k, who cares if the tires have dry rot. Driven 163 miles, the oil and fluids should be fine. Anyone wanting and willing to spend that much quan on a museum piece are not likely wanting to rack up miles on it, which would bring the value down to normal value.

mffarrell

Smoking some good dope?

Jones R

what's up with that ride height? Isn't the turbo S supposed to have x73? looks higher than it should

Dock

No.

manimal

I don't understand these comments from an old RL member. Have you read the owner's manual?

Berra

I tend to agree to a certain level but remember that the service is different depending on what year the car is. Early cars have the annual service and 2004 and > don't require it. As far as I know, we all drive the same car no matter the year. Just because Porsche says one thing doesn't mean it's 100% correct.

I agree though that the same oil isn't good but how bad can it be when the car hasn't been touched? If I were a buyer, I'd change oil as in moto cross bikes...change oil, run it, change again and run it.

Dock

For the MY'02 996 Turbo, on vehicles which accumulate low annual mileage between required service intervals (less than 9,000 miles/15,000 km yearly), a yearly maintenance must be performed. The yearly maintenance schedule does not require any fluids be changed. A scheduled maintence with oil/filter change must be performed after 2 years at the latest, unless the mileage for a scheduled major maintenance is reached earlier.

Kevinmacd

Havent seen any 996 gt2 with low mileage in the mid $200s

Kevinmacd

Its not a museum piece its an X50 with S badging which did not exist! If you follow the Porsche maintenance procedures there is yearly and there is yearly or mileage checklist! I can guarantee most museums will service a sitting car!
Your assuming it will not be driven, bad assumption!

Lance 4c

I think I didn't make my point well. Yes I am well aware that a car with no use will deteriorate; seals will dry, tires will be past their service life, etc. But...this car has virtually no miles on it. Ideally a car should be driven at minimum (I would guess) around 100 miles every 3 months or so to keep seals and bearing lubed, etc. Yes, the oil should be changed as condensation happens, etc., even with intermittent use. This car had NO use.

My point was, if the car had been driven for a few miles every 3 months, over a 12 year period it would have racked up 4k or more miles on the clock. And a car with 4k miles on it would be very low miles, but not even close to the 123 miles on this example. No one would price it in the stratosphere of this one. So, anyone wanting to buy a virtually un-driven car, would rather that it still had original tires. Why spend that much on a car, to put on miles and immediately bring it down to a normal car value. The person looking for this car would likely not drive it. As for changing the oil, with no heat cycles I doubt that an oil change would make any difference. FYI, I change mine every 3-4k miles, etc. as recommended. I bought my 2002 in 2011, and it only had 5.6k miles on it. I believe the po had only changed the oil 3x in the period before I bought it. I previously had a 993t that I bought with 4k miles on it, similar with my 996 I get it. Most of us buy and care for our cars to be driven.

Berra

That I didn't know, expected it to be a normal service of oil change etc.

FRUNKenstein

Heard through the grapevine today that a Middle Eastern gentleman has put down a deposit on it pending passage of a PPI. Then he's taking it back to Dubai to turn it into a track car. Needs a 996 generation car for the class he will be competing in and he wanted the best he could find, price obviously no object. Basically, he's buying the last brand new 996 on the planet, and he really doesn't care if it costs $70k or $270k. He's got over $100k in mods already planned/ordered for it.

gophaster

Kc, are you serious about this or is it April fools?

Don't mean it in a bad way at all, just curious

clsund1

I was going to say, someone is smoking something, but then read the last post by KC. If that's true, then some people have more money than sense.