BAT 2005 997 TIP w/146K miles - How About Guessing High Bid.
#31

Regular Comfort Seats - $800-$1,000 / pair
Manual Adapative Sport Seats (manual fore/aft and up/down, but power recline) - $900-$1,200 each (so around $2,000 / pair)
Full Power Adaptive Sport Seats Plus (full power everything including pneumatic side bolsters) - $3,000-$4,000 / pair
So manual sport seats are worth double the regular power comfort seats and power sport seats are worth double the manual sport seats or 4x the standard comfort seats.
I've bought or sold 4 sets of 997 seats of these varieties. I have full power sport seats in my silver 997, manual sport seats in my 928 and at my desk, and full power comfort seats in my wife's 997. Sold the full power comfort seats out of the silver 997 to install the full power sport seats.
#34
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Iowa
Posts: 20

I'm the buyer. Happened upon this thread by accident lurking some assorted 997 information. First Porsche, will be a second car to a 2018 Tahoe. Wanted something more fun, always interested in Porsches, waste too much time on BaT, and all those things together made it happen. It's going to get driven and because I live rural and have to drive about a half mile of gravel to get to the paved roads and Interstate, I especially wanted to start with a car that had...character.
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
#35

I'm the buyer. Happened upon this thread by accident lurking some assorted 997 information. First Porsche, will be a second car to a 2018 Tahoe. Wanted something more fun, always interested in Porsches, waste too much time on BaT, and all those things together made it happen. It's going to get driven and because I live rural and have to drive about a half mile of gravel to get to the paved roads and Interstate, I especially wanted to start with a car that had...character.
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
#36

I'm the buyer. Happened upon this thread by accident lurking some assorted 997 information. First Porsche, will be a second car to a 2018 Tahoe. Wanted something more fun, always interested in Porsches, waste too much time on BaT, and all those things together made it happen. It's going to get driven and because I live rural and have to drive about a half mile of gravel to get to the paved roads and Interstate, I especially wanted to start with a car that had...character.
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
#38

Congrats! Glad you found us - this site is amazing with the wealth of knowledge. That car was a great bargain I think. Looking forward to seeing more pictures of it and hearing about it. Start a new thread when you get it.
#39
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Queens NY
Posts: 86

I'm the buyer. Happened upon this thread by accident lurking some assorted 997 information. First Porsche, will be a second car to a 2018 Tahoe. Wanted something more fun, always interested in Porsches, waste too much time on BaT, and all those things together made it happen. It's going to get driven and because I live rural and have to drive about a half mile of gravel to get to the paved roads and Interstate, I especially wanted to start with a car that had...character.
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
I'm still sorting out the details of getting it here. Not the first car I've shipped, so the process is going about as well as you could hope for. I hope to have pics to post in a week or so.
I noticed when searching BaT for 997 today that this car appears to be the cheapest running 997 they've sold. A dubious honor to be sure. I look forward to participating in this community!
#41
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Queens NY
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My opinion is that you're going to love the car.
#42
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Iowa
Posts: 20

I intend on having the oil analyzed and inspecting the filter for metal shavings. The paperwork I received has the last owner's information on it, so I'm going to try to non-creepily reach out and see what he has for service records. Once I have a clear sense of the maintenance history of the car, I'll figure out where I want to go with it.
#43
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Queens NY
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I intend on having the oil analyzed and inspecting the filter for metal shavings. The paperwork I received has the last owner's information on it, so I'm going to try to non-creepily reach out and see what he has for service records. Once I have a clear sense of the maintenance history of the car, I'll figure out where I want to go with it.
Good luck - keep us posted.