I have written the seller and asked the questions, requested service documents and additional photographs, including photographs of the interior, in accordance with your advice.
I double checked and the car does have heated and cooled seats.
I am awaiting the information. I have learned a lot of information on the model 997.2.
Thank you!!

 

If you type your VIN into this site it will show you lots of info - build date, price, colors, options etc. https://vinanalytics.com/

BTW you don't have an extra A body (71 442 conv) driver side A pillar original weatherstrip do you?

 

Checking for the weatherstrip. I have also reached out to my friend who owns twenty (20) and I'm awaiting his response.

Thanks for the link!

 

Minimize 1-2 maintenance outlay. Find out when plugs/coils replaced, if not within last 1-2 yrs you’ll have $12-1400 bill soon. Check pad life left, should be no issue but looking at pads/rotors will show you driving habits. Tires date/depth, date code could be issue at this point. Last brake fluid change, if >1yr, you’ll be doing that soon. Easy and cheap, but will need to do. Need DME for over rev report, oh gee, I have that non purist PDK so no over revs lol (apologies for sarcasm, but with large Belvedere I get touchy when feeling dissed for PDK-first non-3 pedal since college but love it).
Check top closely, I Raggtop clean/treat twice a yr. New top approx4-5k. Ask if HPFP replaced, it’ll go at some point. I was lucky and good willed by P NA. Due to age, you might not get lucky, it’s $2400 to replace.
Hope things work out and you’re ion 997.2 world, the perfection of water cooled!

 

Here is a real world data point for you. I just purchased a 2010 C4S cab PDK 1 owner with 22k miles and 2 yr CPO warranty from Dealer for $59k. Car had list price of $127k so pretty well optioned. I feel like I paid top dollar for it and got hosed on my 2015 macan trade in but the CPO meant a lot to me as I am using it as a true daily driver into and out of Manhattan.

 

I would take the opposite position and strongly recommend AGAINST someone buy a Porsche from a "cold weather dealership... such as Ford/Chevy/" Living in the Detroit suburbs (and previously Manhattan), I have plenty of experience seeing what kinds of sports cars / exotics those dealerships tend to take in and sell, as well as how they are treated and relative conditions. Or at least to do 150%+ of the typical diligence you would do vs. a Porsche or exotics dealer.

The discount is almost always for a very, very good reason and I would personally avoid.

 

I would also recommend that you avoid purchasing a Porsche from a "Ford or Chevy" etc dealership. In my experience, I've seen where most of the damage / issues that a car can end up with originate with dealers, or during the transition that a car makes between owners. Dealership personnel just do not understand, appreciate, or respect the vehicles and abuse - either deliberate or through accidental / negligence is commonplace. A Porsche at a domestic dealership represents an alien object to them - and purchasing from them just increases the risk that the car has been harmed.

 

2 month ago I bought my 997.2 S CAB with 21k miles and a long option list including crono sport package, PDK, full leather etc. I paid 58k.

Jack