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Old Jun 22, 2022 | 07:23 PM
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I purchased my 2006 Carrera S a year ago as of May. The car was purchased from Intersport Performance in Virginia and although I have receipts for the vehicle, I've been very interested in connecting and speaking with the previous owner. I reached out to PCA hoping the previous owner was a member, but that is not information they can share, so I'm trying my luck here. As I mentioned the car is a 2006 Carrera S in Arctic Silver with full leather stone grey interior, sport seats, aero front bumper, turbo wheels, H&R springs, Fister mufflers.

She had 67k miles when I picked her up mid-May 2021. VIN ends in 44400.






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Old Jun 22, 2022 | 09:51 PM
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I am no help here but I will say that front plate bracket looked like bucked teeth when I was scrolling through, had to stop and squint.

GL on your search for the previous owner.
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Old Jun 22, 2022 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by ATX_Native
I am no help here but I will say that front plate bracket looked like bucked teeth when I was scrolling through, had to stop and squint.

GL on your search for the previous owner.

Yeah, that came off as soon as I got her home

Thanks
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Old Jun 22, 2022 | 10:44 PM
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The only thing I can suggest is posting in the US Eastern Forum. Maybe someone there will know the car or the previous owner:

https://rennlist.com/forums/east-us-rennlist-region-95/

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Old Jun 23, 2022 | 12:07 AM
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Can’t one get records through the DMV?
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Old Jun 23, 2022 | 04:47 PM
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If you have receipts, do you have a name and address? Or at least name and location of the garage where you can do search for the person? When I bought mine from a Porsche Dealer, I found the name and address on the old title. I sent the prior owner an old fashioned letter in the mail explaining how I had found him and my phone number. He called and we had a nice 15-20 minute chat. I learned a few things about the car that the records I had didn't include and it was just nice to know a little more about the car's history.
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Old Jun 23, 2022 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by boisenelson
The only thing I can suggest is posting in the US Eastern Forum. Maybe someone there will know the car or the previous owner:

https://rennlist.com/forums/east-us-rennlist-region-95/
Thanks. Posted there as well.​​​​​

Originally Posted by Kuhl997.2!
Can’t one get records through the DMV?
i didn't think they would due to privacy concerns but I'll give this a shot.

Originally Posted by GoBlueBirkett
If you have receipts, do you have a name and address? Or at least name and location of the garage where you can do search for the person? When I bought mine from a Porsche Dealer, I found the name and address on the old title. I sent the prior owner an old fashioned letter in the mail explaining how I had found him and my phone number. He called and we had a nice 15-20 minute chat. I learned a few things about the car that the records I had didn't include and it was just nice to know a little more about the car's history.
All receipts have the customer name and address redacted. I'm going to reach out to the garage to see if they can help, at minimum pass my information along.
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Old Jun 23, 2022 | 08:24 PM
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Did you try to do a Google search on the Vin? Sometime it leads you to the registered owner.
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