997 Prices Cali vs FL
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997 Prices Cali vs FL
I am looking at 06 Tip Cabs here in FL...low mileage 2S'S right colors (for me) are around $55,000 (asking price for CPO)...
But it seems that the same cars are less expensive in CA?
Are 30,000 mile cars like this bringing the low $50's there?
What about the resale of a C4 at 46,000 miles now being resold in 2 years ??
Granted I'm looking for a "Chrono" how important is that?
I do like the wide body look however...
After a while all these cars begin to "run together" in your head and you forget which is what!!
Yeah, I know $50,000 to spend...what a quandry
But it seems that the same cars are less expensive in CA?
Are 30,000 mile cars like this bringing the low $50's there?
What about the resale of a C4 at 46,000 miles now being resold in 2 years ??
Granted I'm looking for a "Chrono" how important is that?
I do like the wide body look however...
After a while all these cars begin to "run together" in your head and you forget which is what!!
Yeah, I know $50,000 to spend...what a quandry
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Sorry, a little off topic, but aren't all the 997's (non Turbo's) the same in terms of the body dimensions? I keep hearing wide body 
And actually i was beginning to think otherwise ! I almost think CA is more expensive as I am currently hunting for a 09+ C2 as well.
And actually i was beginning to think otherwise ! I almost think CA is more expensive as I am currently hunting for a 09+ C2 as well.
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C2/C2S and GT3 are narrow body cars @ 71.18 inches
C4/C4S, Targa 4/4S, GTS (2 & 4), GT3 RS, Turbo, and GT2 are all wide body cars @ 72.91 inches
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I don't know about California, but Florida Porsche asking prices are insanely high.
Not to worry, I flew to Virginia last March and picked up a base 2007 997.1, 16,000 miles with 19" wheels, Tiptronic, all leather seats, power seat package and xenons for less than $50k (MSRP $83,370) with a free CPO warranty thrown in.
There are always other places to shop if your state doesn't want to deal.
Not to worry, I flew to Virginia last March and picked up a base 2007 997.1, 16,000 miles with 19" wheels, Tiptronic, all leather seats, power seat package and xenons for less than $50k (MSRP $83,370) with a free CPO warranty thrown in.
There are always other places to shop if your state doesn't want to deal.
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Looks like I forund the right (close to) car
You can't always ger exactly what you want in options...but the important ones are on this 06
Question what does the dealer do to make a car a CPO. Are there minimums for brake thickness, tread depth...etc? What else ?
You can't always ger exactly what you want in options...but the important ones are on this 06
Question what does the dealer do to make a car a CPO. Are there minimums for brake thickness, tread depth...etc? What else ?
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But I would think Texas cars would also have a premium since unemployment in Texas is low. Also, on a road trip across the midwest just a few weeks ago I had a heck of a time finding a motel room in west Oklahoma.
I asked a motel clerk why and he told me alot of rooms were booked by oil/gas well workers. He went on to tell me that from the OKC border to the TX/OK state line all motels were booked up usualy pretty early in the evening. And in the panhandle of TX at Amarillo at the Dury Inn Hotel I spotted several people rolling in racks of uniforms. I asked and was told they were for the oil workers staying at the hotel. I asked around and found many oil workers staying there and in other motels/hotels in the area.
The oil/gas industry at least in that part of the country is booming.
At night from I-40 I could see more than a few lighted drilling rigs.
Sure glad CA frowns upon oil/gas wells. Helps keep the unemployment high and gas and fuel prices high. I'm paying 50 cents or more per gallon of gas here in CA than I paid in OK and TX.
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If you find a car out here in the LA area I would drive it out to you. When I was looking for my 997 I found a beautiful one in FL and always thought the coolest road trip would to fly out, buy a car and drive it cross country home.
I encourage you to fly out and drive it home, but if for some reason you cant let me kow.
I encourage you to fly out and drive it home, but if for some reason you cant let me kow.
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I bought my car from a fellow rennlister in the Bay area of CA and drove it to Texas (Houston). The prices here in H-Town can be crazy at the local dealerships and the dealer I went to did not want to move much on price for the 2 CPO cars I was interested in(I guess it all depends on the car and the salesman).
I agree with signature65's comment above. I drove mine back all 2100 miles and had the time of my life. Make a road trip of it. Good luck with the search.
I agree with signature65's comment above. I drove mine back all 2100 miles and had the time of my life. Make a road trip of it. Good luck with the search.
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I bought my car from a fellow rennlister in the Bay area of CA and drove it to Texas (Houston). The prices here in H-Town can be crazy at the local dealerships and the dealer I went to did not want to move much on price for the 2 CPO cars I was interested in(I guess it all depends on the car and the salesman).
I agree with signature65's comment above. I drove mine back all 2100 miles and had the time of my life. Make a road trip of it. Good luck with the search.
I agree with signature65's comment above. I drove mine back all 2100 miles and had the time of my life. Make a road trip of it. Good luck with the search.
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that must have been the time of your life driving back. Long drives help you get used to a car really well in my own experience
question is how many times did you stop to look at the car
It's a goodtime walking back from the pisser at the reststops thinking damn I finally own that
question is how many times did you stop to look at the car
It's a goodtime walking back from the pisser at the reststops thinking damn I finally own that