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So if you have a widebody, I believe its remove old rocker panel, click in new. However, on narrow body like mine the lower rocker is not removable, so its 3M tape and some black caulking on the seems. In either case, yes, removable.
PO suffered bore scoring and commissioned a FSI 4.0 Stage II rebuild. I bought it subsequent to that and its unfortunate PDK failure which made the PO give up.
PO suffered bore scoring and commissioned a FSI 4.0 Stage II rebuild. I bought it subsequent to that and its unfortunate PDK failure which made the PO give up.
Ouch. I noticed the 4.0 decal. How did the PDK issue get solved?
Bit the bullet and got a 997.2. Took a long time as vast, vast majority of cars are silver/grey/black and I wanted blue or white (wife has a red car and yellow is a 20K premium). Won't lie, a small front end collision brought this into my price range. I had the opportunity to see the original photos, look at the frame, get a copy of the invoices and speak to the shop who did the work so I was prepared to move forward if the price was right.
The clincher for me was the miles, just 40,000 (63,000km) which is far, far less than I was expecting to have to tolerate. I then got the car on a hoist and it became clear it was never or rarely winter driven, at about 5,000km a year it was surely winter stored given not a bolt nor bracket shows any sign of rust. Vehicle was also inspected by Porsche, needs a few small things but otherwise a clean bill of health. They did me half price on a bore scope, so why not? Cylinder walls are pristine.
Sadly the blue cars almost all come with grey not black interiors, so have to live with that but the interior is in amazing shape, even the driver bolster is not worn which is HIGHLY unusual. Button text for example, show zero wear. Steering wheel was quite ugly on these but this vehicle had it upgraded to a newer wheel which is MUCH nicer, it also has Sport+ that turns the car into a proper animal. These two items would cost about $3,500 to install and were changes I was planning to make so I accounted for this in the true net cost.
This is a REAL TOUGH market, I did about all I could outside of spending over 6 figures (CAD) for a pristine example.
I may decide to throw gunmetal grey or black wheels under it as they really toughen the car up.
Bit the bullet and got a 997.2. Took a long time as vast, vast majority of cars are silver/grey/black and I wanted blue or white (wife has a red car and yellow is a 20K premium). Won't lie, a small front end collision brought this into my price range. I had the opportunity to see the original photos, look at the frame, get a copy of the invoices and speak to the shop who did the work so I was prepared to move forward if the price was right.
The clincher for me was the miles, just 40,000 (63,000km) which is far, far less than I was expecting to have to tolerate. I then got the car on a hoist and it became clear it was never or rarely winter driven, at about 5,000km a year it was surely winter stored given not a bolt nor bracket shows any sign of rust. Vehicle was also inspected by Porsche, needs a few small things but otherwise a clean bill of health. They did me half price on a bore scope, so why not? Cylinder walls are pristine.
Sadly the blue cars almost all come with grey not black interiors, so have to live with that but the interior is in amazing shape, even the driver bolster is not worn which is HIGHLY unusual. Button text for example, show zero wear. Steering wheel was quite ugly on these but this vehicle had it upgraded to a newer wheel which is MUCH nicer, it also has Sport+ that turns the car into a proper animal. These two items would cost about $3,500 to install and were changes I was planning to make so I accounted for this in the true net cost.
This is a REAL TOUGH market, I did about all I could outside of spending over 6 figures (CAD) for a pristine example.
I may decide to throw gunmetal grey or black wheels under it as they really toughen the car up.
Looks great, nice colour with the silver wheels.
Sounds like you might be in Canada, what dealer is this from? Those aircoolers in the background look interesting.
Sounds like you might be in Canada, what dealer is this from? Those aircoolers in the background look interesting.
I am in Toronto. This was from MIDDLE OF NOWHERE quebec. There's this little shop, well not so little the place is amazing, in this tiny little nothing town a solid half hour OUTSIDE Quebec City. The stuff they have is amazing and they do race cars too, been there 40 years. I walk in and i am like WHAT THE HELL DO WE HAVE HERE.
This is why I was so fussy in regards to under the car but it was clean as a whistle.
I am in Toronto. This was from MIDDLE OF NOWHERE quebec. There's this little shop, well not so little the place is amazing, in this tiny little nothing town a solid half hour OUTSIDE Quebec City. The stuff they have is amazing and they do race cars too, been there 40 years. I walk in and i am like WHAT THE HELL DO WE HAVE HERE.
This is why I was so fussy in regards to under the car but it was clean as a whistle.
Best part of buying a car from Quebec, no front holes for a license plate drilled into your bumper.
04-20-2022, 10:55 AM
