OMG. Smoking deal. A 4S manual that isn't black with so few miles? I'd totally overlook it thinking it was a scam.

 

I still cringe every time I think about missing out on this car. It was an AutoNation Mercedes dealer that took it in on trade. If it was some small independent car lot, I probably would have passed on it thinking it was too good to be true.

 

If that checks out, which it looks like it does and I stand to be corrected, I feel sick for you! SMOKING DEAL.

 

Wow!

 

I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. More likely than not it was indeed "too good to be true". It is about $10K+ below market for a car that is very difficult to find on Cars.com or Autotrader and in very high demand.

Without seeing it in-person or having a PPI, there is no telling what was wrong with it, especially since someone traded it in to a Mercedes dealer and clearly took an even lower value on their end. I once looked at an 2015 S550 that was listed about $15K below what other dealers were asking for the same specs and mileage... but it was at a non-Mercedes dealer. Looked amazing in the photos and on paper (clean carfax)... in person, however, it was disastrously bad and the $15K discount wasn't even enough to account for how poorly it had been kept. I had low expectations but since it was local, it wasn't a big deal...

It could still have been a great deal but it is much more likely that the price reflected issues that wouldn't show up in a simple parking lot photo.

 

So the deal fell thru? I assume the mileage is the hold up on the sale?

 

That is a good deal! Somebody would pay $55k for that!

 

That would have stressed me out! Full payment without time for a PPI? No thanks. It's worth spending a few grand more to get a car that can be inspected. Perhaps it was a good deal, but I learned the hard way with AutoNation. We b bought a "too good of a deal to be true" cab from them 18 months ago. They "went through the car and everything was checked out at their sister Porsche dealer. 30-day warranty if anything is awry...". Yeah right. A new battery was needed, and a piece of trim came off immediately and had to be replaced. They really messed up the brakes somehow. New pads and rotors were needed. I couldn't get the wipers to function either. They wouldn't do a damn thing: the manager basically told me it was his job to deny all repairs and save the company money. We got hooked up with the repairs and the car still cost us $2500 to get running correctly.

Sometimes it is better (and cheaper) to get what you really want at a reasonable price.

As a price check, my friend paid $50k for a 4S build, similar to this, but with 25,000 more miles and in the most popular color combo (meteor over black). So, yeah, the price seems to be around $6k too low. They may have priced it as an "S", not knowing it is a "4S". Carfax doesn't distinguish between the two. But if it needs work or has undisclosed damage....

 

Are you saying this is a great deal? The 11 CAB is a base Carrera 2 clean, two owner 26k mile , PDK, Sports Chrono, full leather, heated vented, NAV, Bi-xenon . 49,000 purchase price from private owner. Clear title, in hand

 

Base cab? I got my manual C4 coupe with 31k miles in nearly flawless condition in the spring of 2017 for $45,500. That was with 2 sets of wheels and a free GT3 wing.

I would say the cab price is a little high, IMO. Maybe $46k is reasonable. PDK and cab both negatively affect the value. The price seems reasonable for a C2S cab.

 

Thant's exactly what I thought. I offered 45k and he shot me down. I came up to 47 and he's dead set at at 49k. The good news is, I want a PDK CAB, but prefer a S model. Something that I'm chewing on with this C2 CAB is since this is a private sale I'll save 2,500 in state sales taxes and no transport costs. So, my gross cost is 49k for a low mile 2011 crispy CAB

 

2011 Porsche 911 S - $50000 in SF Bay Area

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto...734658827.html

Not mine.

 

This seems to be a good deal. I don't know the history though. https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...w9-AdaajpO3eMA

 

Sorry just seeing this response today. for some reason I was not tagged in the post.

Nope the car has been sold for a couple of weeks now to a very happy person who got a smoking deal on a 911S Manual trans after his PPI checked out.
thanks for following up with me.
Holly