JS

Excellent choice.
Good luck, hope it comes through clean.

MKIVdan

​​​​​​Sounds like you're not in love with what you are buying ......

othertbone

Well hopefully he will buy one and keep it

ryneodonnell

Or process of elimination, hah. I am sure it will be a good car. Was looking for a few more factory options but not complaining!

pnw-porsche

If you're buying it to drive an enjoy, you won't be looking at your (lack of) deviated stitching. Mechanical condition is top priority.

jreifler

What's it missing that you wanted ?

ryneodonnell

Heated seats (car will be in WY), Sound Package Plus (I know not popular and stereo is sub-standard either way, but would at least like to hear something as I want to take it on a road trip), Self Dimming Mirrors & Rain Sensor. In that order.

Crests in headrests, deviated stitching and painted center console & bits a nice to have but not as important as the above.

With an exhaust and new shift **** / steering wheel to refresh it and make it feel new, I am sure it will be fine!

Know of another?

jreifler

I don't know of another not already talked about here, but I bet if you wanted to get super creative, some heated sofas could be retrofitted.

Stereo is garbage. Upgrade all that anyway. OE stock speakers almost certainly rotted or blown.

Crests on headrests easily doable if you're down to get some upholstery work done. Painted interior bits come from here: https://bumperplugs.com/consoles/997...center-console. And they will do any piece you want; not just what's on the website. I've done several parts on various cars with them and it's all OE quality.

Can't help with the rain sensor and mirrors.

seis-speed

My car has Sound Package Plus, I think the stereo is decent with Sound Package Plus for a 2010 system.
I can not say what cars sound like w/o it, but I have been impressed.
Run my music through stereo cord into center console with Apple USBC adapter to my phone.

I do know of a serious 'car guy' who logs a lot of miles in his toys, he bought a portable JBL Bluetooth speaker and only uses this for all of his many cars, even very loud older cars with no AC at freeway speeds + windows down. Somewhat brilliant since he likes old cars and is constantly buying and selling.

GL

RapidGT

Sound package plus is extremely weak compared to other manufacturers, but the base stereo is a lot worse. Sound package plus has 9 speakers with a total output of 235 watts. The base stereo has only 4 speakers with an output between 50-75 watts. Both are extremely weak systems, but have heard complaints that it’s difficult to hear the radio at even highway speeds with the base unit. The only car sound package plus wasn’t available on was the .1 RS.

Vocan

As stated, the stock speakers are really bad. They're cheap enough that even Porsche with its ever rising parts prices only charges $50-$60 for a replacement so I'm sure their cost on them must be shillings.

If you're after decent sound quality and don't want to go crazy with an aftermarket headunit, amps, full rewire, etc., would recommend just upgrading the speakers to aftermarket units (don't need to spend much to get a noticeable improvement) and tying them in to the factory speaker wires. That's what I have along with PCCM+ in my car and I've been pleasantly surprised with how good it sounds--easily better than the Bose setup I had in my 991, not like that's saying much.

seis-speed

Maybe I am not a good source of what is good/decent, but with my phone through Sound Package Plus, my car sounds good to my ears. I just checked my Monroney to make sure I am not missing a different upgrade? SW center bypass, usually windows down and me blasting "when a man loves a woman" driving my GT3....Maybe it is my style of music and the car making me feel the music

bweSteve

good disucssion,... and brings me to a Q&A I've never really worried about ... was there any difference in the sound package plus between 2007 & 2010? (Gen1 to Gen2)?

RapidGT

No difference in speakers. Differences are the updated PCM or CDR when paired with the Universal Audio Interface having an AUX (CDR and PCM), USB (PCM only), and iPod (PCM only) ports.

ryneodonnell

Wow sweet. Yes, don't want to put amps and wiring and all that mess in the car. But sounds like a OEM head unit (would not want to go aftermarket either) and replacement speakers may be enough to at least listen to something at highway speed.

Curious, was your car a Sound Package Plus car (9 speakers) or a regular car (4 speakers but really, pretty much two and two things in the dash)?