grgallo

I'm a '87 911 and '89 951 owner and am helping a friend find a 997.1 Turbo Coupe to purchase. I've read excellence Market Reviews, tried a couple of searches on this thread but feel I need to know more. If you can help I'd appreciate it: what are the top 5 to10 mechanical, body, suspension or other issues to look for? What are the elements to include in a PPI? Thanks.

Quadcammer

overrevs
coolant leaks
clutch performance/slave/accumulator
boost leaks

cjcam930

water pump
rear spoiler hydraulics

Johnny DB

Wrinkles on your face from the **** eating grin you'll have every time you drive it.

grgallo

thank you for the info, another question where should I look besides RL, Pano, Excellence, eBay? I'm not confidant about using Craigslist and have recently heard BaT isn't great to deal with.

Skwerl

CarGurus and (surprisingly) Carmax often have decent results.

4ocious

+1 for Carmax and their extended warranty.

Steve 96C4S

I ONLY used Autotrader and cars.com. Best of luck. You're doing the right thing. You need this car. I loved my 88 911 (and 96 C4S) but these 997 Turbos are in another league. I only wanted a 997.1 too. Then I looked at a 997.2 and... I had to really work hard to come with the money but it was worth it by a mile.

Whatever you get - 2007 or 2012, whatever, will be great! Even in poor light, in a junky garage, these cars look great.

cjcam930

I have had good results with Auto Trader as well, both buying and selling. Agree about craigslist being full of scammers and tire-kickers. Curious about this BaT feedback as I definitely would have considered them for a future transaction.