I'm In. :-)
05-19-2008, 10:40 PM
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I'm In. :-)
Well, after the rollercoast of earlier this year with my C4S order that I cancelled for various reasons, I'm happy to say that I'm finally back in to a Porsche. 
I sold my previous Porsche (a 993 C4 Cab) 16 months ago and started looking for a 997 C4S about 7 months ago. Although the 993 was more of a garage queen than anything, my intent with the 997 was to make it my daily, year-round driver.....thus the C4S.
I was searching for a used 1-2 year old C4S coupe and in doing so I stumbled upon a 2007 997 Turbo. Heck, a Turbo is AWD and "practical", I said to myself.
After flying out to look and test drive the car, I had a PPI and DME scan performed. The DME scan was "interesting"--there were "5" ignitions in Range 1 and that was it.
Very nice.
Although the vehicle was in state, I had a hard time coordinating the pickup due to my schedule. But, thankfully, things fell in place this past weekend and a friend of mine drove me 3 hours one way to pick it up.
Needless to say, the drive home was fun.....although I surprised myself with my unusual restraint.
Anyway, here are the stats:
2007 Porsche 997 Turbo (5,000 miles)
Slate Grey Metallic
Black Full Leather
Adaptive Sport Seats
Axle-Differential Lock Rear
Heated Front Seats
Sport Chrono Package
Storage Compartment Lid W/Model Logo
Turbo Floor Mats - Interior Color
Exterior Package Painted
Standard Rocker Panels Painted
Painted Model Designation Rear Lid
Rear Center Console Painted Exterior Color
Trim Strip Painted Exterior Color
3M Clear Bra
Escort SR7 Detector (front/rear)
Plus the "standard" options on the Turbo (some of them):
Navigation
PASM
PSM
Bi-Xenon
Etc.
A few pictures of pickup...
I sold my previous Porsche (a 993 C4 Cab) 16 months ago and started looking for a 997 C4S about 7 months ago. Although the 993 was more of a garage queen than anything, my intent with the 997 was to make it my daily, year-round driver.....thus the C4S.
I was searching for a used 1-2 year old C4S coupe and in doing so I stumbled upon a 2007 997 Turbo. Heck, a Turbo is AWD and "practical", I said to myself.
After flying out to look and test drive the car, I had a PPI and DME scan performed. The DME scan was "interesting"--there were "5" ignitions in Range 1 and that was it.
Very nice. Although the vehicle was in state, I had a hard time coordinating the pickup due to my schedule. But, thankfully, things fell in place this past weekend and a friend of mine drove me 3 hours one way to pick it up.
Needless to say, the drive home was fun.....although I surprised myself with my unusual restraint.
Anyway, here are the stats:
2007 Porsche 997 Turbo (5,000 miles)
Slate Grey Metallic
Black Full Leather
Adaptive Sport Seats
Axle-Differential Lock Rear
Heated Front Seats
Sport Chrono Package
Storage Compartment Lid W/Model Logo
Turbo Floor Mats - Interior Color
Exterior Package Painted
Standard Rocker Panels Painted
Painted Model Designation Rear Lid
Rear Center Console Painted Exterior Color
Trim Strip Painted Exterior Color
3M Clear Bra
Escort SR7 Detector (front/rear)
Plus the "standard" options on the Turbo (some of them):
Navigation
PASM
PSM
Bi-Xenon
Etc.
A few pictures of pickup...
Last edited by InTheAir; 06-11-2008 at 06:09 PM.
05-20-2008, 12:38 AM
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Lovely. Looks you have a future young driver there. Any closer pic of the "Painted Model Desig Rear Lid"? Something I wish I had ordered.
05-20-2008, 01:16 AM
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Beautiful car, looks more like meteor in that light. fantastic car, you made the smart choice. A c4s nicely speced is in turbo land price wise, and their depreciation is a 100x worse. Note the crapy residuals vs turbo residuals with pfs leases for ex.
Nice ride!
Nice ride!
05-20-2008, 08:45 AM
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It should be fun.
Terry, I'll get a couple rear shots soon for you. By the way, you know that Eric at Bumperplugs.com can do body color insignias, right?
05-20-2008, 09:39 AM
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Simply beautiful! Lovely spec, color, and great happy kids!
Just about perfect.
I cancelled my 09 C4S order and went for the TT. It just makes more sense financially... and the car is simply superb in every way.
Enjoy the car and remain safe. BTW, your views on the car would be appreciated.
Just about perfect.
I cancelled my 09 C4S order and went for the TT. It just makes more sense financially... and the car is simply superb in every way.
Enjoy the car and remain safe. BTW, your views on the car would be appreciated.
05-20-2008, 10:22 AM
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You made a wise financial choice upgrading to the TT.
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05-20-2008, 12:01 PM
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congrats!! Great choice in color!
05-20-2008, 11:26 PM
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Terry, we can help you there bro. Just email me: eric@bumperplugs.com
I'm in a dealing mood this week.
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05-20-2008, 11:39 PM
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Terry, we can help you there bro. Just email me: eric@bumperplugs.com
I'm in a dealing mood this week.
I'm in a dealing mood this week.
05-21-2008, 10:04 AM
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