9LVN_TT

Great to hear! That car has a lot of nice interior and sound system finishes - the 18mth of CPO warranty is a great bonus!

I inquired about it a few weeks back, but since I am in Canada it makes it for a tricky transaction.

Kevin

Have you folks looked at the type 1 to type 6 overRevs?? There are some interesting "storied" vehicles out in the market place right now. Be careful.. Type 6 overRevs = crankshaft and rods over 9500 RPM's...

Please do your homework..

9LVN_TT

I have been told about these. Any 997TT I seriously consider will be checked out thoroughly. Appreciate the tip!

Kevin

I went thru 4 PPI recently.. 3 failed.. 2 were at Porsche dealerships!! Buyer Beware.. 3 of the cars had less than 20K on the clock.

jhbrennan

Good advice...but we don't need "chicken little" advice - you say "interesting storied vehicles" but don't provide any other info so I'll provide info on mine - 2008 TT with over rev ignitions in all 6 ranges (although early in the car's life) no problems - currently 30,000 miles, no strange noises, no oil consumption, car runs extremely strong and Porsche even CPO'd the car at 15,000 miles. I bought my car with all the PPI info disclosed and couldn't be more pleased.

Kevin

Porsche will typically NOT CPO a vehicle with type 6 overRevs.

Chicken little advice, call it the color that you wish.. These engines have come apart already for vario cam and inlet tappet problems.

As a owner I chose to find a car with "0" type 4's 5's and 6's.. For each his own. I will post a screen shot of one of the cars that I looked at. I decided to pass on it when I seen the engine overRev data.

Kevin

A good primer thread..

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...ed-in-dme.html

jhbrennan

I was leery on purchase because of the range 4, 5 and 6 over revs...although low double digits in these ranges so I made sure I had documentation from the selling dealer that these over revs existed at the time of the CPO, There are many things to consider when buying a used turbo, over revs being very important but there can be mitigating reasons to purchase and that's what I chose to do. I felt comfortable since the over revs occurred very early in the life of the car, I had the CPO as a backup and the dealer's acknowledgment that the over revs existed at time of CPO. Porsche can CPO cars with range 5 and 6 over revs but I think PCNA has to sign off. Anyway, as much as i would have liked to find a "clean" DME, I bought this car and 2 years and 15,000 miles later could not be more pleased.

I've been following the posts in this board for a long time and while the subject of over revs is discussed often, I don't remember reading about instances of the Mezger engine coming apart...maybe I missed a post or two. Anyway I offer my experience as a counterpoint and from someone who stopped obsessing about over revs two years ago.

Kevin

You have missed a few engines then.. Go over to the 996TT forum you can get your fill. I'll take a picture of a timing chain that "just" broke>> all by itself.. Stuffed the valve train. All the exhaust valves on bank number 2 made contact with the pistons.

One aspect of the overRevs that you might be missing is>> if you plan on selling your car vs trading it in, the overRevs will effect your sale with folks in the know. That's why I said, buyer beware. The 997.1TT are getting out of warranty and folks don't "ask" for a failed engine. It does happen and it can ruin your day.

Goldstar

Here's one in the 60's, just posted in another thread.

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...teo&listType=1

9LVN_TT

Appreciate the lead, but I want the car to have 6 speed manual.

The search continues....

Silver997TT

What do you think about this one.
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...C=BYSpdB728dyb

I would be all over this one if I didn't buy already. Very clean in and out with nice two tone interior. Relatively low miles too.

9LVN_TT

I have a few on my radar and this one is indeed one of them. Although I anot too crazy about the two-tone interior, I don't dislike it either and could live with it. I have inquired and am waiting to hear back.

I have 2 others that I have located as well - these are also being looked into. Waiting for a DME report on one of them....fingers crossed!

Appreciate the help!

phillipj

I'm shocked.. Shocked that a Porsche dealer would be unscrupulous. Imagine that...

Kevin

I don't know that I would use the word "unscrupulous" They produced the documents that I asked. I used the word "storied". Like, what you hear from the salesmen describing what "overRevs" are.. At the end of the day, it should only matter to you. Emotions play into the car buying experience to many times.