BrianSpilner

Year: 2009
Make: Porsche
Model: 911
Mileage (numbers only please): 45000
Color: Any
Price (no $ sign please): $0
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): Midwestern
Body Style: Coupe
Transmission Type: Manual - 5 speed
2 or 4 Wheel Drive?: 4 Wheel Drive
Engine Type: Turbo
Stereo System: AM-FM CD

I am looking for a 2009 997.1 911 Turbo. This will be my first Porsche, and it's one of my favorite bodies (and ofc the Mezger motor!).

I am willing to travel anywhere in the USA!

Must meet the following criteria:
-Manual
-Coupe
-Sport Chrono Package (including sport steering wheel)
-Under 45,000 miles
-Any color but silver
-Interior color doesn't matter

I have been searching for a LONG time for a well-optioned version, but it seems like everyone bought them in the tiptronic variant; how sad

I know about 30% (~200 units) of sales for that model year were made in manual, and even less if you consider some were convertible.

Avfc80

That's a rare beast!

Avfc80

Skwerl

Nice, with aerokit and adaptive sport seats, too. Rare car.

And just smh at the DME weenies in the comment section.

BrianSpilner

I know! I've been looking for a long time. I let one slip away. Hindsight is 20/20.

Yes, I follow BAT, and I've been following that auction (I have alerts setup for this car haha). That one has a minor rear bumper incident, and I really don't like the color. Anything but silver, remember? haha

Yea, I'm not too worried about DME over-rev readouts. I feel like everyone on BAT focus on that too much, especially for the 997.1/2 GT3's.

I think the aero kits look better on the 997.2 turbos, imho.

wheeler

I didn't see anything wrong with the DME readout on the BAT car...unless I'm missing something? Just a hand full. Turbos will have a few more than NA cars typically and usually a few in Range 3.

YOU may not care about the DME scan but the next guy will. And it is a good indicator of how the car was driven. I'm actually okay with seeing a DME like the one on this car vs some of the 997.1 GT3s that show up with a seller touting "zero overrevs" with 40k miles...which is complete and udder bull$hit! So seeing a zero is an indicator somebody cleared the DME.

pors9

Did you use the search app @ pors9 to find what was actually built .. if not you should https://**********/vehiclesearch/

BrianSpilner

I actually signed up for it right after I created this thread. Got approved this morning for the membership. I will start the search tonight.

BrianSpilner

I plan on this being a "forever car". Not to mention, 10 years from now when these things appreciate (they should) and even few are left, the DME readouts won't mean much. That's my logic.

I was merely getting at the fact that a lot of people focus too much on the DME readout. Buy it, drive it, enjoy it.

Misplacedyankee

Yes for a turbo that DME is excellent. I so hate the DME BS. Drive the damn thing.

wheeler

Brian...Did you see the Ruby Red one at Intersport Performance? They've had that a while, like when I was looking a year ago. Freaking great specs!! But not sure I can get around the ruby red, probably my personal least favorite color. Could certainly wrap it, but the console of course is colored on this one too.

BrianSpilner

I did, however, that has the non-sport steering wheel. Yuck. The ruby red I can get past, though.

Skwerl

At least 2 years, actually. They had it when I was shopping, and IIRC before that it had sat unsold in Florida for a while at another dealership before being bought by them at auction.

I might have pursued it (love the color + aero) but I probably wouldn't like the bucket seats and the PCCB rotors have been swapped to irons.

BrianSpilner

I have come to the realization that most Porsche owners are "boring" (no disrespect) due to the fact that they only buy black, silver, and white cars. The other colors sit on dealership lots for ages!

Nate2046