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Old 05-01-2017, 04:55 PM
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Default Anyone familiar with this white on tan 996 turbo?

Looking to fly out and purchase this weekend ... ask 39k with 75k miles and has light mods (tune/exhaust) WP0AB29932S685775. Deal almost seems to good to be true for the condition. Car is located in Medford.

Input before I head our there is welcome!!


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Old 05-01-2017, 06:52 PM
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Looks like a bogus VIN number...


https://rennlist.com/forums/vindecoder.php


https://www.stuttcars.com/technical/vin-decoder/
^ this says:
W
^Germany
P
^Porsche
O
^Sports car or Panamera
A
^911 coupe body style
B
^911 3.2, 911 G-model Turbo, 928 MY1983-90, 944 2.5 N/A MY1987-88, 944 S2, 964 Carrera/RS America/America Roadster/Speedster, 996 Turbo/GT2, 997 Carrera S/4S/GTS/Sport Classic/Speedster, Boxster 986/987 S, Cayman S/R, Cayenne S, Panamera S/4S
2
^at least 2 airbags
9
^ up to model year 99 <---
93
^
993 (911 1993-1997) <---
2
^ Checksum digit
S
^ model year 1995, 2025 <---
6
^ Factory location (should be S, N, U, L, or K)<---

85775
^serial number


Unless you can get a valid VIN and run it through Carfax, I would not get on a plane to see it.
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Autocheck and Carfax came back with correct info ?
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Weird. Yesterday the rennlist VIN decoder threw an error on it, today it works.


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