Discussion
Having considered 996 turbos I have now decided it has to be a 997 turbo gen 1 (pref a cab). Ive decided that it has got to be black and manual. I have seen a few for sale without sport chrono that seem to sit around for ages. Is SC that vital? Is it purely a resale issue or does it make a massive difference? What are people's thoughts on pccb, are they must have?
krallicious said:
I would just buy on condition and have a look through the service history. Mine has 1 ignition in RR4 and a few in the 1-3RR. These occured when the clutch was depressed which shouldn't even be possible because of the rev limiter according to my OPC. However, the car is pampered and the warrenty was increased for anouther year without a compression test.
I think if less than 3 ignitions then it's thought to be an error and wouldn't worry me. Matt Seabrook said:
Chris355 said:
Two 997 turbo coupes came up this week (both 40k ish miles) at £35k and £38k. At this rate 996 and 997 prices are going to merge!! How can 996 not be dropping? Why would anyone buy a 6 over a 7 if they are only a few k apart?
Are you comparing like for like? I.E. are the 997's private sales and the 996's dealer cars? It does make me chuckle when people say oh look model A is worth more than model B when model B is high miler or private sale and model A isn't.
On that score 997's must only be worth £28,000 as in the last twelve months one sold for that, that had done 120k miles. Forget it if you think I would part with my car for that
For me, and it's personal, I considerably prefer the look of the 7, which is a big part of why I want one over a 6. Both are fast cars and speed difference is irrelevant to me.
Strangest conversation ever. About two weeks ago I spoke to a trader about a black/black manual 997 turbo. 44k mile car which had a dms 600 hp conversion. I asked him about condition and he said it was great. I said I was quite fussy condition wise and did it have any marks, he said no. I ask about DME rev range data and he says that it was average but couldn't give details. He said he knew the guy at dms well. I asked if he could have a little chat with him and get the data as it would be very helpful to me. I phone back the next day and he tells me it's sold. A couple of weeks pass and it's still for sale so I think sale may have fallen through (may have had a time waster etc) and I phone back. He says it's still for sale but it's not the car for me. Curious, I ask why? He says because I'm fussy and it's scruffy. This is rather strange as that isn't what he previously told me.
So people, all I would say is if your looking at a black manual 600hp dms mapped car I would strongly recommend a PPI to be safe!!
So people, all I would say is if your looking at a black manual 600hp dms mapped car I would strongly recommend a PPI to be safe!!
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