996 C4s trade in value

[robin993]

Hi There
sorry for starting a valuation thread, but I am trying to gauge the value of a car that i have been offered as a trade in. it is a 996 C4S 99,000 miles, 8 owners, black/black manual, standard. looks to be in good condition. it has a full service history, but some of it has been done by the owner in recent years.
The car is not my sort of thing and I would be looking to move it on quickly, so what is it worth. i have looked at adverts, but have no idea how easy it would be to sell?
Should i expect to sell it for late/mid teens as a quick sale?

thanks in advance.

Robin

[bigunit00]

I wouldn't want to be paying much more than £10-12k for it.

[robin993]

Thanks. there are some on here for late teens, and even early twenties, which seems high to me. book gives it £13,000 trade value and we buy any car offer £10,500
when i looked i was surprised at the asking prices for 996, are they on the up?

[wibbaboo]

If there is no bore scoring issues... Dirty exhaust pipes and ticking sound excessive use of oil and dark smoke

Then it could sell quickly if mid to late teens K

996s are holding value for the last few months ...

[robin993]

Hi all I have decined the trade in as he wanted £17,500, and when i see it i would expect that there will be something wrong with it, if had i inspected it properly.
I had to decline a Cayman S with the ticking time bomb sound the other week. I love Porsche, but it is such a shame that the water cooled cars from 1999 to 2008 have such weak engines (turbo and GT3 excepted).
I struggle to move from aircooled.

thanks for your help.
Robin

Edited by robin993 on Thursday 17th March 15:34

[The Red Devil]

bigunit00 said:

I wouldn't want to be paying much more than £10-12k for it.

Really, I wonder if you can source me a few like that, I tell you what I will
take 10..........cash sitting....

[bigunit00]

The Red Devil said:

Really, I wonder if you can source me a few like that, I tell you what I will
take 10..........cash sitting....

quoting a trade bid on a high mileage c4s when similar price cars for sale around mid teens with that miles. Car has been serviced by owner recently...........sorry but that price is spot on given the context.

[robin993]

I agree, the trade value is around £12,000 if perfect it would retail for more. I must say that I am surprised at the advertised prices. they seem to be on the up for these cars.
The potential engine issues dont seem to be worrying too many purchasers?

[LordHaveMurci]

The Red Devil said:

bigunit00 said:

I wouldn't want to be paying much more than £10-12k for it.

Really, I wonder if you can source me a few like that, I tell you what I will
take 10..........cash sitting....

Low though it is, I was offered £8.5k PX for my 996 C2 2001 before Xmas, WBAC were offering just over £9k in the end (no idea how much they'd have knocked off though). Decided to keep it in the end.

[BlackGT3]

My data point is 3 years old however, the high mileage 996 market doesnt appear to have changed greatly.

My previous car was a 996C4S - Oct 2003 ( 2004MY)
Seal Grey/Black Leather, Nav, Bose, xenons - 95k miles. I was the second owner. Full service history - OPC and then Hartech Lifetime Maintenance. Every service/repair invoice/ MOT and original invoice/ordering documents. The car was in very good condition and all of he consumable items such as Rads, Air con condensers, suspension ares/bushes, exhaust back boxes, brakes etc had been replaced with in the last 15k miles. No bore scoring (confirmed by Hartech) MSP N rated tyres with plenty of tread and a new windscreen. My car was in very good original condition.

I was bid 10-11k by two OPC's to trade against a GT3. From memory, a Specialist bid 13.5k trade in against a GT3. In the end I accepted 15k in a private sale.

[mollytherocker]

The Red Devil said:

bigunit00 said:

I wouldn't want to be paying much more than £10-12k for it.

Really, I wonder if you can source me a few like that, I tell you what I will
take 10..........cash sitting....

Thats not how the car trade works fella. If you want to buy 10 of them, then go out and do it yourself.

[griffter]

If it's a manual and all good, then probably £20k retail, or even privately of well presented. I didn't see many C4Ss for mid teens when I was looking last year.
I'm not surprised opc bids are low. They'd trade it straight out.

[Wilmslowboy]

Work PX 'ed one in Jan.

2004 or 2005 silver - black leather - Bose - 2 owners, manual, it had about 35k miles (if memory serves me right), matching tyres , all paper work etc etc
Absolutely lovely thing - possibly in top 10% in the country - full annual service history (all at one OPC and one specialist)

I think they gave the owner £18.5k and traded it straight out at this.....I was very tempted to buy it myself.

I think 60k more miles, 5 more owners has got to result in a £5k discount ??? So bids at around £12k to £14k ???