996 BU53LHC

[Jason R 131]

Evening all,

I am in the process of buying my dream Porsche and I hoped someone could enlighten me with anything they might know about it’s history?
It is a 996 with full Porsche service history, currently on 62K
Anfo would be very appreciated.
Regards
Jason

[Weekendrebuild]

Are you buying from a dealer or privately ?

[Xcore]

Hpi and check the mot on dvla site. There are literally thousand of 996s.

[Paul_M3]

Well it’s failed three separate MOTs due to the tyres being illegal.

Doesn’t bode well for it being owned by an enthusiast or being well cared for.

[Paul_M3]

It’s also only done 2000 miles in the last 5 years, with one particular year adding just 75 miles to it.

Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I guess it depends how it was stored.

[Jason R 131]

It’s coming from a dealer. 1st choice body works ltd
It has had a Porsche health check 1000 miles ago and all was good

[Jason R 131]

Thanks for the confidence!
I guess a comprehensive warranty would be order of the day?
Any recommendations for a warranty that covers everything needed?

[MB140]

Jason R 131 said:

Thanks for the confidence!
I guess a comprehensive warranty would be order of the day?
Any recommendations for a warranty that covers everything needed?

None unless it’s a Porsche backed one. Sorrry to say it. Shame they deleted flash’s thread about his battle with Warranty Wise.

[Wilmslowboy]

I would get an expert inspection (PPI), also check it really has "full-service history " as it's only done a couple of thousand miles in the past 5 years (which sometimes is an excuse to skim on service), and as mentioned above it twice failed a MOT on poor tyres.

Carzanna suggests it was for sale last summer - so been for sale for 7 months or being swapped out soon.

Porsches of this age have lots of age-related wear, tear issues, that can add up to

Watch this....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z2cCAZw478