996 C4 Tiptronic

[whippet]

I am close to buying the above car. It has been advertised as a 99 but is registered in October 1998. The seller tells me that it is the 99 model. When I come to sell won't it be regarded as the 98 model though?

[silver993tt]

Models for the following year start to be built after the summer break at the factory. Therefore, anything built from September one year will be a model for the following year. For example, a Boxster built in September 2000 will in fact be a 2001 model.

You just need to advertise your car as a 1998 (1999 model) when you sell it.

[whippet]

Thanks, that's what the seller said and so wanted to clear that up. If I buy through a quality independent, is it bad form to ask a porsche mechanic to give it the 74 point check if the independent has already serviced and Mot'd the car?

[silver993tt]

Not at all. For the sake of a couple of hundred quid, get another party to look at the car. The report, if generally ok, will be good documentation when you sell the car.

[GreigM]

whippet said:

Thanks, that's what the seller said and so wanted to clear that up. If I buy through a quality independent, is it bad form to ask a porsche mechanic to give it the 74 point check if the independent has already serviced and Mot'd the car?

Absolutely not, there was a case on some forum in the last few days where a car was bought from a dealer which had been crashed/repaired and the buyer wasn't made aware, because they never asked.

To be honest, even an OPC won't properly check a car, they just clean it up and sell it.

[whippet]

I realise buying a second hand car is a risky exercise but the checks they would do as a call out would pretty much cover all the bases then?

[MauriceC2S]

I hope this isn't one of my whippets sneaking a 996 into my garage !

cheers, Maurice