Potentially looking for a 996 Turbo

[The Red Devil]

[quote=Digga]FWIW, I like that; seal grey with totally black interior was my #1 choice when I was looking, but I settled for silver paintwork.

I have found that Silver cars are often overlooked, its not actually that flattering on the Turbo, whereas GT Silver
or Meridian Silver which has a Violet hue is very desirable, Silver cars tend to hang about longer. Polar Silver is
also great looking, with a Blue hue, though I would prefer Meridian or GT.

[Digga]

The 996 turbo they have in the Porsche Museum is not the same as my Arctic Silver car and, IMHO looked very nice indeed. Note sure what the name of the colour is though:

[mr pg]

Maybe it's a turbo S? The wheels appear darker than standard (also has ceramics fitted), and the S has GT silver wheels. Wheels and body look very similar, so could well be GT silver body.
I'll be there in about 3 weeks :-) so can take a look then.

[Digga]

You are correct, it was a Turbo S. Here's another angle:

[monthefish]

Juddder said:

The Red Devil said:

OP.
On the face of it this appears to be great value, the retailer could have asked more, if you factor in a bit of
negotiation then this would be a safe place to park your money. Details are sparse to say the least, which is
about the usual standard of effort from dealers (myself excluded), a quick call would fill in the blanks...

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Thanks for the heads-up

Funnily enough I already mailed them some questions earlier tonight as noticed it too and agree with your prognosis!

Will report back how I get on....

KR Alex / Juddder

It's got the aerokit front lip but not the rear wing which is a no-no according to the Tequipment brochure.
I'm sure it won't be an issue if you stay below 70mph however.

[LeighB]

monthefish said:

It's got the aerokit front lip but not the rear wing which is a no-no according to the Tequipment brochure.
I'm sure it won't be an issue if you stay below 70mph however.

Pretty sure those exhaust tips don't belong to a Ruf exhaust, look like standard X50 tips to me. A Ruf setup (AFAIK) has 2 separate welded on exhaust pipes at each side with no additional tips.

[Juddder]

Digga said:

To my eyes, the car looks to have been lowered though - worth considering/checking if you have a lot of speed bumps to negotiate locally.

Thanks for the feedback everyone - having a dialogue with the garage at the moment

BTW it does look lowered...

Lowered?



Stock / Not Lowered

[Digga]

Juddder said:

BTW it does look lowered...

Lowered?

The Kids said:

Slammed!

Not necessarily an problem, but to consider. Mine's standard, so I can't really comment on what a lowered car is like to live with.

[The Red Devil]

Digga said:

The 996 turbo they have in the Porsche Museum is not the same as my Arctic Silver car and, IMHO looked very nice indeed. Note sure what the name of the colour is though:

To my eyes that's Meridian, it has that Violet hue, though it could be the bulbs in the lights, so could be GT Silver.
Looks like an S with the yellow calipers??

[The Red Devil]

Digga said:

Not necessarily an problem, but to consider. Mine's standard, so I can't really comment on what a lowered car is like to live with.

The more I look its lowered, so I would be scrutinizing that, I wish people would leave things like that alone,
it will greatly affect the ride quality, that coupled with the splitter will make speed bumps a problem.
Also, the front splitter would need to go and a standard one fitted, about £150, unless it floats your boat.

[Digga]

The Red Devil said:

To my eyes that's Meridian, it has that Violet hue, though it could be the bulbs in the lights, so could be GT Silver.
Looks like an S with the yellow calipers??

100% definitely an S. Had PCCBs, hence yellow callipers.

As for ride height, I had a little brush of my splitter on a friend's driveway the other weekend. The gradient, or change of looked Prett innocuous, and it was the very slightest graze, but it was fortunate I was going very slowly.

[9e 28]

Beauty just come up for sale - tad pricey but condition look amazing

http://www.911virgin.com/porscheforsale/1080/996Tu...

[The Red Devil]

9e 28 said:

Beauty just come up for sale - tad pricey but condition look amazing

http://www.911virgin.com/porscheforsale/1080/996Tu...

Its actually about right, though I get where you are coming from, anything starting with a 7 or 8 mileage wise and
the value drops off rapid. The color is a bit non descript, looks good when detailed but most of the time will be hard
work to look anything, IMO. Virgin are not greedy, they tend to get prices bang on and the cars don't hang about long,
if it had 60k on it then the asking would be 55k. Personally I don't really buy into the X50 package being worth a premium
for reasons that are well documented in previous threads, great looking car all the same.

[Adam B]

9e 28 said:

Beauty just come up for sale - tad pricey but condition look amazing

http://www.911virgin.com/porscheforsale/1080/996Tu...

not a fan of midnight but might go for 45, mileage will put some off (not saying it should)

[ds666]

Great car . Worth every penny .

[tjlees]

Adam B said:

9e 28 said:

Beauty just come up for sale - tad pricey but condition look amazing

http://www.911virgin.com/porscheforsale/1080/996Tu...

not a fan of midnight but might go for 45, mileage will put some off (not saying it should)

I think the price and mileage would definitely put some off - either or would be OK for me. If you used this as a daily, very soon you would be over 100k and I can't imagine it would be worth anything near £47k.

Unbelievable how much value a well looked after 996 turbo retains

Original sales http://www.porscheclubgb.org/clientftp/Register/99... or

Edited by tjlees on Sunday 19th June 09:14