993TT Value?

[Ewan Oozarmy]

Due to an impending emmigration I'm going to have to sell my beloved 993TT and was wondering what sort of price to put it up for privately? It's a very late '96 ('97 model), arctic silver, full flamenco red leather, sports seats, full porsche + JZ Machtech SH, Techart 100 cell race cats, Tubi sports silencers, 52K miles, Bilstein PSS9 suspension + more.

Any input would be much appreciated. Cheers!

[verysideways]

Ouch, tough one.
There was a fairly nice 993tt hovering around recently - was on the market for at least 6 weeks that i know of and i think remains unsold.
Not high mileage or in bad condition, and fairly well specced (comparable to yours in most ways i suspect), but i know the guy was having lots of trouble (not getting close to the 33k asking) because of the flamenco leather.

Have you considered an SOR? Talk to people like Henry at 911virgin and you could be driving it until the day you leave and then just leave it with him to sell. RSJ and Northway's do similar things i believe.

Please don't take offence, i'm just going based on the formidable research i did just a month or two ago before buying my 993tt (i've been watching the prices for four years...)

Best of luck.

VS

You going anywhere nice?

[paultje]

02.51 (am) VS you need to get some sleep now & then!!

[shadowninja]

verysideways said:

Ouch, tough one. There was a fairly nice 993tt hovering around recently - was on the market for at least 6 weeks that i know of and i think remains unsold. Not high mileage or in bad condition, and fairly well specced (comparable to yours in most ways i suspect), but i know the guy was having lots of trouble (not getting close to the 33k asking) because of the flamenco leather.

993TT going for 33k?? Is flamenco leather that bad?? Wait... was it RHD?

>> Edited by shadowninja on Sunday 15th May 13:17

[Ewan Oozarmy]

Thanks VS.

New Zealand so I am considering taking it with me if I can't sell before I leave.

PS - it's RHD so would work perfectly in NZ

[verysideways]

Sorry, i was talking LHD.

Be careful with NZ - a friend of mine was just about to take his Cerb over there last year and they changed the import rules while it was on the boat.

They have tightened up recently - if i can get more info i will e-mail you (my mate lives there now and drives a '72 Monaro and a '99 Impreza).

VS

[verysideways]

Oh, would love to hear the Tubi's if poss - any chance you're coming to the ACE on bank holiday Monday?

[Ewan Oozarmy]

Cheers VS - I'll keep my eyes on NZ rules but last time I looked I could take one car, one motorbike and one boat into NZ without paying any import duty. My Kiwi wife, however, would get stung if they were in her name.

I'm not sure about the bank holiday meet - I may have plans that weekend - but I would be more than happy to give you a demo of the Tubi's some other time. They do sound fantastic (IMO)

[verysideways]

Fancy coming out to Berkshire for the end of June, a nice Sunday out with good food, sunshine (i hope!) and a bunch of friendly PH'ers?

[Ewan Oozarmy]

Sounds like a plan - keep me posted.

[barry993tt]

Ewan Oozarmy said:

Due to an impending emmigration I'm going to have to sell my beloved 993TT and was wondering what sort of price to put it up for privately?

I've recently been offered 42k for mine but have seen them advertised between 38k and 50k.

[brendonj]

Ewan Oozarmy said:

Cheers VS - I'll keep my eyes on NZ rules but last time I looked I could take one car, one motorbike and one boat into NZ without paying any import duty. My Kiwi wife, however, would get stung if they were in her name. I'm not sure about the bank holiday meet - I may have plans that weekend - but I would be more than happy to give you a demo of the Tubi's some other time. They do sound fantastic (IMO)

Ewan , be careful, you wont pay any import duty but you will have to pay NZ's equivalent of VAT (called GST - goods & services tax). Its 12.5% on the freight inclusive price of the vehicles.

[Ewan Oozarmy]

Apparantly not as a new immigrant, or so I was told by NZ Immigration - that only applies to existing residants. If that is the case I'll definitely out the 993TT and Suzuki before I go.

[brendonj]

Thats good news. However NZ immigration can be very fickle. I would defintely get something in writing from them to cover yourself.

[Ewan Oozarmy]

Re. the leather - I must admit, I looked long and hard to find one with flemenco red with silver - I kind of like the all round silver/red two-tone.

[manek]

You might find it's a fairly individual taste, in which case the value might be lower. I'm keeping a weather eye out for a TT but don't want a flamenco red interior...

[aceparts_com]

I have to say that it's 'only' a 2-3K opperation to change the interior colour - probably much less.

I nearly bought a metallic green car and had it painted Arena red

[barry993tt]

I was at Bedford on Saturday and saw an Arena Red one with Red leather and I thought it looked good. Question as to how well it goes with Silver but as Aceparts said, not big bucks to change.

[johnny senna]

I think red leather in a silver car would look great. As long as the leather was in good nick I would buy the car.

[rubystone]

Red leather's fine, but a total colour change?...!no way. You'd find it'd put off a lot of buyers and most dealers. Plus it's got to be the thick end of £6k for a glass/trim/engine out total respray!