Anyone know either of these 996 turbos?

[itsmatt]

Hello,

First time poster who's looking to pickup a 996 turbo soon and I've found a few of examples that I like the look of; so before I view them does anyone know the cars?

1. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271056514361 - the advert is pretty poor but the seller ensures me it's a good car with full history. Obviously the interior is why it's slightly cheaper than other examples with similar history and mileage. Is the turbo interior different from a 996 C2?

2. http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use... looks the nicer option, no sunroof, non-hideous interior, recent clutch & slightly newer. I couldn't get hold of the seller earlier so I'm not 100% sure it's still available.

3. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012... nice colour & interior, nav (is nav any good on cars this old?)

4. http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use... - nicer colour but no mention of history and higher mileage. If there's decent history with the car is something like this worth the saving? I would assume not as its going to make resale harder and unless its had lots of money lavished on it recently I'll probably spend the amount 'saved' on parts that have done 50K more miles than the other two cars.

Are there any problems that I should be looking out for on these cars?

[itsmatt]

Vixpy1 said:

That 2003 is very cheap!

stubbsy996 said:

That's dirt cheap for a 2003 if everything is as it should be! Quite high miles but looks in good condition from pics. Too good to be true?

Given the mileage, is it a better than the 65K 2001 (no 2)? Are there improvements between 2001 and 2003?

[itsmatt]

mondie said:

3 and 4 both look nice. Are either near to you?

I am in the market for a 911TT but its going to take a lot of travel to find the right car being in NE Scotland!

Both are pretty close to me but I probably won't checkout no 3.

shantybeater said:

I have been watching the lower end price range for some time and can tell you a little bit about three:

The Arun Jaguar Seal grey car has been for sale for over a year.. it was even featured by PH a few months back

The silver car with nasty green interior has also been for sale for a while slowly dropping in price, it was advertised as an auction and sold for 17-18k highest bid but then relisted, I noticed it was advertised on autotrader for 18,995 shortly afterwards and still didnt sell

Both of these cars need a good inspection (why haven't they sold?) and if all checks out you will have good bargaining power

The midnight blue car was listed privately on pistonheads for 18,995, it has been up for about three days (but weirdly only on the mobile site or old classifieds), clearly the dealer has bagged it and jumped the price up

see here: http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/4170234.htm

Excellent, thanks. I'm probably going to checkout the 03 later and I'll see if I can get hold of the previous owner too (thanks for the link).

For anyone else reading, here's the link to the feature on the grey one shantybeater mentions : http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...