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Porsche on carzone. Whats its story

  • 27-05-2011 9:34pm
    #1
    alexBen1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    I see a ,blue 1999 porsche 996 on carzone for many months now. Its price is now 13,500. It looks a very nice car. Anyone know the history behind it. Surely if it was as good as it looks, ,it would have sold long ago.
    Dont know how to put a ,link up sorry

    Ive been told you guys on here go to the bottom of this kind of thing so that is why I register.


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  • #2
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    I just searched Carzone for 1999 Porsches and there is no 996.

    There is a 911 though, is this the one you mean?

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Porsche/911/CARRERA-/201121202545853/advert?channel=CARS


  • #3
    alexBen1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭alexBen1


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    I just searched Carzone for 1999 Porsches and there is no 996.

    There is a 911 though, is this the one you mean?

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Porsche/911/CARRERA-/201121202545853/advert?channel=CARS

    That is a 996. 996 model was the first of the water cooled 911 from around 1998. The later 911 is a 997


  • #4
    Vertakill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭Vertakill


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    I just searched Carzone for 1999 Porsches and there is no 996.

    There is a 911 though, is this the one you mean?

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Porsche/911/CARRERA-/201121202545853/advert?channel=CARS

    Yeah, that is the 996 and must be the one the OP is talking about.

    That kit kinda looks a bit chavved out to me - I dunno. That rear clip-on piece on the back bumper looks fking woeful.
    Interesting price though.. must be in bits if it's not sold already at that price.

    Sorry don't know any history of the car though. Description makes him sound like a bit of a twat.
    if you do not have(( €13,555,, )) you will not drive the car!.


  • #5
    AugustusMinimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,591 ✭✭✭AugustusMinimus


    A real pity that Porsche got rid of the fried egg headlights on the 997. I thought it was a move in the right direction.


  • #6
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,658 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Oh no! Why did I see this ad!! If its decent I'll buy it!


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  • #7
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,748 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    There is a 911 though, is this the one you mean?

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Porsche/911/CARRERA-/201121202545853/advert?channel=CARS

    .....which is this one: http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1788870
    The calibre of the ad text tells you all you want to know...
    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    That an almost famous advert at this stage! It started at 18k then has slowly dropped from there.

    There is obviously something seriously wrong with it (apart from being an auto:pac:).
    That said very little goes wrong with 996`s apart from a known engine issue that can be fixed so it never happens again.
    'almost famous' ? LOL, understatement of the day !

    Oh, the Tip makes it a +, not a - btw.......... ;)

    'very little goes wrong ' - apart from the engine going AWOL ? Sure, nothing €12k can't fix..........
    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Thats the one! I haven't seen anybody talking about it on the Porsche forum and the advert is awful. That said if its straight and the engine is good its a steal at that price, you wont find a cheaper one I dare say anywhere in Europe at that price.

    Which Porsche forum ? It's been done-to-death on the Irish one.....the car is truly 'infamous'........

    OP - there's a reason it's been for sale for so long. Very Caveat, Very Emptor.

    You could do worse than start visiting here as well: http://forum.porsche-club-ireland.com/index.php

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #8
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    antodeco wrote: »
    Oh no! Why did I see this ad!! If its decent I'll buy it!

    Don't you already have two Minis and an Almera. And 1000 penguins.


  • #9
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    Interesting that on Donedeal it's 1,000 Euro cheaper . To my ( untrained ) eye it looks like a nice and well-maintained car.
    Perhaps people are just turned off by the costs associated with a 3.4 litre engine ?
    Obviously the seller is being plagued with time wasters which may account for the ' grumpy ' writing style.


  • #10
    Shane732
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭Shane732


    God they really were a stunning looking car, weren't they?

    I haven't done any research on the car but as other posters have said the ad alone seems is off putting. As already said it looks like the ad was written by someone selling a civic with tints/springs/22" inch alloys etc... rather than a Porsche!

    I don't know anything about the car but it appears that there's plenty of info out there on it. Have a read of the Porsche forum.

    From the ad it appears that the car may have fallen into the wrong hands.


  • #11
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,748 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Delancey wrote: »
    Interesting that on Donedeal it's 1,000 Euro cheaper . To my ( untrained ) eye it looks like a nice and well-maintained car.
    Perhaps people are just turned off by the costs associated with a 3.4 litre engine ?
    Obviously the seller is being plagued with time wasters which may account for the ' grumpy ' writing style.

    ...you want to watch that eye - it could end up losing you a fortune !

    ...as for costs of a 3.4 ? Not really, tbh, that 3.4 would cost less to run than many cars of far smaller capacity.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #12
    alexBen1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭alexBen1


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...you want to watch that eye - it could end up losing you a fortune !

    ...as for costs of a 3.4 ? Not really, tbh, that 3.4 would cost less to run than many cars of far smaller capacity.

    Are you going to tell us all of your secret knowledge of this car or keep us guessing?


  • #13
    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ...you want to watch that eye - it could end up losing you a fortune !

    Ah , all good men know their deficiencies and I'm a good fella - I wouldn't touch a pram without getting it looked over by an expert ;)


  • #14
    bladebrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭bladebrew


    alexBen1 wrote: »
    Are you going to tell us all of your secret knowledge of this car or keep us guessing?

    +1 i saw that car recently and thought it seemed cheap,


  • #15
    alexBen1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭alexBen1


    So nobody has any idea of what is really the problems with this car?


  • #16
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,748 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    alexBen1 wrote: »
    Are you going to tell us all of your secret knowledge of this car or keep us guessing?

    I'd tell you. But then I'd have to kill you :p:p

    Btw, panic/disaster averted: car marked as 'sold' on DD now.

    And back up to 16k.

    Yeah, right.........:rolleyes:

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #17
    ION08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭ION08


    I'd also like to know??... Have come across it a few times on DD

    Unless the seller is actually 15, it's mind boggling how bad his grammar and "writing style" is but on the other hand pictures are fairly decent.

    At first I thought it had to be a piss take..

    Either way, something just doesn't sit right about the whole ad.


  • #18
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Heh, there's 996 sitting in Baldoyle for the last 4 years. Never been driven since, I suspect the engine is knackered.


  • #19
    dell1211
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭dell1211


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    That said very little goes wrong with 996`s apart from a known engine issue that can be fixed so it never happens again.

    Id assume your talking about the famous rear main seal problems which is an engine out job to fix(even though its only an actual seal that costs very little that needs changing) which costs allot of money. That would worry me enough to stay away from that engine


  • #20
    Kersh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭Kersh


    Its not just RMS problems. It could have Intermediary Shaft failure, which is far harder to fix, and requires tools and know how.


  • #21
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    I can't wait to see the thread up here when someone tells us they bought a cheap 911 that has a 'small' issue..........


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