sjm Posted 24February Report Share Posted 24February 2000 Porsche 911 Turbo 996 Manual AWD MY01 (carsales.com.au) This looks to be good value, even considering its a UK import. Don't know what to make of the kmh speedo though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewM Posted 24February Report Share Posted 24February 1 hour ago, sjm said: 2000 Porsche 911 Turbo 996 Manual AWD MY01 (carsales.com.au) This looks to be good value, even considering its a UK import. Don't know what to make of the kmh speedo though. The fact that the speedo is black where all the other instruments in the cluster are "silver/ white" makes it look like they swapped it out when they got to Australia. Love the retro phone handset next to the the air-con controllers. sjm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick V Posted 25February Report Share Posted 25February Looks like Duttons have sold my old Midnight Blue 996.2 GT3 ……. It was a great car, so congrats & well done to the new owner. Probably transacted close to $200K. spiller, Yeatesy, JWM and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted 3March Report Share Posted 3March Asking myself some serious questions about whether I could drive a tip when it looks this good in guards red 😍 https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2002-porsche-911-carrera-4s-996-auto-awd-my03/OAG-AD-22956787/?Cr=0 ... pretty aggressive price given it is a tip though? If it were any other colour they'd be asking $80k no? Rick V 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t888 Posted 3March Report Share Posted 3March 1 hour ago, JWM said: Asking myself some serious questions about whether I could drive a tip when it looks this good in guards red 😍 https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2002-porsche-911-carrera-4s-996-auto-awd-my03/OAG-AD-22956787/?Cr=0 ... pretty aggressive price given it is a tip though? If it were any other colour they'd be asking $80k no? I suspect it's the kms more so than the colour driving the price. And there is no 996 more hyped up than the 4s. Great drive but not sure its worth $30k more than the c2 manuals listed (and unsold) at around 69k JWM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 3March Report Share Posted 3March Yeah looks great, but that's an optimistic price @JWM As you probably know, I bagged tiptronic cars until I drove one. Definitely not for everyone, yet when I was looking at 996's and having a dicky left knee, it had me considering them a lot more than a manual, as clutch operation is gradually getting harder the older I get....and I prefer left foot braking which strangely doesn't affect my knee. All you can do is try one JWM and Joz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBRUT Posted 3March Report Share Posted 3March The colour will certainly help. Every time I think about being sensible and considering a water cooled turbo car I come away totally unexcited by all the black/grey/silver on offer. Meh as the kids say… JWM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafe_racer Posted 3March Report Share Posted 3March Colour seems key on 996's. I've got a real hankering for an Ocean Jade Metallic 996 cab with tan interior. JWM and OBRUT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeatesy Posted 4March Report Share Posted 4March 2 hours ago, cafe_racer said: Colour seems key on 996's. I've got a real hankering for an Ocean Jade Metallic 996 cab with tan interior. You love the beige trim cafe_racer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakroo Posted 4March Report Share Posted 4March 2 hours ago, cafe_racer said: Colour seems key on 996's. I've got a real hankering for an Ocean Jade Metallic 996 cab with tan interior. There was one for sale only a few months ago in that combination cafe_racer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted 4March Report Share Posted 4March 4 hours ago, OBRUT said: The colour will certainly help. Every time I think about being sensible and considering a water cooled turbo car I come away totally unexcited by all the black/grey/silver on offer. Meh as the kids say… I read, I think in the “Porsche 996 The Essential Companion” book, that when the 996 came out Porsche started doing their own finance, which proved popular, but the car had to be silver, so that’s what they were sending lots of to dealers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian1 Posted 5March Report Share Posted 5March On 03/03/2024 at 20:39, LeeM said: Yeah looks great, but that's an optimistic price @JWM As you probably know, I bagged tiptronic cars until I drove one. Definitely not for everyone, yet when I was looking at 996's and having a dicky left knee, it had me considering them a lot more than a manual, as clutch operation is gradually getting harder the older I get....and I prefer left foot braking which strangely doesn't affect my knee. All you can do is try one Paddle shifters retro fitted certainly help the experience, feels a lot more natural than buttons ! and yes it lends to some nice left foot trail braking. It is still an autobox with no downshift rev matching like modern stuff and obviously nothing like a PDK. But it still works and we still have heaps of fun in my wife's 996 Tipper ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherpa Posted 5March Report Share Posted 5March 5 minutes ago, Julian1 said: Paddle shifters retro fitted certainly help the experience, feels a lot more natural than buttons ! Yep, totally. Adding paddles makes a remarkable difference in the driving experience of a tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc74 Posted 5March Report Share Posted 5March On 03/03/2024 at 18:28, JWM said: Asking myself some serious questions about whether I could drive a tip when it looks this good in guards red 😍 https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2002-porsche-911-carrera-4s-996-auto-awd-my03/OAG-AD-22956787/?Cr=0 ... pretty aggressive price given it is a tip though? If it were any other colour they'd be asking $80k no? Marked as 'sold' on carsales JWM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 5March Report Share Posted 5March 6 hours ago, Julian1 said: Paddle shifters retro fitted certainly help the experience, feels a lot more natural than buttons ! and yes it lends to some nice left foot trail braking. It is still an autobox with no downshift rev matching like modern stuff and obviously nothing like a PDK. But it still works and we still have heaps of fun in my wide's 996 Tipper ! That would've been the first modification if I owned a tip...the Mercedes paddle kit. The 996 buttons suck, yet I also just left it in auto mode and still enjoyed the experience Harsh and t888 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t888 Posted 7March Report Share Posted 7March On 05/03/2024 at 17:27, LeeM said: That would've been the first modification if I owned a tip...the Mercedes paddle kit. The 996 buttons suck, yet I also just left it in auto mode and still enjoyed the experience when i was driving a 996 tip around Sydney at suburban speeds, the gearing was so long that it didn't need to shift that often, so the transmission was irrelevant! JWM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 8March Report Share Posted 8March 5 hours ago, t888 said: when i was driving a 996 tip around Sydney at suburban speeds, the gearing was so long that it didn't need to shift that often, so the transmission was irrelevant! I only drove them in the hills on test drives for others and had a ball. The owners in the passenger seat, not so much 😅 t888 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t888 Posted 13March Report Share Posted 13March For a data point this black 996 tip, coupe 1998 model with 167,893 kms just got bid at $36,500 + 7% which was below reserve. https://www.tradinggarage.com/products/1998-porsche-911-996-carrera JWM and Spets87 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spets87 Posted 14March Report Share Posted 14March $49500 for a tippy with 239km https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/756158929810195/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 14March Report Share Posted 14March UK turbo also in Adelaide https://www.facebook.com/share/9RgNwjne8rixhApC/?mibextid=kL3p88 For those without Facebook tomo and Spets87 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjm Posted 14March Report Share Posted 14March That’s a big ask for an import! Maybe the celebrity connection means more to some people. LeeM, Mike-S and tomo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADS911 Posted 17March Report Share Posted 17March On 14/03/2024 at 13:34, LeeM said: UK turbo also in Adelaide https://www.facebook.com/share/9RgNwjne8rixhApC/?mibextid=kL3p88 For those without Facebook I will be very surprised if this is legit, photoshopped by a 2 year old with all UK plates? Correct me if I’m wrong? LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 17March Report Share Posted 17March I did question it meself @ADS911 ADS911 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalai Posted 17March Report Share Posted 17March 1 hour ago, ADS911 said: I will be very surprised if this is legit, photoshopped by a 2 year old with all UK plates? Correct me if I’m wrong? Plus account with 2 friends and no other details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 17March Report Share Posted 17March 4 hours ago, ADS911 said: I will be very surprised if this is legit, photoshopped by a 2 year old with all UK plates? Correct me if I’m wrong? A couple of pics with its Adelade reg might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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