Capt. Obvious

Hi All,

After spending a bit of time shopping for a 964/993, I had an "ooh, shiny!" moment this past weekend and ended up bringing home an '02 C4S instead.





The car has higher mileage for a Porsche (90k miles), but it came with a huge stack of maintenance receipts and everything checked out just fine when inspecting it; also the price was too good to pass up and I'm confident in these cars ability to do 200+k no problem if you take proper care of them.

The car is already fairly well sorted with Bilstein PSS10s, spherical ball joints, B&M short shifter and an unidentified exhaust (I think it's Fister).

I come from a VW/Audi background, so I'm no stranger to high maintenance vehicles.

The 911 is replacing my '01 S4 Avant:



So far, this forum has been invaluable to me for acquiring a lot of information about these cars so I could make an educated purchase decision. And strangely enough, my insurance premium went down compared to the Audi. Go figure!

2K7TTMIA

Welcome. The C4S looks very mint. How's the interior. The Avant looks equally fun as a DD wagon/ family hauler.

Capt. Obvious

Interior is all black and nearly mint. A few small scratches on the center console and some wear on the radio buttons, but that's about it!

A friend of mine also has a C4S, but he has the all-red interior in his and we may swap a few bits of our interiors to add some contrast. Not 100% on thatidea yet though.

Sue Esponte

Nice C4S! Welcome to the club. By the way, that S4 Avant looks awesome, too! I'm sure it will be sorely missed.

-Eric

Gonzo911

Beautiful!

Capt. Obvious

I missed it until I drove the 911 home.


(I still have my '00 Passat wagon for utilitarian/daily driving duties, however it doesn't have the ~350 horsepower that the S4 had).

Divot

Oooh, shiney!

Me likey.

Marc Gelefsky

Very nice! (Ex-B5 S4 owner as well)

Barn996

Stunning C4S, nice wheels and color combo. Welcome to Rennlist.

hpuck

..love the colour, looks mint.

Great that you have the maintenance history too.

Barn996

hpuck- I see you also owned a 60' Bug-Eye sprite. I bought one in 1966 and sold it in 1994/5 when I bought a 79'SC Porsche. One of the best cars I have ever owned or driven.

jefe_not

Lovely car! I also have a B6 S4 Avant that I use to run around in.

Nice to see that you've kept with the all wheel drive theme...

Capt. Obvious

My first question for everyone:

Can anyone identify these coilovers? I thought the car had Bilstein's on it, but when I took a wheel off today I realized the springs are a purple-ish color rather than blue.

The upper mounts are anodized gold, which makes me think Ground Control, but the purple springs and red/blue perches confuse me.

Any ideas?

Capt. Obvious

A ha! As soon as I posted that question, I managed to figure it out.

They're JIC coilovers.

Not sure how their reputation is in the Porsche world, but they have a good name with the JDM crowd.

OGWGFIW

No ideas on the coilovers but those wheels on the Avant are my faves. They look like the RUFs or are they a knock off? The RUF site is weak. Where did you get them?