Touching up before selling
08-23-2017, 01:41 AM
#1
Instructor
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Touching up before selling
Hi all,
The time has come for me to consider selling my 996TT. I haven't been driving it, am driving the kids (3 of them) around more and more and am finding myself driving my 4Runner or SC Targa more.
Before selling the car, I'll definitely fix the SAI, which is throwing an error code and get a full detail.
The front bumper has some chips, as does the hood, as you would expect a car with 130k+ miles. The wheels (Forgestar F14) have a bit of rash on a couple.
Would you fix them before selling or just be forthcoming about all the faults?
The time has come for me to consider selling my 996TT. I haven't been driving it, am driving the kids (3 of them) around more and more and am finding myself driving my 4Runner or SC Targa more.
Before selling the car, I'll definitely fix the SAI, which is throwing an error code and get a full detail.
The front bumper has some chips, as does the hood, as you would expect a car with 130k+ miles. The wheels (Forgestar F14) have a bit of rash on a couple.
Would you fix them before selling or just be forthcoming about all the faults?
08-23-2017, 08:59 AM
#2
Drifting
Id fix the SAI, get the detail, and let the rest ride. The car has 130k on it and I dont think that you would recoup the investment for fixing the cosmetic issues.
08-23-2017, 12:49 PM
#3
Race Director
Touch ups might not turn out well, be worse than the disease.
At 130K miles the car will have some minor cosmetic issues. Any buyer has to expect this.
But you can stress the car is an honest car.
08-23-2017, 01:19 PM
#4
Hi all,
The time has come for me to consider selling my 996TT. I haven't been driving it, am driving the kids (3 of them) around more and more and am finding myself driving my 4Runner or SC Targa more.
Before selling the car, I'll definitely fix the SAI, which is throwing an error code and get a full detail.
The front bumper has some chips, as does the hood, as you would expect a car with 130k+ miles. The wheels (Forgestar F14) have a bit of rash on a couple.
Would you fix them before selling or just be forthcoming about all the faults?
The time has come for me to consider selling my 996TT. I haven't been driving it, am driving the kids (3 of them) around more and more and am finding myself driving my 4Runner or SC Targa more.
Before selling the car, I'll definitely fix the SAI, which is throwing an error code and get a full detail.
The front bumper has some chips, as does the hood, as you would expect a car with 130k+ miles. The wheels (Forgestar F14) have a bit of rash on a couple.
Would you fix them before selling or just be forthcoming about all the faults?
08-23-2017, 06:33 PM
#5
Rennlist Member
Exactly. Expert touch ups would probably add to the cars values... So-so touch ups will likely reduce the cars value!
Some touch up guys are really, really good though. If you have access to one of them, I'd go for it
There are also wheel guys near me (Woody's wheel works, for example) that do an amazing job repairing curb rash for not very much $, like $70/wheel. Again, if you have access to a great wheel guy and time to deal with it, yes, fix the curb rash.
Some touch up guys are really, really good though. If you have access to one of them, I'd go for it
There are also wheel guys near me (Woody's wheel works, for example) that do an amazing job repairing curb rash for not very much $, like $70/wheel. Again, if you have access to a great wheel guy and time to deal with it, yes, fix the curb rash.
08-29-2017, 01:05 AM
#6
Exactly. Expert touch ups would probably add to the cars values... So-so touch ups will likely reduce the cars value!
Some touch up guys are really, really good though. If you have access to one of them, I'd go for it
There are also wheel guys near me (Woody's wheel works, for example) that do an amazing job repairing curb rash for not very much $, like $70/wheel. Again, if you have access to a great wheel guy and time to deal with it, yes, fix the curb rash.
Some touch up guys are really, really good though. If you have access to one of them, I'd go for it
There are also wheel guys near me (Woody's wheel works, for example) that do an amazing job repairing curb rash for not very much $, like $70/wheel. Again, if you have access to a great wheel guy and time to deal with it, yes, fix the curb rash.
09-04-2017, 04:26 PM
#7
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09-04-2017, 04:30 PM
#8
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Listing looks good. In February 2001 Porsche changed production over to the 996.2 "stiffened" chassis. Since your car was built in July of 2001 you might want add that it has the 996.2 chassis.
09-06-2017, 02:35 AM
#9
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06-04-2018, 03:34 AM
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My old car
Petron.
i did a search on the Porsche VIN. I owned that car in 2005/2006, when it had 28k miles.
i live in california, I am surprised to see how far it traveled.
it was an awesome car, I never had a problem, and I had it up to 150 on the road to Vegas. What a dream.
thanks for posting all those pictures and the video. I seem to have lost all my old pics.
jim
i did a search on the Porsche VIN. I owned that car in 2005/2006, when it had 28k miles.
i live in california, I am surprised to see how far it traveled.
it was an awesome car, I never had a problem, and I had it up to 150 on the road to Vegas. What a dream.
thanks for posting all those pictures and the video. I seem to have lost all my old pics.
jim
06-05-2018, 10:12 PM
#12
Goddammit why did you guys bump this thread from the dead. You had my interest all piqued until I looked at the timestamp.