thomapa1

Not crazy, but if you are asking for affirmation - you need to come to grips with your decision. Only you can answer what your breaking point may be. To mitigate...PPI, warrantee, stash of cash in case of a major problem

turbo4 me

Much more likely that your 996 C2 motor will break than the 996tt. Totally different bottom end in the turbo, no IMS worries.

nick49

What I learned in a year of searching and finally a year of ownership:

You will love the car, they are awesome.

X-50 is way over rated, as are PCCB brakes. I thought I needed both at one time. Now I'm glad I have neither. If they came with the car I wanted, I would not keep from buying the car, but would not pay extra for either of them. X-50=slower spool on stock motor, PCCB = ruthless expense in the future for rotor replacement, pads are $$$ too.

The condition of the rear spoiler doesn't matter. If it works, it won't for long. If it has the fixed position mod already, this will save you grief in the future.

Check 2nd gear very carefully for the pop out issue. This is common and very expensive to fix.

Check clutch slippage in higher gears under boost, common in chipped cars = expensive fix.

Check radiators, all 3. They are prone to leakage and may need replacement in the first few years.

Enjoy

newton982

The 993 has different qualities that in its own way make it a great car, but it's tough to beat a Turbo Porsche on the performance front.

Like most expensive cars, repairs if they occur can be costly but you already know this with your Carrera.

I hope you the PPI checks out and you can start enjoying your car soon!

errico

Thank you guys

the ims issue always bothers me with my car, i have a really mint c2 but when iam out of warranty and that goes id hate to spend 20 k to repair it. As far as the x50 it seems nothing is safe anymore , the gear is now bothering me but i will do all the proper checks.

How much is that repair just to know ? what iam looking at ?

BioBanker

Drive the car down a decent hill in 2nd gear. Stay off the gas. If the gear pops out, walk away from the car.

If you do it half a dozen times and it's clear. You're probably good.

SSST

If you don't have any hills, take it up to 50 in 2nd, abruptly let of the gas, and coast in gear (don't push in the clutch). That will also cause it to pop out of gear if the car has the problem.

Ramp

Errico - dude - seriously - you haven't even bought the car and your obsessing over what hypothetically may happen instead of obsessing on how much fre . . fun you can have.

If your constantly worrying over what might happen to a car, you never truly get to enjoy it - ever.

adam_

You are not crazy for buying it...

You may be crazy for buying a car in 10 minutes, without adequate research, perhaps trusting a Porsche dealer to do a PPI.

You CANNOT trust the selling dealer to do a PPI. Absolutely cannot. They will not check for paint and bodywork, they will nott dump the DME and look for overrevs...there is no such thing as a standard PPI.

The car has been modded- hence you cannot buy an aftermarket warranty.

Everyone here seems to be talking about this as 'should he buy the turbo or not'... I say 'buy the turbo but buy the right one and dont get screwed.'

errico

the inspections will be done by independant shops for sure. without the warranty the 2 end gear pop up sort of bothers me. i dont mind spending 10k if it happens but not 20k. i left a deposit on it so that i can inspect it. i am giving away a one one c2 mint i had it from the start 30 k miles for an unknown x50 etc.the aftermarket warranty is something i cannot get and the prices are too expensive and not worth looking into to.

ive been reading lots and it seems that people do have these gear issue often, how often is what i dont know. i want the car and dealer is giving me exactly what i want for my car. the theory behind if i can afford to pay the repairs dont buy the car doesnt stand with me, i can afford this, i dont feel like changing transmissions if 7of 10 people usually have to change them.

thats my only concern, not sure how relevant that gear pop up is or is it really rare but still talked about for discussion purposes, but always thank you for the advice .

c32AMG-DTM

If you wind up with the 2nd gear pop out issue, just have the existing transmission rebuilt by Gbox or one of Guard's dealers. You won't spend anything even remotely approaching $20k, I'd guess under $10k.

Last930

All these Pcars are going to be expensive at some point. Having owned a 996 and 2 996 Turbos I would say that the Turbo is a far superior car with a much stronger engine. There's a guy that posts here with 300k miles on his! Reading these posts you would think that 70% of these cars will have the gear pop out issue (or ims problem for 996), but that's not the actual experience. Talk to a service manager that sees hundreds of these cars and he'll tell you that the actual rate of problems is pretty small. It's just that the people that DO have the trans problems are very vocal, while those of us that don't are pretty quiet. Get an independent ppi and then drive the hell out of it. If you are worrying about it all the time you have the wrong model car.

an02boxster

If you do notice a popout issue, just do this right away, or as preventative:
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-turb...insurance.html

Dock

I agree.