911 virgin

[Guest]

Hi Chaps. Good and informative forum you have here.Im sure you guys must get plenty dreamers on here asking all sorts of daft questions and aside from the dreamers part, i will be no different. I am now 100% certain that i will be in the market for a used 996 turbo in the near future but i live in Cornwall so there are a few questions that i would like to ask before i trapse half way around the country to start having a look at a few. Im going to be looking at spending around the £50-60k mark and have a reasonable idea of what i can get for that sort of money. Im an absolute porsche virgin so have no idea what to look out for, private or dealership, changes in the model, inspections, warrenty ect......... Is there a 'definative' buyers guide to a 996 turbo? Thanks in advance for your advice

 

[vimesh]

I too am in the same boat as you. have been looking for 996 turbo £50-£60k budget as well. Go to thread headed 996 turbo advice within same main heading of 911 turbo. I have been getting some good advice from members there. Basically, I am having an 03 52reg turbo inspected by porsche with a 111pt check tomorrow. I would advise getting a porsche warranty since it is the most comprehensive. They will only give warranty if you have 111pt check done by them. This is well worth having done since they check the car out thoroughly. The 111pt costs around £200 and the warranty £895. Ususally you can negotiate with dealer or private seller on who should pay for this or adjust price accordingly in negotiations. Check the thread has a few useful bits in it.

 

[Guest]

Vimesh,

A friend of mine is selling an absolut georgeous X50 manual in Polar silber with lots of carbon bits

its only done 13k miles and has been garaged all of its life.

Its in your budget, if you are interested please drom me a mail.

Lee@comtact.co.uk

 

[Rodney Naghar]

Bite his hand off Vimesh!

 

[vimesh]

I am in the process of buying one tiptronic. Live in London so didn't want manual. Just had it 111pt checked, seems ok, except radiators leaking, so dealer is getting those changed. 03 52reg, 24k miles, black with all the extras. £52k including porsche warranty

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: TwinT

Vimesh,

A friend of mine is selling an absolut georgeous X50 manual in Polar silber with lots of carbon bits

its only done 13k miles and has been garaged all of its life.

Its in your budget, if you are interested please drom me a mail.

Lee@comtact.co.uk

my typing is astrociciuos [8D]

Vimesh, enjoy the new car.

(thanks Rodney)

 

[vimesh]

Thx. Hopefully it will be money well spent with few problems. Do you know of any good insurance companies quoting low premiums. I have 9yrs ncd and protected with no claims in last 5yrs and over 35 years old

 

[Rodney Naghar]

Certainly try Academy insurance, they were miles cheaper than anyone else for me.
Have a look in Porsche Post too, a lot of good specialists there

 

[turboww]

AON did good for me - 01384 552 702 - Good luck

 

[SCOTJC]

bell direct for me

 

[phil993]

Just bought 996tt and v happy with the outcome. I am lucky in that having owned Porsches for many years have a long standing friendship with the guy I firswt met about 15 years ago who has looked after my cars and is now teamed up with an exPorsche main dealer sales manager. I wanted a specific car so asked him to source one for me to my spec through his contacts. I particularly wanted manual, x50, aerokit if poss, sat nav, and low mileage etc. He sourced several possible cars in the Porsche network until he offered me late '53 car with 27k miles and all the bits I wanted in polar silver. It came out of Porsche East London who couldnt retail it as it has a milltek exhaust and main dealers will not stock anything with non standard kit. I bought it over the phone sight unseen and he put bid in and I ended up with the car for £58k. Its a peach and carries Porsche warranty until Sept which I will renew. Came with new tyres and new aerokit fron splitter which is usually either damaged or swapped for standard as they are difficult to live with in London with humps etc. Its a good deal as he did not have to take huge profit out as he did not need to stock it or advertise it - also I know its good as its through the main dealer back door with warranty. So - my advice is get an honest trader to locate a car for you.

By the way, although its a great car, in my opinion my 993tt was greater!

 

[beavercraig]

Had my 03 plate TT since March 07. Bought it with new brakes and radiators changed with 12,000 miles. Would agree with general comments. I bought mine through a main dealer with 111 point and RAC check. Unfortunately have done 4000 miles Since march, Bl**dy marvelous!!!!!!! Better than my previous 997C2S!. The danger is I won't be able to keep out of it!

 

[vimesh]

Got my 996tt over the weekend 03 reg. Awesome car, power is frightening. Need to find some nice roads out of london without cameras if any exist !!

 

[Rodney Naghar]

Well done Vimesh, enjoy the car, and post pics up when you can!

 

[vimesh]

Thx Rodney, will do. Quick question, after driving my 996tt and switching engine off there is noise from engine like fan which comes on for a few mins then goes off and then comes back on and finally goes off. I presume that is normal and is fans cooling engine down.

 

[Rodney Naghar]

That's normal, the fans are cooling the turbos. This helps avoid oil carbonisation in the turbos, which could lead to oil starvation to the bearings (due to the blockage) and eventually bearing failure.

If you want to be anal about things:-

1.Don't run the car above 4k revs until the water temp is at full running temp, then add around 5 mniutes to make sure the oil is at full running temp (therefore, don't allow any boost until then). Do not labour the engine on low revs during the warm up period either.

2.Don't use full boost in 2nd to save your clutch (unless yours is a tip)

3.After a hard run (with the turbos spooling up) take it easy for the last mile or 2 (off-boost) to let the turbos cool down. This will probably negate the need for the fans to kick in after you've switched the car off.

4.Don't go for a hard blast then suddenly shut down the engine (eg stopping for fuel). This is the worst thing you can do to the car as the build up of heat in the core of the turbos will not have a chance to cool down as the flow of oil will be shut off. Remember the impellers in the turbos can spin up to 100,000 RPM, so if you shut the engine off abruptly they could still be spinning, but now with no oil pressure. Not good.

5.Do not blip the throttle before you switch off the engine as unburnt fuel can wash the bores, leading to wear on start up.

Enjoy!

 

[beavercraig]

ORIGINAL: Rodney Naghar

That's normal, the fans are cooling the turbos. This helps avoid oil carbonisation in the turbos, which could lead to oil starvation to the bearings (due to the blockage) and eventually bearing failure.

If you want to be anal about things:-

1.Don't run the car above 4k revs until the water temp is at full running temp, then add around 5 mniutes to make sure the oil is at full running temp (therefore, don't allow any boost until then). Do not labour the engine on low revs during the warm up period either.

2.Don't use full boost in 2nd to save your clutch (unless yours is a tip)

3.After a hard run (with the turbos spooling up) take it easy for the last mile or 2 (off-boost) to let the turbos cool down. This will probably negate the need for the fans to kick in after you've switched the car off.

4.Don't go for a hard blast then suddenly shut down the engine (eg stopping for fuel). This is the worst thing you can do to the car as the build up of heat in the core of the turbos will not have a chance to cool down as the flow of oil will be shut off. Remember the impellers in the turbos can spin up to 100,000 RPM, so if you shut the engine off abruptly they could still be spinning, but now with no oil pressure. Not good.

5.Do not blip the throttle before you switch off the engine as unburnt fuel can wash the bores, leading to wear on start up.

Enjoy!

Just to add to this don't be frightened on oil consumption. Expect it to use about a litre every 1200 to1500 miles. Porsche actually recommend you carry a litre around with you which can be bought from any dealership in a nice flashy black case that sticks to the boot wall with velcro stickers!

 

[vimesh]

Thx I presume I will get an oil warning light popping up somewhere on the dash?

 

[Rodney Naghar]

Keep an eye out on the digital oil meter on your On Board Computer. Check the oil on a flat level surface (a petrol station forecourt for example). Every bar on the meter represents 0.25l.