Picked up my first P-car: GT4

[Sean88gt]

That's got to be a 25-35k rig!

[Cobraman]

Looks like the place in addison. They always have some sweet rides.

[racrguy]

I've picked up on the same thing...I don't think there is any real definitive data to support it, but if you read the forums like Rennlist and 6-spd Online, that sure seems to be the consensus. When I was researching to buy one, I got that exact advice from several guys out there....if you are going to own one, drive it, don't baby it. There was even some well known Porsche guy that wrote a whitepaper on buying used 996's, and within that he actually advised against buying one with less than 50K.

996's are BALLS cheap right now, but the 997 and 991 are such better cars from what I can tell. As of right now, I'm actively working to make a Porsche my next vehicular purchase.

[Rreemo]

From what I've read the low mileage cars have the worst problems. Solution? Drive the FUCK out of your Porsche. lol

PS. I haven't seen any actual data on this, only hearsay from other people, so take it with a grain of salt.

I've picked up on the same thing...I don't think there is any real definitive data to support it, but if you read the forums like Rennlist and 6-spd Online, that sure seems to be the consensus. When I was researching to buy one, I got that exact advice from several guys out there....if you are going to own one, drive it, don't baby it. There was even some well known Porsche guy that wrote a whitepaper on buying used 996's, and within that he actually advised against buying one with less than 50K.

[DON SVO]

LOL, not how I meant it.. mine is used and abused 2007 997.1

I've enjoyed watching you tear it down to pieces and build it back up.

[racrguy]

From what I've read the low mileage cars have the worst problems. Solution? Drive the FUCK out of your Porsche. lol

PS. I haven't seen any actual data on this, only hearsay from other people, so take it with a grain of salt.

[Rreemo]

^^^Like said above, the turbo cars didn't have the IMS problems...but the IMS issue is easily preventable in the 3.2's also. I did the IMS mod on my 02', and along with a new clutch and single-mass flywheel upgrade, I was done with it all under $2K.

That bearing is a strange bastard though....my car was close to 70K miles when we did the mod, and the stock bearing still looked brand new. I've got a buddy who has an 04' model that shit the bed with just under 30K miles on it. When it goes there is literally no warning at all...just a hard engine stop followed by a stream of oil...and even stranger, it usually happens at low RPM. I still think it's total BS that Porsche never fessed up nor did anything for most of those customers who were left with $20K+ repair bills.

[JordonMusser]

Nope.

[Tremor14]

wouldnt matter, he replaced them!

[racrguy]

LOL, not how I meant it.. mine is used and abused 2007 997.1

Did the turbo's have the same IMS problems that the other cars did? Those are out of my price range so I haven't been doing any research on them.

[JordonMusser]

LOL, not how I meant it.. mine is used and abused 2007 997.1

[racrguy]

LOL just the broke-dick version ehhhh

lol. No shit, right?

[LaserSVT]

Lmao!^

[DON SVO]

Freaking sweet man! Never been a huge pcar fan, but that is one of my favs.

oh.. and I bought one too (not a GT4, just a 997 Turbo)

LOL just the broke-dick version ehhhh

[mustang_revival]

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