Yes but all the cars I've ever owned have terrible MPG.

My current DD gets 18 mpg or 13L / 100km. It also requires premium. In other words, greenies hate me. That E55 would be perfect for me if I had room for another saloon.

:lawl:

Also: The RX7 posted above has BC plates up front and Alberta plates out back

lol, I would be laughing if I got 13L/100KM.... stupid tune.... lolol

I only know that the E90/92/93 M3 and the E60/63/64 M5/6 gets worse MPG than me lolol

heard about RX7/8 MPG, but never knew anyone well enough to know actual real world MPG....

E9x M3 might as well be a semi truck for fuel consumption, it's absurd. The RX7/8 isn't the greatest, but the oil consumption is what isn't good from what I've heard. My STI with stage 2+ tune wasn't exactly great either, better than the M3 but not good nonetheless

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Porsche 997 C4S- GT3RS - $62500 https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rch/cto/6038397668.html

https://images.craigslist.org/00c0c_...ba_600x450.jpg

Quote:

Selling our 2006 C4S, 6sp manual, 3.8ltr Car has factory OEM front and rear GT3RS bumpers Factory GT3 Deck lid and spoiler New front spoiler Center out exhaust Has Fabspeed cold air intake. Clutch, Coolant tank, all belts and hoses, fluids all done in last 15000k New tires and 20in wheels Wrapped in pearl white 3M, Tan interior. Updated LED DRL, Clear marker lights and 2010 taillights (still have org deck lid (wrapped as well), bumpers and lights) Options: Sport Chrono Package Plus PASM Porsche communication management 3.0 Full leather package: Front and rear seats, dash, door cards Heated Seats Bose Sound Package Nav with optional external hard drive in trunk Homelink Porsche Crest on headrest Auto dim mirrors Instrument cluster in Silver Rain sensing wipers Headlight washers Sport Steering Wheel Power seats with memory Xenon headlights Air conditioning Sunroof

1995 Porsche 911 993 Carrera 4 coupe - $78000 (Richmond) https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rch/cto/6049669170.htmlhttps://images.craigslist.org/00000_...mm_600x450.jpg

Hahaha hilarious that 993 is so much more expensive than the 997... the 997 is so much more car for the money...

13L/100km is bad to you? I was getting 17 in my Cherokee. Though I got 24 hwy in a Chevy Avalanche in Alberta once, so I felt a lot better about my Cherokee after that.

Any Porsche price is hilarious.

Cheap supercharged beater.
https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rds/cto/5988082840.html

Considering the car is a V6 sedan, I'd consider 18mpg to be pretty bad. Then again, the car was made when gas was cheaper and emissions weren't as strict.

Fast forward to today and my car gets the same MPG as this car here:

Technology sure has come far in 20 years

1993 Lexus GS - VANCOUVER $4,500 | autoTRADER.ca

Collector plate it ResidentSleeper (semisrs)

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/cto/6002881798.html

8 cylinder. 4motion. Sorta kinda rare? Not sure about maintenance on these, looks like a bitch just from sellers experience in last year.

Pretty sure he lives in the Burnaby Buckingham area... always see him driving like a douche up and down Canada Way, changing lanes and cutting people off... looks nice though.... thats for sure...

Saw the car today. Looking back on the photos, the guy he hired to post the ad photo-shopped a lot of paint chips and marks out of the car. All four wheels have been curbed slightly, and are peeling. To be fair the owner was quite clear about the paint issues on the phone...

I could hear the transmission while under load... I'm still trying to work out if that's a deal breaker or not... What does it cost to get some fresh transmission bearings in there?

Also, IMS hasn't been done according to records.

Except 996s. So much car for the money. Especially in sweet, sweet turbo form.
That yellow car above, if I'm not mistaken, IMS was not an issue on 99s.
Its a beautiful car. Egg headlights and all.

It cost me 2200 USD to have my pinion bearing replaced along with some other stuff while they were in there - note this is not a trans rebuild, just a synchro etc.

It cost nearly a thousand more to ship it back and forth by the time the brokers were done with it.

Another note - the noise you're hearing could be something else entirely. If you have it inspected, make sure they pull the trans sump plug to look for the grease that may have some out of the bearing.

Every case is different, but by the time the trans was worked, the clutch was done, the IMS and RMS, water pump, mounts, plugs (you get it - all the stuff you would do) I spent 8k

I only paid 12k for my 996 so I came out OK - but if I was looking at a high mile 27k car - I'd be wondering what else I could get for 35k.

993 is a quirky and fun car but not fast and not worth 78k lol

Porsche maintenance hurts. $300 oil change at an independent shop (10.5 L, two oil filters). Oil leak? That reseal will be $5 - 8k.

The yellow car is a 2000 according to the ad.

Still if you look at the poll in the Rennlist 996 forum it's at 10.24% failure rate on ~800 responses. If the result of it failing wasn't engine destruction, I'd ignore it.

If I was looking at that car, I'd price the cost of doing the IMS into my budget and my offer for the car, his asking price is definitely on the high end for a mk1 with that many km. Do the IMS for peace of mind and I think that it is one of the very few maintenance items that actually increases the resale value of a car, given 2 equivalent cars to buy, pretty much anyone buying a 996 would choose the one with the IMS bearing done.

The reality is that if the IMS hasn't failed yet, it's probably not going to fail. They've found that the failure rate has dropped significantly there was a time when all the cars that were going to fail were failing. While I think one could probably buy that car and not worry about the IMS, for peace of mind and resale why not do it?

Speed Yellow 996 w/ aero kit... looks pretty sharp.


Deserves a half cage in the back, GT3 rear wing and a pair of GT3 buckets... will be a nice driver weekend street/ track car.

That already is the mk1 gt3 wing. Isn't it essentially identical looks wise? And my god, 996 gt3 buckets are one of the most desirable seats on earth.

ah maybe im thinking of the 996 GT3RS wing or the 997 GT3 wing.. :alonehappy:



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was eyeing alfa sedans.... this is cool if it doesnt expolode:


https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/cto/6035973350.html


Collector plate too!

13L.. I wish my car does that. 22-25L/100km. fuckk me.

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/pml/cto/6051244634.html

2006 Audi A3, 172k km, $6900

While I recognize that a factory aero kit car is rare and desirable, that is a silly price for a 200k early 996 C2. The early 996 is literally the least desirable and least collectable 911 ever built (which makes them great value IMO but that is still factual) which to me means I would not pay a big premium for a "unique" or "rare" model such as the aerokit since nobody is likely to ever care in a big way. The 2000s had the slightly improved interior materials but are to the best of my knowledge, every bit as likely as the 99 to have RMS/IMS issues.

Paint chips, a transmission issue, and 200k for $27k? No thank you.

Mark

I agree with you, but which car would you rather own?