LOL, Peter.

The issue with this car is that it needs to be bought for considerably less than market since resale on a grey market car is not automatic. As expected, the seller doesn't see it this way. Most banks won't finance a grey market car either, removing a good chunk of buyers. On top of potential registration issues. I personally could care less about a ROW car, but with the high end used car market, everything has to be right to resell quickly. If I could figure out how to hang on to a car longer than a year, I'd be fine!

 

Jamie, you are a baller and once built it will be a "Jamie Carter car" and will sell for $50k more than it's worth! Write a check and make it happen you BALLER!
Peter

 

Actually, one thing to be aware of is for Canadian buyers - it is my understanding that we Canucks can NOT import a grey market vehicle from the U.S. into Canada - we would have to presumably have it sent back to Germany, then import it from there.

 

So are all euro delivery cars considered grey market??? Because according to his description it sounds like he just did the euro delivery option then brought it over? would this change the vin number?

 

No, Porsche doesn't do euro delivery on limited production cars. I tried on a RS and GT2 earlier this year. The VIN on this car is ROW. We have repeatedly asked for the original window sticker, but the seller unfortunately can't product it. It's a shame, because it looks like a nice base car.

 

Ahhh, thank you for the clarification!! It is an absolutely beautiful cars. The only GT2's ive seen down here in cincinnati have been black and silver

 

You say the vin on this car is a ROW, what does ROW stand for?
thanks

 

Rest of World, which I believe describes all cars manufactured by Porsche except ones bound for the US. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Thanks for the info! Can you tell it is ROW by the ZZZ? Is the window sticker important for this car? and if so why? I was wondering would it be possible to get a replacement window sticker from Porsche in Stuttgart, like you can for Ford or Gm products?
thanks

 

Looks like a nice car.

I have purchased owned and imported gray market cars.

As long as the DOT and EPA conversion is done correctly you the buyer should be confident in getting a good car.

Unlike the 80's, cars today are usually the same spec whether they are european or US spec'd cars.
For Ex: In the 80's a 930 USA spec and 930 Euro spec were 2 different cars. The euro car being much more desirable due to increased performance less weight and less emissions gizmo's robbing power from the car. The alimighty dollar was strong then and you could by a 'used" 930 with 1000 kilometers for 10-15 and sometimes as much as 20k less than a US 930. It made a lot of sense for a lot of people.
Unfortunetly there were a ton of shady DOT conversion shops out there and once the feds caught up with what was going around 1986-87 they slammed the door shut on importing cars. Only a few shops remain in the country that are authorized to do these "gray market" conversions today.

This looks like a pretty clean car. But as with anything else. Have it checked out.

 

sure it looks good!

 

I think this car is coming too Norway !

 

Tell us more....the bid says 100K...did you get it for that? If so, good deal assuming the car does not have problems. My main concern is that the car has less than 2K miles over a nearly 7 year period.

 

Beautiful car.

 

I had a white 993 and it was too hard to keep clean. Probably why the guy never drives it. In Florida it would be covered in bug juice.