So i am seriously tired of dealing with this car, I finally got it to run perfectly performance wise and other **** breaks..

the car now needs, a fuel pump (not sure), immobilizer brain, clutch slave cylinder and rear tires.

I am tired of dumping money into this thing so I am seriously considering just trading it in. I visited mercedes benz and they offered between 37K and 39K, I want to lease a c300 and just be done with cars all together.

would you trade it in? I am taking a hit on the car obviously but at this point I think sanity is worth more than the money I am losing lol

I am also hoping this thing catches fire and burns to the ground as I would get more money from insurance lol

 

these are the mods and recent stuff done to the car
Engine:
-GT2860rs
-Protomotive tune (from Markski)
-630 cc Siemens injectors
-Innovative pro design Intake plenum w/ 75mm throttle body
-SpeedTech 75mm Y Pipe (not installed)
-FVD intakes piping
-custom waste gates
-GT2 fuel pump
-Custom Billet Diverter Valves

Maintenance in the last 3K miles:
-new sparkplugs and coil packs
-New alternator
-mobile 1 5w-40
-Checked car for boost leaks and tightened all the lines.
-New Battery
-Alignment/corner weight/balanced by stable energies.

Exhaust:
-FVD Straight pipes
-Ceramic Coated/Ported/Polished Headers

Suspension & Wheels and drive train:
-RWD conversion (can be reversed)
-GT2 clutch
-JIC Cross 15 way adjustable Coilover Suspension
-HRE 542R Wheels (19x8.5F & 19x11R) Gloss black centers/flat black lips
-Yellow pad (race) brakes
-Powder coated yellow calipers

exterior:
-Mashaw front bumper with OEM gt2 front lip
-Mashaw add on spoiler
-deleted rear wiper
-tinted tail and headlights
-OEM roof rack with back carrier and thule wind deflector
-Silver Porsche Hood Crest

interior:
-B&M SSK
-Custom sound system (10” JL subs, alpine head unit,)
-V1 radar
-Suede wrapped steering wheel

 

I have had my car for 5 weeks, and have had returning codes 3x diff times. its frustrating, given my mods there is always potential for problems, and at least mine is 11 years old. Still the car is a blast, strong and handles amazing. If you can afford to fix, keep it.

 

I have seen your threads, I was in the same shoes as you.. after spending thousands chasing down boost leaks, doing pretty much all the maintenance you did too etc I decided to keep it but now, a year later I just cant justify throwing more money at a car

 

What year, color, cab or coupe, etc. I'm normally on the NA forum but been lurking here lately. Im interested in upgrading Those probs dont sound too bad, actually... well except the immobilizer. Thx.

 

it is a 2001 seal gray with gray interior coupe.

The problems are not too bad, I am just tired of dealing with it. I need a car with a freaking warranty and that gives me no sense of ownership (hence a lease) so I can beat it and then return it lol

I am ordering the immobilizer brain today. so that will be fixed this week at least

 

Try to put it back to stock as ose as possible and sell off everything . You will make a better roi in the long run. When i sold mine about 80% of the people asked if it was stock

 

I am going to try and offer part trades on the classifieds. stock for aftermarket etc in the next few days.

 

clutch slave went bad even with the GT2 clutch mod? That sucks

How many miles are on the car?

 

i have the gt2 clutch not the slave mod

the car has 54K miles

 

welcome to my world.
ive owned my 996tt for 4 years. i HONESTLY do not remember having ONE MONTH of trouble free driving.

i can not wait to replace this piece of ****.

 

With all due respect, I believe that the maintenance items are small compared to the depreciation hit you would take on any new vehicle. Most of the money you have spent has been on performance upgrades as well as cosmetical upgrades, but as far as maintenance items, I don't see anything too alarming. I am just going by the list you posted above.

 

lmao maybe we can throw them off the GW bridge and call it a day.. lol

I seriously pray every time I start the car so that no cell light comes on

 

I've had my car close to 4 years had very few issues; spent only on basic maintenance and upgrades. But I paid a LOT more than many of you guys, had full maintenance history from the dealership, one owner and had a PPI done. I'm very picky keeping up with maintenance and issues, which I do myself.

The trade doesn't seem bad considering some of the recent prices; they must be making a killing on the Benz

 

oh believe me.. i did not pay cheap for this car..

as for the benz it falls into what Iwant to pay and if they do take this car off my hands I dont mind if they are taking some advantage.