So I own the car for 2 and some weeks. After so many months of searching I finally bought my dream car. Yes we know about the age of 996s. Week after owning the car, rear wing stopped working that's fine. Clutch started to slip. It is grabbing up top so I knew it won't last long I changed sparkplugs and coils after bad misfire. Plenum needs to be replaced do to oil I intercooler pipes. I have clutch in mail with flywheel. And on top of that front Outter boots are ripped leaking grease. I'm really happy that I brought the car to Marski and he pointed things out that needs to be done. Well the previous owner needs to get slapped he didn't even bother to replace windshield wipers , I found tons of leaves in air box and cigarettes down intercooler vent sitting on intercooler drivers side while changing coils and sparkplugs. I hope after fixing all the problems I can finally enjoy it. Everything should be trouble free next week after slapping renart exhaust just few days of owning the car I just wanna drive it and hit the boost. I love the car to death. Even if she hates me.

Has this happened to you? After buying 996

 

Did you get a ppi I'm sure you mentioned miles but I don't recall. It does seem like there is more wrong with your car then one would usually expect. Sounds like the previous owner didn't maintain car correctly. Hopefully this will be the end of issues for awhile.

 

39k yep let's hope so

 

Im sure your car will love you back once it is all sorted. Your in good hands with Markski. Meticulous maintenance and maintenance records are key for any car of any mileage.

 

The cigarette thing happened to me. One of the first things I did after purchase was take a leaf blower (redmax of course ;-)) and blow out the intercooler ducts. I do it every year as well to remove the built up trash that can accumulate in there - leaves, trash, cigs, etc....

 

Markski will keep your car straight. Take your time and sort out each issue. Not to
be negative, but you will probably run into a few more issues after you put a
couple hundred miles on the car.

Once you get it all sorted out, it'll be worth it!

 

My car consumed $12k of maintenance cash the first 2 years of my ownership (at a 3rd party Porsche shop).
Been rock solid the last 4 months. Previous owner was an enthusiast but probably not as proactive as I am. I think that's the key - be proactive. I can take about $3k per year for a modded supercar - but $6k was hard for 2 years in a row. Once you get things sorted, they are pretty solid, but don't kid yourself - complex systems + 12 year old car + high performance = more money to run and maintain.

 

to echo the sentiments of others. those issues are nothing relative to the enjoyment ahead of you ( or the costs to run fix and maintain though the cars are 10 years old, the costs of most repairs and parts are much the same as when new.

but who cares. enjoy it as much as you can.. before the govt mandated tax per mile kicks in LOL

 

Yes...I have just gone through it as well..lol! Read some of my threads! It is pretty much sorted now! I love driving her and make up excuses to drive her! Good luck and hang in there!

 

I've had my Turbo a bit over 3 years now and it's been terrific and extremely trouble free. I looked for nearly a year and had several PPIs on cars that had issues. My patience paid big dividends. I did replace a clutch accumulator early on for about $130. And my spoiler had an issue so I took it off. I fixed the problem but actually like the looks better without it so it's still off.

I did a SSK, and KW V1 coilover shocks so it sits 2" lower all around. I made my own adjustable dogbones to get the camber right. I have an adjustable rear sway in the garage to install when I get some time. Loving the car so far and enjoy wrenching on it when it's a want and not a need.

 

I bought mine on Valentine's Day in 2013 and the poor thing broke my heart toward the end of the summer with the coolant fitting failure. But...

I took (am taking) the opportunity to do a bunch of "while you're in there" mods while she's apart. With assistance from a distance via Markski's and Randy's advice, and having Tim literally the next town over to perform much of the work, my car should be ready some time by the end of this month.

It's unfortunate when things go sideways sure, and it's bound to happen from time to time, but if you can make some improvements whenever they do then it eases the hit on your wallet.

-V

 

^ was your car tracked?

whats the failure rate on the cooling fittings for a street driven car?

 

Nope, not a tracked car. It's a cabrio, for what's worth, with ZERO mods but an aftermarket exhaust at the time of failure.

I'm not sure if there's a large enough sample set to correlate track- vs. street-driven cars and the coolant fittings failure, but my observation tells me that there really isn't any.

There's plenty of light reading here and elsewhere on the issue if you're interested.

-V

 

I had to do slave & accumulator and a front shaft on my car right after I bought it. Needed tires too.

Funny thing about buying a used car, it's your new love so you want it to be perfect. When your selling you haven't done anything in a while and stuff accumulates. Takes some catch up to get it back up to par.

 

^thanks
I guess I should think about pinning them then.