For as long as I can remember liking cars, I've always dreamed of one day owning a 911. I think I was maybe 8 or 9 years old when I first remember seeing and falling in love with one. In all honesty, I may have been younger than that. I'm at the point in my life & career that I can comfortably afford one so I've spent the last few months on Craigslist, Autotrader, etc looking for something around an '02 or '03. Well today I was tooling around town and decided to pull into the Porsche dealer and see if they might be hard up for a sale and have something worth looking at. To make a long story short, I fulfilled a 25+ year dream today when I drove off in a 2004 C4S.

So for the veterans out there, is there anything in particular I should keep an eye out for other than the cost of tires?

I'm coming from a 2005 Corvette and now see two very different approaches to building a sports car.

 

There are, but let me be the first to say, Wel - fu***g - come! " My first suggestion, keep an eye on the road as you have a lot of fun!

 

congratulations !!!

how about some pictures !!!

color?
miles?
options?

 

Welcome to the Six! I have also owned Corvettes over the years and have one now as well. I assure there is nothing like a 911! So there is good news and bad news, you have a great car and you will have the time of your life driving it. The bad? You are about to be hooked on the crack cocaine version of Automobiles....Porsche! Like most of us it will become a life long obsession, so welcome!

 

Good choice for a 1st Porsche. I'm assuming it's a CPO -- so, you'll have the protection of a warranty for some time to come. Hope you enjoy it. A fun and versatile vehicle.

 

Wow - sounds like my story... The car I first fell in love with was the Targa... and still not sure if it was the car, or the very nice looking female P.E. teacher that drove it... whatever - it was imprinted in my mind and I made my dream come true last August. Fortunately, there's no statute of limitations on the dumb-*ss grin I get every time I see it...

Welcome aboard!

Rudy

 

Okay, I've been on enough web forums to know the one simple rule: Without pics, it never happened...

 

Very nice... looks like mine (sans orange reflectors) -- is the color Atlas Grey?

///Michael

 

Atlas Gray it is! As much as I love the look of dark cars, I've never owned one cause they're such a pain to keep clean. But seeing this color under the sun sold me... well, that and the deal I got.

Interior is black with full leather on the dash. It had 35,500 miles on it with one previous owner. I honestly don't know what kind of options are in it since I don't really know what was standard. I'm assuming it's not that optioned up though since there's a few blank switches here & there. It does have the bi-xenon HIDs though, which was one of the big selling points for me.

It's so different to drive than the Vette. The clutch feels so much lighter and not nearly as grabby. The shifter is smoother and has a shorter throw, there's also less vibration coming through which (I think) is due to the cable shift. It doesn't have the raw, thrilling energy and neck-snapping acceleration but it's so much more refined and balanced.

 

Welcome to the 6...enjoy in good health (you can change the amber sidemarkers if you want to )

 

Congrats on your new Porsche and welcome to 6speed! Enjoy...

 

Congrats man! The car is gorgeous!

 

Welcome aboard. Your story is like so many others on this board. We all went through that same day of finally bringing that car home that we dreamed about.
Enjoy the C4S and this is a great board for information so you came to the right place.

 

Welcome to the 2004 Atlas Grey C4S club, mi amigo!!! I know of only one other 2004 Atlas Grey C4S (besides ours) and he is in the Philly-area. His has less than 7k miles!!! I know there are a couple for sale on autotrader.

When I bought mine, I was not interested in black, silver, grey -- the standard German car colors -- but, like you, I fell in love with the color after I saw it it.

One-owner car, excellent. You should ask your local Porsche dealer for a copy of the service records.

But what comes standard? It has everything the Turbo has except the turbos. If you register to renntech.org, then they have some PDF documents that should list everything that comes standard.

Under your front boot/trunk lid, there should be a white paper sticker that has a list of 3 character codes. You can take those codes and put them in an options decoder, I think renntech.org has one. Yours sounds like my identical twin!

///Michael

 

Plan B car looks very clean. Good luck. Just remember Porsches were meant to be driven don't worry about the tires.