2005 911 S with Techart Kit

Techart accesories are well made and a quality product. There items are initially very expensive for the person who chooses to install them. Porsche enthusiast magazines give them great reviews on that front.

Do not pay a premium over the cost of an equivalent 997S because this stuff is on the car. This bears repeating....do not pay a premium because the stuff is already there. 50% of the used 997's out there most likely have aftermarket exhausts and lowering springs installed already. Also, and this is important, 75%-95% of the used 997 buyers you will want to appeal to when you resell the car in the future, will not have the same fascination with the optical dynamics of the Techart stuff as you may. See if the original body parts that were removed when the Techart stuff was installed come with the car.

Personally I think the esthetics of their current body kit is, well, hideous. Right up there with Uwe Gemballa. If you like it, that's great, as it will be your car, just do not overpay.......geez I said that 3 times.

Enjoy.......

 

+1 on Kds' comment.
Nice looking car but them 'Lobster Claw' wheels look lost when you have the deep front airdam/valence and sideskirts. To make it right you got to either go 20" (not recommended, you'll lose the tactile feel/steering but sure does look good..) or at minimum GT3RS or Turbo/GT2 wheels to fill the arches better.

 

+1 on Kds' comment.
Nice looking car but them 'Lobster Claw' wheels look lost when you have the deep front airdam/valence and sideskirts. To make it right you got to either go 20" (not recommended, you'll lose the tactile feel/steering but sure does look good..) or at minimum GT3RS or Turbo/GT2 wheels to fill the arches better.

 

Gary......

Their asking price is OK market wise for a Canadian car, so you could grind them down to the low $70's if you really wanted it.........that is the positive about the car.

An equivalent US car will cost you $50-52K USD +/-.......so once landed here around $68-70K CAD + GST.......there were "only" 35 silver 2005 997's for sale on the US version of Autotrader when I did my search. Heh.

The problem I have with the car is that the original body parts do not come with it.......personally I would not buy something that would only appeal to a small percentage of the resale market, unless I could convert it back to stock relatively easily. The springs and exhaust don't matter......

And, as it is your first Porsche, you may find yourself wanting out of it if you don't like it for whatever reason, sooner than later. Which is why IMHO this is important.

If you proceed, make any deal subject to a PPI at the Vancouver Porsche dealer (MCL).........good luck.

 

996TT's are available from $40K USD + in the states (so that means roughly $55K CAD + GST as a starting point)........buy a 2001 or 2002 down there, unless someone has a car here in the $55-65K range max.......they are all the same car (01-05), except for the waaaay overpriced X50 package........

If you plan to drive it for, say 2-3 years, make sure you buy one with the right amount of mileage initially, so that you stay around 40,000 kms at resale time. They are virtually saleproof with over 50,000 kms......unless you whore it out and have a really low price.

AWD is just fine......and the 996TT has PSM anyways (which is annoying on any car IMHO).......so , when compared to the RWD 996, consider that the viscous coupling drive system of the 996TT (and C4/C4S) only puts 5% of the power to the front wheels under normal driving, unless you are experiencing severe traction conditions, where it increases the percentage accordingly. Be wary of cars that have been modified, or tracked extensively, as the front diffs in these cars cannot handle it for long, and you do not want to pay the repair bill. Which is just one of the reasons why the higher performance GT2 is only 2WD.

The 996TT is pretty much bulletproof considering what it delivers (especialy for the $$$ as a used car), and has been around long enough that everyone is cogniscent of the known faults and has repairs for them if they have not already been corrected. It is also well supported by the aftermarket.

 

996TT's are available for $40K + in the US........buy a 2001 or 2002 down there, unless someone has a car here in the $55-65K range max.......they are all the same car (01-05), except for the waaaay overpriced X50 package........

If you plan to drive it for, say 2-3 years, make sure you buy one with the right amount of mileage initially, so that you stay around 40,000 kms at resale time. They are virtually saleproof with over 50,000 kms......unless you whore it out and have a really low price.

AWD is just fine......and the 996TT has PSM (which is annoying on any car IMHO).......the viscous coupling drive system only puts 5% of the power to the front wheels anyways, unless you are under severe traction conditions, where it increases the percentage accordingly. Be wary of cars that have been modified or tracked extensively, the front diffs in these cars cannot handle it for long, and you do not want to pay the repair bill. Which is just one of the reasons why the higher performance GT2 is only 2WD.