Looking for 996 with Tiptronic

I'm looking for a 996 with Tiptronic and preferably all-wheel drive with less than 30k miles. The car is for my wife (otherwise it would be a 6-speed 993). Looking for a reasonably new model up to about 2001 -- the depreciation curve is too high for 2002 and later. She doesn't like black, red, or white. Please PM me if you know of a good car. I am very open to advice about what I should be looking out for with these models and any local dealer comments.

Thanks,
Pete

 

I guess it's because I respect the feedback here, I'm looking for a car in the NY area, it would be helpful to get a car somebody knows personally, and because I've seen Porsches discussed many, many, many times in the NY section. I'm also not registered on any Porsche boards -- the only spare "car time" is spent with Ferraris, but as my sub-300 post count after being on Fchat for 3 years indicates, I just don't have a lot of time to hang out on car websites. eBay is a great idea -- I had been looking at autotrader.com, autobytell, ... and missed the obvious one. I will also check out these other Porsche boards.

 

Thanks, I'll call him tomorrow.

 

I checked all sources and, while there are a huge number of 996's available, only about 1 in 10 has Tiptronic (automatic) -- of those, only about half are coupes and only 1/4th of those are all wheel drive. Finally, of those, only a few are sub-30K miles and not in a bright color. Given this criteria, we found exactly one car that matched in Connecticut -- a blue 2001 C4/Tip with 24K miles with a 2-year/100k mile warranty. We saw it yesterday and, while it isn't a great price, it's close enough given that there aren't any other cars to consider, so we bought it (pending some final feedback on Monday regarding history). It's a nice driving car and will be a practical daily driver -- the Tiptronic takes a lot of fun out of the equation, but my wife likes it and will have a lot of fun with the car. Thanks very much for the help in the search.

 

Thanks for the comments and thanks especially to Chris who went to Paul Miller on my behalf during the search. Looking forward to your next run Greg -- I will probably bring the Mondial, which is more my cup of tea, but maybe I can talk my wife into participating with the 996. Here is a picture from the dealer lot -- they didn't really prep it all that well, it will look much better after I've had a chance to go over it.
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I'm kind of mixed on the wheels -- didn't like them in the photo before seeing the car, but they look better in person (they don't look so squared off). I had discussed changing them prior to seeing the car, after seeing it though, I'm just going to leave them in place.