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Thinking of buying a 997C2S

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chris holmes

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Thinking of buying a 997C2S and have taken a 997 C2 out for a spin and love it. Problem is It`ll be our main car at weekends and I have a 18 month old daughter. How many of you use it for main car and have children?

My budget is about £60,000 and I have seen a few for sale at this price private and dealers on a 04/54 reg. What spec should I consider for residual values. What rate of deprication would I expect on a yearly basis from then on with the C2S



regards chris


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Depreciation on a used C2S per year first 3 years probably £15 - 20k overall




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just use an 03 996 as a guide

for instance my car C4S 996 03 fully kited was approx £74k new

with 26k miles now, and nearly 4 years on it is worth dealer £44k approx, some more some less and £40k pex, possibly £41.5k private

so it has lost in real terms £34k in nearly 4 years, which is a loss of approx £8k a year.

Rate of depreciation is steep initially, however slows considerably as the cars age past 5 years.

For example if you got a 98 996C2 last year for £22k, it is probably worth £21k now


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assume the options take the bulk of the depreciation

but some are these are critical for both the car and it's future resale


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regarding baby seats are there any seats that fit in the back bar porsche`s own. I mean one that would suit a 18month old??

chris


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nobody owns a porker and has kids then? Probably better off sticking with the evo 8mr 340.

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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by chris holmes on 23 August 2006

nobody owns a porker and has kids then? Probably better off sticking with the evo 8mr 340.
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There are a few with kids, with 996s and 993s etc. Not sure if anyone has the 997 & kids though. There have been anumber of threads on child seats in the past. You may find the answer in there somewhere!

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Hi



I had a 997 c2s, also have two kids, at the time they were 2 and 4.

I used the two piece Porsche child seats which fitted in the back fine.



The 2 year old was two small for the Porsche seat for the first 6 months (did not support her head at the side when she fell asleep) so on long journeys I used an existing single piece seat we had (just squeezed in)



Tip – take the seat bottoms out before fitting the child seats as they mark easily.



The hard parts are finding a push chair that fits in the boot and stopping the children scratching the backs of the front seats with their shoes !




997 have taken a real pasting with regards depreciation
I sold my 12 month old (72k list) for £56.5k (I had trade offers of around £55k) 22k miles- sold it 6 months ago



Useful extras are – sat nav, upgraded stereo, full electric seats, heated seats, rear wiper



Chrono is waste of money and looks naff



There is a low spec black one on ebay at the moment – only been bid to £50k (Jan 05 - 17k miles)


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