1999 Porsche 911

996 Coupe

3.4L 3400CC H6 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated

Manual

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1999 Porsche 911 Carrera 996 series. RARE arena red metallic on graphite grey leather. 49K original miles. ALL original with no aftermarket add-ons. power everything including sunroof and cruise control. garage kept. serviced regulary. very well kept. NO ACCIDENTS!!! (clean car fax available) current owner since 2003. NEVER FAILED california smog testing. excellent driver. excellent condition inside, outside and underneath. car comes with owners manual, factory floor mats, factory battery tender, car fax, smog history print-out and other misc. receipts. i am sure you know that the values range from low teens to mid 20's on this type of porsche depending on condition and mileage. this one has a very reasonable reserve well below the high range and in the mid teen's. considering it's condition and mileage i believe it's a very good investment. i am listing this for a friend, so if you are interested or have any questions just ask. i will get them to the owner and get them answered in a timely fashion. his reason for selling is a new business venture and it just doesn't get driven enough. he bought it only for a weekend fun car and has only put 7K miles on it in over 11 years of ownership. clean title and resting comfortably in a storage unit waiting for a new owner. thanks for your interest. ...NOTE...there has been alot of talk about the IMS bearing issue with these models. here's an explaination to clear that issue up especially with this model year... From 1997 to 1999, Porsche use a dual row intermediate shaft bearing which has proven to be as robust as the larger single row used from 2006 through 2008 model years. Starting in 2000, Porsche began phasing out the dual row bearing and went to a smaller single row, with significantly less load capacity. From 2002 through 2005, all engines used this smaller intermediate shaft bearing until they went to the larger, third revision for the 2006 model year, which increased the load capacity back to what the original dual row bearing could support. The larger model year 2006 and later bearing also increased the diameter, which increased the bearing and ball speed, further improving the bearing. However, this change has not been enough to resolve the IMS failure issues. By far, the single row ball-bearing used starting in model year 2000 through 2005 are the most problematic. Based off projections calculated by a fellow Porsche enthusiast and retired bearing engineer from Timken, they figure a 90% survival rate of the single-row 6204 ball-bearing used in the IMS at 90,000 miles* -- resulting in a staggering 10% failure rate (called the Ll0 life)! *Assuming an average speed of 60mph in top gear. This coincides with the high number of failures we see in these model years. Regardless, all M96 and M97 engines from 1997 through 2008 can suffer intermediate shaft bearing failures at any mileage and at any time. According to information published about the Eisen IMS Class Action Lawsuit, the single row IMS bearing used in 2000 through 2005 model years is reported to have an 8% failure rate, versus less than 1% with the dual row IMS bearing. The 8% failure rate cited by the settlement documents is not far off of the calculated L10 life we have been using for the last five years! With half the load capacity, it is clear to see that the reduced load capacity of the single row IMS bearing is a significant contributing factor to the increased number of failures. ...more info on the porsche 911/996... 996 Series (1998–2004) Main article: Porsche 996 　 After 34 years in production the famous air-cooled 911 was replaced by an all-new water-cooled model. Known as the Type 996, this car was a major leap for Porsche, although many of the traits that defined the 911 during past decades still remained. With the new model there was finally a newly designed bodyshell (all previous 911s being based on the original 1963 shell). As with the 993 before it the 996 was also a significant model, but mainly for the way it was conceived and designed, and the effect it had on Porsche during the 1990s. Pundits criticized the 996's styling a great deal, largely because it shared its headlamps and dash; indeed much of its front end, mechanically — with the less expensive Boxster. The 996 had been on the drawing board first and was a more advanced car in some respects, but the cost-cutting seemed inappropriate for an expensive car. Some felt that Pinky Lai´s Exterior Design could be called "A slippery pebble stone that is shaped like a new 911". It won more than a handful of international design awards between 1997 to 2003.[19] The Carrera model had a 0.30 coefficient of drag. The interior was criticized for its plainness and its lack of relationship to prior 911 interiors, although this came largely from owners of older 911s.[20] The Type 996 spawned over a dozen variations, including all-wheel-drive Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S (which had a 'Turbo look') models, the club racing-oriented GT3, and the forced-induction 996 Turbo and GT2. The Turbo, four-wheel-drive and twin-turbo, often made appearances in magazines' lists of the best cars on sale.