Porsche 996 Carrera 4 06/99 and Tiptronic

If I understand your posting, you are looking at a 996 Carrera 4,
manufactured in June, 1999.

Should that be the case, then this is one of the early 996 cars and is an
early version of the Tiptronic transmission. There have not been a lot of
problems with that transmission; however, both the hardware and the software
have been improved in the newer cars.

Drive the car, if the performance with the Tiptronic is up to your
expectations, then it's OK; however, I would also suggest that you drive a
similar car with the 6 speed manual...if you can drive a manual transmission
with clutch. Compare the performance and buy what works for you.

Also...before any preowned or used Porsche purchase, have an experienced
technician/mechanic inspect the car and make sure that everything is working
properly. Replacement parts and labor can be very expensive.

Good luck and regards from Texas

"Enrico B." <enricobenatti RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Anybody has that Porsche with Tiptronic to know if works well and are
> there problems about it.
> I'm interested to buy that car and I wish avoid to make a great and
> however expansive mistake ( about 38.000 euros).
>
> Thanks
> Enrico B. from Italy
>
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"Guru" <Guru RemoveThis @nospam.net> wrote in message
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> If I understand your posting, you are looking at a 996 Carrera 4,
> manufactured in June, 1999.
>
> Should that be the case, then this is one of the early 996 cars and is an
> early version of the Tiptronic transmission. There have not been a lot of
> problems with that transmission; however, both the hardware and the
> software have been improved in the newer cars.
>
> Drive the car, if the performance with the Tiptronic is up to your
> expectations, then it's OK; however, I would also suggest that you drive a
> similar car with the 6 speed manual...if you can drive a manual
> transmission with clutch. Compare the performance and buy what works for
> you.
>
> Also...before any preowned or used Porsche purchase, have an experienced
> technician/mechanic inspect the car and make sure that everything is
> working properly. Replacement parts and labor can be very expensive.
>
> Good luck and regards from Texas
>


Excellent advise. But, you have me curious. How did you know it was
manufactured in June, 1999?

RCE
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:
: Excellent advise. But, you have me curious. How did you know it was
: manufactured in June, 1999?
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> "RCE" <rce.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> :
> : Excellent advise. But, you have me curious. How did you know it was
> : manufactured in June, 1999?
> :
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Heh. Thanks. Guess I should read the header subjects more carefully.

RCE
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On 8 Giu, 01:29, "Guru" <G....RemoveThis@nospam.net> wrote:
> If I understand your posting, you are looking at a 996 Carrera 4,
> manufactured in June, 1999.

That's right

> Should that be the case, then this is one of the early 996 cars and is an
> early version of the Tiptronic transmission. There have not been a lot of
> problems with that transmission; however, both the hardware and the software
> have been improved in the newer cars.
>
> Drive the car, if the performance with the Tiptronic is up to your
> expectations, then it's OK; however, I would also suggest that you drive a
> similar car with the 6 speed manual...if you can drive a manual transmission
> with clutch. Compare the performance and buy what works for you.

I did it today and I liked Tiptonic very much also if is not the same
as manual, but I love automatic


> Also...before any preowned or used Porsche purchase, have an experienced
> technician/mechanic inspect the car and make sure that everything is working
> properly. Replacement parts and labor can be very expensive.

Really I could'nt because the car is far from my city but it has just
passed an official Porsche control so I suppose all should ok.

> Good luck and regards from Texas

Thanks. Ciao from Italy
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