When I bought my 2001 Porsche 911, the seller only provided me with one key with the vehicle. It’s not comforting knowing that you only have one key for your 996. If you lose this only key, you’ll be dealing with the inconvenience of being stranded, but also getting your car to the dealership where you’re forced to pay whatever they want to charge you for getting you a new key on the spot.

I was perusing the Facebook Marketplace ads like I usually do and this 2001 Porsche 911 Cabriolet came up on my feed. I wasn’t even expecting to find a 911 as the typical price point for my project cars is usually under $10k. However, this 996 popped up for a pretty good price so I had to send a message to the owner.

I found this Audi S4 (B5) that was going for half the going price. The seller told me he hasn’t run the car in a year or two, but I test drove and it appeared to be run fine. For some reason, the seller strongly urged me to have the car towed. I was a bit suspicious, but I couldn’t resist the deal and had the car towed back to my place… and so work on the car began.