This special 993 was supplied when new by Merlin Cambria, the Porsche main dealer for Cardiff on the 1st of August 1995 as confirmed in the first of two Porsche service books which accompany the car. Two years later in June 1997 the car passed to the second London-based owner via the supplying dealer who went on to own and cherish the 993 until last year.
When we say cherish, we certainly mean it, rarely does one see such attention to maintenance, especially in a low mileage example. Here is the service history as shown by stamps in the service book and detailed in every invoice on file which shows that any item requiring attention was dealt with. This fastidious owner was not one for the simple oil change to get a stamp in the book, this is best shown in the last invoice for 2021 amounting to £16,000 which included a full service, new clutch, full geometry check and engine rebuild to cure oil leaks.
01/08/95 PDi and delivery Merlin Cardiff
11/11/96 2,379 miles Merlin Cardiff
07/07/97 2,889 miles Merlin Cardiff
26/09/98 7,173 miles AFN Porsche West London
12/07/99 11,681 miles AFN Porsche West London
27/06/00 16407 miles AFN Porsche West London
25/06/01 20,626 miles AFN Porsche West London
24/06/02 24,395 miles AFN Porsche West London
19/06/03 28,413 miles AFN Porsche West London
03/08/04 30,830 miles AFN Porsche West London
21/07/05 31,572 miles AFN Porsche West London
25/07/06 32,241 miles AFN Porsche West London
02/07/07 33,006 miles AFN Porsche West London
27/06/08 33,718 miles AFN Porsche West London
24/06/09 33,925 miles AFN Porsche West London
21/05/10 34,145 miles AFN Porsche West London
17/06/11 34,656 miles AFN Porsche West London
04/07/12 35,344 miles AFN Porsche West London
08/07/13 35,538 miles AFN Porsche West London
11/07/14 35,682 miles AFN Porsche West London
20/07/15 35,882 miles AFN Porsche West London
24/05/16 35,893 miles AFN Porsche West London
16/05/17 35,925 miles AFN Porsche West London
25/06/18 35,937 miles AFN Porsche West London
13/06/19 35,962 miles AFN Porsche West London
30/09/21 36,002 miles AFN Porsche West London
This has to be the best main dealer Porsche history I’ve seen for a 993, with just the gap in 2020 presumably explained by the Covid pandemic.
As one might imagine, the 993 presents in superb order throughout and drives beautifully and very thing works as it should. It comes with all keys, tools, original full book pack with the two service books referred to above and an extensive history file with all invoicing and MOT certificates.