The report from Car Fax came clean across the board.
Already contacted a very reputable shop in Houston (info gathered from other members in this forum).
The PPI includes a compression test for $173.00. Now I need to convince the owner to take the car to the shop and drop it off.
Let's see what he says.
Will update.

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1999 Porsche 996 Carrera Convertible
1994 420E - SOLD
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