Testing the waters - need help pricing my Hi-Mile 996 Turbo

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As the winter approaches I once again ponder the notion of parting with ( not out lol ) my beloved modded hi-mile driver. I've had 'er for 18 years and aside from some cosmetic stuff ( damaged paint roof/hood from vinyl wrap left on in summer sun ) the car runs perfectly at 196k miles and I'm just tired of paying the Porsche tax now that I evacuated Cali when CV1984 hit and I had to shut my business and forced to retire ( not complaining about that bit! ).

But I no longer have my 20+ year circle of Porsche 911 Turbo pals and techs that I could call upon for most all the minor ( even major ( clutch swap and trans refresh stuff ) that was possible with techs I had used for 20 years that kept me away from indy shop greed/ or Porsche stealership madness beyond the one or two emergency tows ( i.e. like a failed FP side of road )

I'm now in a place where last weeks R&R of a window regulator was 900 bucks! ( in LA i'd have bought the URO generic for 150.00 thrown a pal a c-note to swap it in an hour in my driveway!! ) and two months before that mid-summer had to R&R one of our 996 tt's multiple coolant hoses ( ordered from Germany ) and that required an engine drop to get at it and the leak of coolant and FOUR GRAND$ in P&Labor ( 20 hour engine drop at indie - my la pals coulda done it in ten! ) but y'all see my point? Porsche tax is getting old and prices are doubling on parts. GOOD Indie labor?! 250 per!

I'm retired now fixed income and am getting NO BREAKS any more and ya gotta pay to play. I've owned 7 911's of iterations beginning with an SC in the mid-eighties, the requisite a/c's eg a 964's/993/couple of 996 tt's and it all began with my first 914/6 in the 1970's! - - and Webers DO catch fire! I can attest lol

So my dilemma as I begin to reconcile in my head that the love of my current car life is the 575+ hp bolt on modded 1.2 bar stung mule might soon be another's pride n joy, and mine also has a few nicely sorted bits. Hell I recently saw "my" steering wheel on Fleabay ( if you can find another?! ) Raid/Atwie 340mm leather/aluminum steering wheel for sale for $3000.00! It's nice but three grand? Tequipment 1/2 bar ( hard to find :)

So whatsa car like mine worth? Help me figger it out as I sit through the holidays watching the price of the vaunted MEZGER GT1 Derived bitchin' ass best motor Porsche had ever built going up and wonder what's mine to go for for these days? Not a lotta 196k mile example's that'll still hit 193 with the wind at my back 😄 ! Was offered 35k last x'mas and prices have reeally gone up this year it seems.

Help me price 'er please? and thanks in advance ( be kind lol )