KOAN

I've had both '95 and '96 993s. I tracked the '96 and did feel a little more high end grunt. The '95 I have has a (european sourced) shorter geared tranny, but other than this, they are really not significantly different.

Mike J

One thing about 95's that most of the owners do not seem to mention - they do not handle the RS flywheels very well, and in fact its not recommended. People have tried fixes, but the dme just does not react well to a faster down revving engine. The usual option is a mid-weight flywheel which is hard to obtain and wickedly expensive. Since the RS setup is so great, i treat this one as a real downside.

Cheers

Mike

red67vert

Well I've got my eye on a '95 Blk/Blk 6spd coupe. And so far I have not heard anything to dissuade me from finalizing the purchase. It does not have a basket handle?!

993c4_Toronto

Do not be dissuaded. I love my '95. You will too.

timothymoffat

Buy on condition, not model year.

red67vert

Is 86K miles too many? Passed PPI(with Leak Down) at 84K March 2012 with flying colors.
March 1995 Production Date.

golfnutintib

definitely not too many miles

P-daddy

Not at all as long as there's maintenance record. That's about 4k miles per year.

ehanauer

Just barely broken in. It's 20 years old. Do you want a driver or a garage queen?

red67vert

Definitely a driver. Just worried about what may happen mechanically.

Edward

You've got 5 pages of advice and experience. If I may, boil it down to this:

a) all things are not equal. Too many years, (hence innumerable variables in maintenance) since 95-98 until now to ask the question, "all things being equal, which is___?____"

b) PPI results, overall condition/maint records, and your personal preferences of how said car is optioned have far and away more to do with "what may happen mechanically" than considerations of +/-variorum or OBD-I.

Hope that helps you a bit

Edward

red67vert

Great information, if all goes well I will introduce you to her next week.