It took me about a decade of owning a lot of modern Porsche GT cars to form this same opinion but I'm firmly there now. My 911 is as old as one can get. I am quite confident it or some version of a LH will be last man standing whenever I part with CGT; that is when, not if. There will be one old AC'd 911 in my garage at all times.

Iceman please don't yell at me . Idk if I have the proper amount of hair in right spots of my body I'm not boasting of CGT ownership; I'm reinforcing Antomero's POV with how good I think the early 911s are.

 

i will say this .. guys don't burn any energy on what i posted . i stated how it came across,,, move on .. i've seen fan boys come and go over the decades and nothing phases me.

I will always say what comes to mind , some guys will like it , some guys will get butt hurt .. life goes on ...

ill always be here if there are air cooled technical questions i can answer

on an air cooled technical forum .

cheers

 

It was all entertaining and I am thankful for the laugh this morning although I almost snorted coffee out my nose!

 

Again - typical of this individual. Iceman - you demean yourself. Typical of one who suffers from self-loathing.

 

OP, unless there are physical limitations requiring you to own a Tiptronic, or you are commuting in a congested area, any manual transmission 911 would be preferable. A 1-owner '89 Targa sounds like a winner to me.

I would get rid of the 993/Tip since in my opinion that is a dog of a combination with an automatic and low power. The 997TT at least has some power and can be easily tuned UP.

 

I would def get rid of one of the 997s. If it were one of the unicorn 2009 997.1/2 turbo manuals (manual plus 997.2 interior) I would keep that one. But both of the 997s are pretty easily replaceable. So whichever one you like less, sell that one.

993 tip can be a fun car if driven in manual mode. And even though they are both air-cooled, a 993 is going to feel light years different than a G body. I would test drive a good example of a G body and see if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It's likely if you buy one you love, you'll drive the 993 a lot less.

So I guess what I'm saying is - get a great G, sell the 993 and one of the 997s. Then you can buy another car too! One that is more different than the existing set, maybe a SWB 912 (can you tell that's the next car on my list lol)?

 

Iceman tells it like it is ... no BS
Everybody is allowed to their opinions , that's what makes these forums interesting !
I have an 89 911 which i purchased some 12 years ago and a tiptronic car wouldn't cut it for me, two even less but i would
get rid of the 95 tip as it is pretty much the next version of the 911/964 model.

Cheers
Phil

 

"Fazes," champ. ******** being proud of themselves for being ******** is getting boring.

 

I just decided to sell my 89. To OP, if you haven’t made a decision, check out the link to me RL ad in the signature. It’s not priced cheap, but you’ll search long and hard to find a nicer one.