Tetra84

i love my '89 3.2 Carrera, its as late as you can go without going to the 964 - a blast to drive, and it turns more heads than much newer Porsches around where I live.

Mike Murphy

The thing is, this guy drives a 993 already. I think he'll get a similar 993 feel if he goes to the 3.2 Carrera. I don't think 10 years is going to make a huge difference for the feel this guy is after. The 3.2 is still a modern car with Digital Fuel Injection, power seats, power windows, all those nice things (except good AC). Otherwise, it's still a pretty modern car, IMO.

srf506

84-89 930!

GG Allin

I have a nice 93 that's light, under 2800#. No bells and whistles and it will wow you. You could own for $25k. .....it has a salvage title though.


<-----<< it was wowing me when they took that pic.

Jay H

If our original poster feels that Murphy is correctly assessing what he wants out of a 911, I agree that you really have to go back to the long hood cars with carburators and a 901 transmission to really get away from how the CIS/915 and DME/G-50 cars drive. They all are pretty much the same feel, just with more weight and more ammenities as the model years get newer.

However, going to a long hood car that is at least 34 years old starts to push the reliability issue. These cars are very robust, but all old cars need constant attention and feeding.

Turbo's still have the same feel as the normally aspirated cars, just with a very different power delivery (and of course gobs more power under boost conditions). Braking is relatively the same and Turbo's came with a modified 915 based 4 speed transmission with the only change being the '89's with a 5 speed G-50.

I agree with flatsixnut that driving examples of all of these cars is really the only way to find out what a person wants.

At least it's fun to discuss this stuff!

Jay

oceanvue

A mid 80's Carrera is much closer in charactoristics to a early to mid seventies car than it is to a mid to late nineties car.