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Old 11-29-2017, 03:17 PM
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Hi everyone. I had my one year anniversary with my first 911 this month and I wanted to share a few observations. First, after years of owning sports cars, I have no idea why it took me so long to come to Porsche. Perhaps as a young man I became fearful of taking one tail end into the ditch, or perhaps in my mind I thought a true sports car had to be British. After deciding to try the Cayman in 2016, I knew the mark was something special. My SA from Porsche of Tysons made it happen for me.

It's something special to order a car just the way you want it. After seeing Randy Pobst test drive a 991.2 C2 (
), I felt that was enough car for me. I wanted a MT and ordered it in GT silver. After a year, I can say that the C2 is a perfect fit for me. I don't lust for more power and wonder if an "S" might ruin the "manual" experience by going through the gears faster. It seems to me that one would need a PDK to really use the power band of an "S". Generally, I am amazed at the handling of the car and have had some fun with the "electronics" turned off - nothing scary at all.

The first thing I did was to ditch the Goodyear tires. Why Porsche would put them on a $100K+ car is beyond me. The Michelins are a great tire and have enjoyed them ever since. Still, there is a lot of road noise in the car. I'd prefer to have a bit more sound insulation and wish there was an option for those of us that use the car as a GT. Another 30-40 pounds wouldn't change dynamics much.

The exhaust note isn't near my 2.7L Cayman - that car would wail and it was fun. Still, yesterday my neighbor told me how much he enjoys listening to the car's exhaust note. It has become better as the exhaust system has burned in, and the sport exhaust system also helps.

With the sport chrono package, I pay zero attention to the binnacle and never use the stop watch. The option is great to configure an individual setting and the throttle blip. I am so over heel and toe with my size thirteens.

The BOSE sound system is a total waste of money. If I order another one, I'll go aftermarket with Musicar or similar. There needs to be a good solution between $1.5K for Bose and $5K for Burmeister. My $1.5K Harmon-Kardon option on my BMW put subwoofers under the seat - very good system. Thank goodness for Musicar tweeter upgrade that helped correct that bad decision. Bottom line - shame on you Porsche.

The 911 has given me no problems whatsoever - and 9,000 miles later it's as perfect as the day I picked it up. No rattles, no glitches, nothing. It's solid. I can't imagine a more perfect car for me. I still love walking up to it, turn my head around when walking away from it, and feel lucky owning it.

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Originally Posted by Dan Nagy
Hi everyone. I had my one year anniversary with my first 911 this month and I wanted to share a few observations. First, after years of owning sports cars, I have no idea why it took me so long to come to Porsche. Perhaps as a young man I became fearful of taking one tail end into the ditch, or perhaps in my mind I thought a true sports car had to be British. After deciding to try the Cayman in 2016, I knew the mark was something special. My SA from Porsche of Tysons made it happen for me.

It's something special to order a car just the way you want it. After seeing Randy Pobst test drive a 991.2 C2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISIUGwt_t6w), I felt that was enough car for me. I wanted a MT and ordered it in GT silver. After a year, I can say that the C2 is a perfect fit for me. I don't lust for more power and wonder if an "S" might ruin the "manual" experience by going through the gears faster. It seems to me that one would need a PDK to really use the power band of an "S". Generally, I am amazed at the handling of the car and have had some fun with the "electronics" turned off - nothing scary at all.

The first thing I did was to ditch the Goodyear tires. Why Porsche would put them on a $100K+ car is beyond me. The Michelins are a great tire and have enjoyed them ever since. Still, there is a lot of road noise in the car. I'd prefer to have a bit more sound insulation and wish there was an option for those of us that use the car as a GT. Another 30-40 pounds wouldn't change dynamics much.

The exhaust note isn't near my 2.7L Cayman - that car would wail and it was fun. Still, yesterday my neighbor told me how much he enjoys listening to the car's exhaust note. It has become better as the exhaust system has burned in, and the sport exhaust system also helps.

With the sport chrono package, I pay zero attention to the binnacle and never use the stop watch. The option is great to configure an individual setting and the throttle blip. I am so over heel and toe with my size thirteens.

The BOSE sound system is a total waste of money. If I order another one, I'll go aftermarket with Musicar or similar. there needs to be a good solution between $1.5K for Bose and $5K for Burmeister. My $1.5K Harmon-Kardon option on my BMW put subwoofers under the seat - very good system. Thank goodness for Musicar tweeter upgrade that helped correct that bad decision. Bottom line - shame on you Porsche.

The 911 has given me no problems whatsoever - and 9,000 miles later it's as perfect as the day I picked it up. No rattles, no glitches, nothing. It's solid. I can't imagine a more perfect car for me. I still love walking up to it, run my head around when walking away from it, and feel lucky owning it.
Agree 100%, it sure is a joy to own and drive the 911!!
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Dan,

Glad you are enjoying your 911. I am nearing one year and 9,000 miles on my 991.2 as well. You have made comments that are a perfect segue for some of mine but I won't take over your thread and will post my impressions at a later time. It's easy to enjoy these cars as they so so many things so well. Keep it between the lines and keep smiling.
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Happy Anniversary to you and your loved one!
Old 11-29-2017, 04:36 PM
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Dan,

Glad you are enjoying your 911. I am nearing one year and 9,000 miles on my 991.2 as well. You have made comments that are a perfect segue for some of mine but I won't take over your thread and will post my impressions at a later time. It's easy to enjoy these cars as they so so many things so well. Keep it between the lines and keep smiling.
I’ll look forward to your review! The one thing I left out was the front end scraping a lot of stuff. I am not sure if I would want the front end lift kit or not.
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Fantastic, glad to hear you're enjoying it! We'll have to get together when my T arrives next April. Going to be a very long winter ...
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Glad you're enjoying it. As to sound insulation... One man's "too much road noise" is another man's "It's way too quiet in here." I tend to lean to the latter side, but maybe that's because I've had older, noisier 911s and haven't owned a BMW since my beater '76 530i POS owned in college, so I guess it's a matter of perspective.
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Congrats, Dan!!!

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Happy anniversary! Glad you're enjoying the car.
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Great review, I wish you many more happy miles!
Old 11-29-2017, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by k997
Fantastic, glad to hear you're enjoying it! We'll have to get together when my T arrives next April. Going to be a very long winter ...
Yes please, I want to check out a “T”!!
Old 11-29-2017, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Bemo
Great review, I wish you many more happy miles!
Originally Posted by NoGaBiker
Glad you're enjoying it. As to sound insulation... One man's "too much road noise" is another man's "It's way too quiet in here." I tend to lean to the latter side, but maybe that's because I've had older, noisier 911s and haven't owned a BMW since my beater '76 530i POS owned in college, so I guess it's a matter of perspective.
Yeah, love the sound of an engine and exhaust note, but not the rubber on pavement. That probably comes from my skinny tire sports car days. I don’t hate it, but on long trips it gets to be too much for me, especially at highway speeds and hard surface roadways. South Carolina roads are horrendous for noise.
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Congrats, Dan!!!

Thanks bud, and to all that sent congrats.
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Congrt's buddy on your 1 year Anniversary! My 1 month Anniversary is just around the corner... In reading your story, I have lots to look forward to.
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Congratulations Dan. My first anniversary is December 16! I have dreamed about that day for 42 years ....since learning to drive on Moms 914. I too watched and loved that Randy Pobst video and purchased a similar car and could not be happier with it. Zero problems through 10,000 miles. I hand wash it min 2 times/week when weather permits and ALWAYS look back after parking. We are a lucky group.


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