+2 on the money..... For all the bashing the 996 receives. At the very least it was an original design and at the time represented a modern interpretation of the 911 without resorting to silly gimmicks and botched throw back references.

 

Last week I drove my 1st Porsche, a '18 911C2 manual, ~1100 miles from Sarasota FL to Houston, TX, and the cup holder worked fine. The only concern I have with the 992 at this point is interference shifting a manual with a normal sized travel mug behind the shifter.

 

Awesome buy.

I usually put a 1.5l water bottle between my left leg and the door for long trips.
For a manual 992 I'd remove the cup holder and use my current system.

 

I like them too. Real engineering marvels.

Until you try to put a drink in them. They are a disaster.

I'm no fan of the new arrangement, but at least it'll hold a cup. And yes, you can remove it and leave a cubby.

 

I can deal with the cup holder fine as now it holds my coffee but still question the e-brake button there - it should have been placed where the useless black piano trim is.

 

Jerry Seinfeld stated on the Spike's Car Radio podcast that he liked the look of the 992. Even when Spike and Zuckerman said they did not like the rear he didn't care.

 

I suspect much of the useless black piano trim is there as a filler for when much of that space is taken by the manual transmission.

But I agree. That's a horrible space for it. What was wrong with where they have it on the 991? Besides nothing.

 

 

Or it's simply that there are some people for which performance is only part of the equation and styling is the remainder. For those people, if the styling is not to their liking, they won't be interested in the car. Not sure why that's so hard for some people to understand. Every new 911 has outperformed the last. Whether each successive generation was styled better than the last, or offered a better overall experience, is, however, up for significant debate.

People like to chide those that don't like the new car as being biased by whatever they currently own, but I find funnier the people who simply think Porsche can do no wrong and everything they spin out is gold.

 

Is there any possible way in your mind that any company, or say a car company doesn't score home runs on any new updated products they have?? Is it always the newest is the best and will sell more than the outgoing model??

I think there are quite a few car companies that have stumbled along the way have they not??

Whether someone was around driving around on their 3rd 996 doesn't mean anything. If anything it means you're looking through a less critical lens because Porsche can do no wrong in your eyes.

Why can't people with opinions here discuss in peace and somehow have to be personally attacked for their likes and dislikes??

As if someone's opinion is more valid based on the number of cars they have owned?? Seems to be for you as you constantly mention it.

 

Although, thanks for your contributions Doug

 

Fair.

There may come a time when we reminisce about the 992 or 992.2 as the 'last true 911,' before the invasion of EVs, and the death of the MT/Flat 6 combo that has carried this car to greatness from the early days.

You don't know how good something is until it disappears.

 

Did you crash the 1st 2 TTs??

 

Just for the record.... I did have a 996 back then and I LOVED IT. As much as I loved the air cooled cars (also owned a few of those as well for the score keepers) a complete redesign was long overdue.

I also LOVED the 996.2 , 997 and 997.2 because this was the period of time where every new 911 was making logical forward progression without ANY trade offs. They were simply producing a better performing and aesthetically pleasing sports car with each new generation.

 

I'm trying to find something I like. Just can't warm up to it. Usually with me, I know right away if something moves me. This does not.

That black plastic front and rear just don't do it for me.







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