Gone to the dark side...
04-26-2005, 10:03 PM
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Gone to the dark side...
Well, it's official, I've gone water cooled. Picked up my 'new' 996 tonight - an arctic silver '99 Carrera. As I posted a month ago, my beloved 993 met an unfortunate and untimely end when some punk kid pulled out in front of me in mommy's Benz.
Positives - butt dyno says the car is faster than the 993. Better stereo. More luggage space. 100k fewer miles than the 993 had.
Negatives - no air-cooled smell! Missing the growl of the 993 motor. The 3.4 has a turbine-like whine. Still cool, but different.
Anyway, I'm left with a fresh DME relay that I had purchased as a spare after the original failed in the 993. Will send to a rennlister who needs a spare for the cost of shipping. PM me.
-chris
Positives - butt dyno says the car is faster than the 993. Better stereo. More luggage space. 100k fewer miles than the 993 had.
Negatives - no air-cooled smell! Missing the growl of the 993 motor. The 3.4 has a turbine-like whine. Still cool, but different.
Anyway, I'm left with a fresh DME relay that I had purchased as a spare after the original failed in the 993. Will send to a rennlister who needs a spare for the cost of shipping. PM me.
-chris
04-26-2005, 10:13 PM
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I have had my water pumper for a month and 1500 miles. I didnt even know it HAD a stereo till last week. Shawn typically if you were incubated here on the 993 forum its REAL difficult to leave!! I still havent!!prolly wont.
...rant for you. over.
04-26-2005, 10:20 PM
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Congrats on you new ride.
I bought an 01 C2 to replace the 88 Turbo I reluctantly sold.
Missed the old car so much had to buy a 993 C4S. Hope this
doesn't happen to you but two p-cars in the garage isn't all
bad.
I bought an 01 C2 to replace the 88 Turbo I reluctantly sold.
Missed the old car so much had to buy a 993 C4S. Hope this
doesn't happen to you but two p-cars in the garage isn't all
bad.
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04-26-2005, 10:23 PM
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FYI - DME relay is spoken for.
OG - Yeah, I pretty much never listen to the stereo, but it is slightly better in the 996. I imagine the GT3 is a bit throatier than the 3.4.
OG - Yeah, I pretty much never listen to the stereo, but it is slightly better in the 996. I imagine the GT3 is a bit throatier than the 3.4.
04-26-2005, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveAbrahams
Congrats on you new ride.
I bought an 01 C2 to replace the 88 Turbo I reluctantly sold.
Missed the old car so much had to buy a 993 C4S. Hope this
doesn't happen to you but two p-cars in the garage isn't all
bad.
I bought an 01 C2 to replace the 88 Turbo I reluctantly sold.
Missed the old car so much had to buy a 993 C4S. Hope this
doesn't happen to you but two p-cars in the garage isn't all
bad.
Surprisinigly, the first thing she said when I brought the new car home was that she liked the looks of the 993 better, even though she referred to it either as "the batmobile" or "the schoolbus".
04-26-2005, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony356993
Congrats and good luck. It's not the dark side......it's just partly cloudy. 
