What year is the best 993 to have?

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07-04-2006, 07:43 PM

AnthemAVM

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What year is the best 993 to have?

I am under the understand that the 95 is the best year, and it doesn't have the CEL issue, it is slower, but not having to worry about the CEL issue is worth it,

What year do you like and why?

I did a search and couldn't find any post like this.

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Michael

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07-04-2006, 07:47 PM

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Uh oh ... here we go...
My vote is for 98 - last production year, wide-body, yadda yadda
No prejudice involved of course.

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07-04-2006, 07:54 PM

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The '98 of course. I heard the factory workers were so saddened by the impending demise of the 993 that they volunteered extra hours of QC for each car. And they saved all the extra HP engines for last.

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07-04-2006, 08:03 PM

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However, in '97 they knew their jobs were secure, were experienced from previous years, let it flow naturally (within German spec, of course) and therefore produced the finest 993's of all.

Seriously, there really is no "best" year - each has their own advantages and disadvantages. Find a great example, buy it and enjoy it. BTW, technically the '95 does have the CEL issue via SAI clogging, but OBD-I doesn't flag it as an error the same way. Thus, no CEL light - but the SAI ports still clog.

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07-04-2006, 08:06 PM

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I know - let's compare build dates to see has the "youngest" 993. Mine's 12/97... the extra QC was incredible - my door check straps are still intact, even!

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07-04-2006, 08:19 PM

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What an easy quesiton! There are so many "right" answers.

I agree the '95 is very appealing and makes a strong case against spending more for the more recent years.

For my two cents, if I were to buy another 993 today it would be a wide body sunroof-delete. I'd like to find it as a Turbo, but I'd be almost equally pleased to build a 400hp+ air-cooled naturally aspirated car just to enjoy the fun of a 996/7 GT3 without the sticker puke.

ps. If anyone has or knows of an availabe sunroof-delete widebody 993, please contact me.