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07-10-2006, 09:13 PM
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Loved the 997. Great car. I think Porsche did a great job; a sig improvement over the 996 in all regards. No problems in 18 months of ownership for me and I understand this applies to the 997's in general. Loved the car.
My situation was a little special. I was able to buy a well equiped 997 at a great price, drive it for 18 months and sell it for more than I paid for it. Also, the 997 is a great drive, and I do mean great. It was so competent that I could only use a very small percentage of its capabilities driving around Tampa. Ultimately I picked up a new Miata for daily driving; you know, the virtues of driving a slow car fast and all that. The miata rewarded/required heel toe and redline shifting and could be slid/drifted around corners without necessarily going to jail. The 997 became the long drive on the weekend car. Eventually, I was putting more miles on my 96 C2 track car than the 997 (ask me about our recent Road Atlanta outing with 305 track miles on the first day : ) ).
Less than a month after I accepted an offer I couldn't refuse for the 997 I found Greg's car in Sante Fe the first day it was advertised on the PCA classifieds. The rest is history. There is probably more to the story at a subconscious level but enough blabbering.
Thanks for indulging me.
Jack
My situation was a little special. I was able to buy a well equiped 997 at a great price, drive it for 18 months and sell it for more than I paid for it. Also, the 997 is a great drive, and I do mean great. It was so competent that I could only use a very small percentage of its capabilities driving around Tampa. Ultimately I picked up a new Miata for daily driving; you know, the virtues of driving a slow car fast and all that. The miata rewarded/required heel toe and redline shifting and could be slid/drifted around corners without necessarily going to jail. The 997 became the long drive on the weekend car. Eventually, I was putting more miles on my 96 C2 track car than the 997 (ask me about our recent Road Atlanta outing with 305 track miles on the first day : ) ).
Less than a month after I accepted an offer I couldn't refuse for the 997 I found Greg's car in Sante Fe the first day it was advertised on the PCA classifieds. The rest is history. There is probably more to the story at a subconscious level but enough blabbering.
Thanks for indulging me.
Jack
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07-13-2006, 05:49 PM
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Steve: Forgot to add that you need to bring your newlly lowered baby over so I can check out the ROW-30 package. Some pics here would be nice also. : )
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07-17-2006, 12:37 PM
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Thanks Marcus. When will your baby be ready. Goldcoast has a two event at Sebring in two weeks and Suncoast has a two event there in September.
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07-17-2006, 03:01 PM
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Did you say "obscenely priced at $7400.00? Did you really pay that much for it? If you did, what was the catch? If there was no catch, why can't i find a car like this one? Man, I need to get to know you!!!
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This car is now being parted out. Bob Brooks, AKA "viperbob", has agreed to tend to all the details. He can be reached at losaltosbob@hotmail.com
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