Carrera S on ebay for BIN $42K
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Carrera S on ebay for BIN $42K
As usual, no affiliation to me, but an S with 39K miles for $42K seems to good to not share ... Edit: Oh ... it's a TIP! Woops.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SS%3AUS%3A1123
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...SS%3AUS%3A1123
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yeah but just think of how much fun you'd have every time you drop it into D
...I'm still so shocked to see how many S tips are out there...and every time i see one i can't help but think who actually paid 80k+ for a brand new one back in the day.Oh well different strokes for different folks i guess
...I'm still so shocked to see how many S tips are out there...and every time i see one i can't help but think who actually paid 80k+ for a brand new one back in the day.Oh well different strokes for different folks i guess
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I was all excited when I found it on eBay until I noticed the tiptronic. To each his own, but I love shifting. Pathetic cars today are going to the slappy paddle gearbox. Faster yes, but as fun... No.
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Gotta be careful of what you say. One day you may be that person (sometimes known as an old fart) with a left foot that doesn't really work anymore and a TIP would be the only way you could still be driving a 993.....
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The pushbuttons work great, although I do regret having only four forward gears and the fact that the torque converter very obviously clunks in and out. I've not had the car in "D" since the second month after I bought it, although I know this does not necessarily gain me back any man-points, lol!
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I'm 28, in good health, I grew up with manual cars and have no problems with them, but to me the 'manual experience' is like buying a TV without the remote because it's more involving to get up and change the channel on the TV. If Apple made cars, they would have phased out the manual along with the floppy disk a long time ago 
Joking aside... Yes, the tip sometimes clunks and it's not as fast as the manual 993s - but the manual box is not exactly perfect either (US spec'd ones in particular from what I have read) or that fast to begin with... so if all that clutch-work is mainly to gain a few tenths here and there, I would consider a fast-even-by-modern-standards TT. The extra power would probably be worth the hassle to me!
I use my car daily, because it is a tip. It allows me to relax when I drive around city traffic in 3-mode, the M mode is plenty fast and raw and direct for the autobahn and I can share it with my friends and girlfriend who can jump right in a drive it - no "this is an old car you know, so the clutch is like kicking a door in" introduction needed
For a weekend car I would consider the manual to achieve the more 'pure' experience.
Joking aside... Yes, the tip sometimes clunks and it's not as fast as the manual 993s - but the manual box is not exactly perfect either (US spec'd ones in particular from what I have read) or that fast to begin with... so if all that clutch-work is mainly to gain a few tenths here and there, I would consider a fast-even-by-modern-standards TT. The extra power would probably be worth the hassle to me!
I use my car daily, because it is a tip. It allows me to relax when I drive around city traffic in 3-mode, the M mode is plenty fast and raw and direct for the autobahn and I can share it with my friends and girlfriend who can jump right in a drive it - no "this is an old car you know, so the clutch is like kicking a door in" introduction needed
For a weekend car I would consider the manual to achieve the more 'pure' experience.
