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Congratulations! Appreciate your story, it is not too dissimilar from my own.
I flew to LA from Austin, Texas to pick up our NB and then drove it home.
I have a vivid memory of crossing the desert in a 55 mph cross wind, all the semis and RVs where really blowing around. The 911 just sailed through those winds like nothin'.
It must be due to the color, but that 993 rear end looks MUCH better than the 997s'.
BTW, my wife want me to 'upgrade' my 993 to a 997, but I am having a really hard time with that!!
FWIW, after a drive in the twisties with the 993 yesterday morning, I'd only have a 997 (or 991) as an AND, rather than OR, with the 993. There's a certain itch that the 993 scratches that (at least for me) the 997 doesn't.
I'm quite sure that my overall pace was slower in the 993 (relative to the 997) on familiar roads, but the experience was much more satisfying. These cars really are quite special.
About the rear, the lines of the 993 are better to my eye. I think the 997 is just stunning, but I'd forgotten how great the 993 looks from behind.
It's interesting / funny how much physically smaller the 993 seems in the Garage than the 997. Of course that's because it IS smaller, but just noticing how much smaller it feels.
The Red Wonder doesn't seem to want to stay in the garage. My brother and I had an early drive on Sunday morning to breakfast at Alice's Restaurant on Skyline.
It was great to drive the car on local familiar roads, which were a little wet early on Sunday morning. It was a very satisfying driving experience but, unsurprisingly, completely different than driving the 997. The big difference is that I found myself driving at a much more "gentlemanly" pace in the 993. I'm sure my subconscious made some calculation of the value of the car, its importance to me, its literal irreplaceability, and its lack of any and all driver aids, and adjusted driving style accordingly.
I suspect that it's the last point - no electronic "aids" - that had the biggest impact on driving style and pace. I'm quite sure that knowing ABS is the only thing I had to save my bacon if I got into a corner over my head made me much more aware of leaving some extra margin. Interesting under the banner of taking a step back.
The other observation from the Sunday drive is that the steering in this car is really fantastic. I think the 997 was good, but the 993 is better. I guess this is just reinforcing the impression that I wrote about in the original post, but thought it worth mentioning / reinforcing that the steering in these cars is just superb.
Congrats on being able to purchase such an amazingly spared 993 & I'm happy to read that you're actually driving it rather than obsessing over its value.
Have to say that I prefer the all red tails over the amber though!
Congrats on being able to purchase such an amazingly spared 993 & I'm happy to read that you're actually driving it rather than obsessing over its value.
Have to say that I prefer the all red tails over the amber though!
Enjoy in good health!
Thanks. And yeah, there's overwhelming support to keep the tail lights red (or put them back to red, as the case may be)!
12-07-2014 | 09:01 PM
