993 TT S for sale
05-15-2003, 04:51 PM
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Now if there is anyone out there that wants a real garage queen 1997 tt-S and who is willing to fork over 150K I know of a black on black one with 150 delivery miles on it at sovreign.com near Boston. You don't even get a lumbar seat for your passenger at that price! Who will know as it sleeps in your garage
05-15-2003, 07:33 PM
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My two and only runs ins with a TurboS first hand gave me different impressions- Both were at different times at a local dealer here in Denver.
One time I was picking up my Artic Silver TT (black inside) from it’s 30k service and it was parked inside right next to a Turbo S exactly the same color combo. I wish I had a camera.
Overall looking at both cars side by side I actually went away liking mine better.
I thought the side scoops and the biplane wing were interesting but the clean lines of the standard turbo won out. The full carbon inside was a bit intense. Front bumper scoops are nicer though as was the full FULL leather inside.
I asked what the Turbo S was doing in the service bay and was told the turbos were being replaced because it’s hardly driven at all and a bunch of things now needed to be replaced. Cannot remember the milage but it was under 5000k.
The same dealer had another turbo S and I asked what color combo- his reply was Arena Red.
“Ok what about the inside”, I asked, again the same reply “Arena Red”.
One of the TurboS features was the special inside and outside colors and matching color combos. This was one of those.
I envisioned bruise colored 993 inside and out and just had to drive down to see what I thought was going to be a collision of money and bad taste.
To my surprise the car was drop dead beautiful. All the things that were over the top for a clean silver turbo fit right in on this color scheme.
Normally I don’t like Carbon fiber insides but the full carbon offset against everything (air vents included) covered in dark red leather was spectacular.
I still like the standard silver turbo best as a driving car but if I had time and space for a Garage Queen the Arena Red Turbo S would right up there on my list.
One time I was picking up my Artic Silver TT (black inside) from it’s 30k service and it was parked inside right next to a Turbo S exactly the same color combo. I wish I had a camera.
Overall looking at both cars side by side I actually went away liking mine better.
I thought the side scoops and the biplane wing were interesting but the clean lines of the standard turbo won out. The full carbon inside was a bit intense. Front bumper scoops are nicer though as was the full FULL leather inside.
I asked what the Turbo S was doing in the service bay and was told the turbos were being replaced because it’s hardly driven at all and a bunch of things now needed to be replaced. Cannot remember the milage but it was under 5000k.
The same dealer had another turbo S and I asked what color combo- his reply was Arena Red.
“Ok what about the inside”, I asked, again the same reply “Arena Red”.
One of the TurboS features was the special inside and outside colors and matching color combos. This was one of those.
I envisioned bruise colored 993 inside and out and just had to drive down to see what I thought was going to be a collision of money and bad taste.
To my surprise the car was drop dead beautiful. All the things that were over the top for a clean silver turbo fit right in on this color scheme.
Normally I don’t like Carbon fiber insides but the full carbon offset against everything (air vents included) covered in dark red leather was spectacular.
I still like the standard silver turbo best as a driving car but if I had time and space for a Garage Queen the Arena Red Turbo S would right up there on my list.
05-15-2003, 11:26 PM
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John, you can read about it here: <a href="http://forums.rennlist.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=004189#000000" target="_blank">http://forums.rennlist.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=004189#000000</a>
And yep, the heir to my turbo s is enroute. I've already checked out <a href="http://www.quartermidgets.com" target="_blank">http://www.quartermidgets.com</a>
Still, a check for 100K would probably have me handing over the keys, knowing I could get a turbo for 60K and 40K for some nice toys. Who knows. Maybe one of these days I'll put it on the market for kicks.
And yep, the heir to my turbo s is enroute. I've already checked out <a href="http://www.quartermidgets.com" target="_blank">http://www.quartermidgets.com</a>
Still, a check for 100K would probably have me handing over the keys, knowing I could get a turbo for 60K and 40K for some nice toys. Who knows. Maybe one of these days I'll put it on the market for kicks.