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Old 11-21-2018, 11:30 AM
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I was pissed off to note that in the "parade" just towards the end of the 1hr show, showed just about every version of the 911, and completely excluded any version of the 996! The year went from 1998 straight through to 2007. Perhaps I'm missing something but it just seemed to me to be a downright kick in the *****!!
Old 11-21-2018, 11:37 AM
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I noticed that also, we’re still the unwanted stepchildren of the Porsche world.
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It's a shame....its a relevant model too in that it was the first water cooled. Its also my favorite.
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Not to mention the car that helped save Porsche from financial ruin. And it was lighter, faster and better equipped than the 993. The Pcar snobbery is still strong with some folks. But it’s all good. Just like the 912 & 914 before it. These black sheep cars’ time will come. Be thankful we don’t have to pay 964/993 prices.
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Originally Posted by Bash Hat
Not to mention the car that helped save Porsche from financial ruin. And it was lighter, faster and better equipped than the 993. The Pcar snobbery is still strong with some folks. But it’s all good. Just like the 912 & 914 before it. These black sheep cars’ time will come. Be thankful we don’t have to pay 964/993 prices.
Yep, I'm glad a lot of people don't like them--that lowered my acquisition cost.
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I noticed that also but we had a few 996 race cars in the race run groups hang tuff our day will come 👍😁Rich


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If this is true, then very sad. The 996 to me is the best of both worlds "reliability" in a water cooled engine while having many things like the suspension are still mechanical giving the driver more "feel" of the road. 997+ have many computers controlling this for you.

To me
  • the 993, and many of it's predecessors, is nice that it is the last model('s) of air cooled (something Porsche was known for), more mechanical components giving the driver direct feedback of the road
  • the 997 is a big Technology leap forward (there's a computer for just about everything, making the drive more "comfortable"), bigger, comfy but less feedback and control of the overall car
  • the 996 is the best of both worlds introducing water cooled reliability, similar size car from it's predecessor, some computers but retaining many mechanical components
Obviously, the above excludes all GT* versions.



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