plpete84

/\/\ That's primo. Love that it has the rear wiper. Wish it had sport seats - only thing really missing from perfect.

work_truck

facts (and a dry sump amirite)

EVOMMM

That’s sweet omg so clean

Putt-Putt

There have been cleaner 996's for sale. It's an 8 out of 10 IMHO.

https://www.friendsgreenporsche.com/...l-engine-build

Optionman1

Yes but this is a 1998 model year, not sure I've seen many or any discussed in this forum

wildbilly32

PPPBBBTTT! Steering wheel is on the wrong side...

Plus the guy like to free rev a recently started engine...

Optionman1

Yes I wouldn't feel safe driving a right hand drive on the streets and highways here, and I thought about the engine revving on a not yet warmed up engine as well when I watched it.

wildbilly32

After some Caribbean island driving the wife would NOT let me buy a right hand drive car...period!

plpete84

If you look closely, the temperature arrow immediately jumps to 80 Celsius which is just about operating temperature so no cold engine revving here. Hope the steering on the right side didn't throw y'all off that much

philbert996

I’m pretty sure it’s no different than the early US spec 1999s.

Mine is a 1999 that was built in 2/98 and sold in 4/98.
I think it would have been considered 1998 model in the UK.

Putt-Putt

Yes. The cool thing about the UK cars is it rains so much there that many have no sunroof (if you like that kind of thing).

wildbilly32

Didn't look. The right hand steering is weird. Every time I tried to use the turn signal I turned on the windshield wipers!

As far as free revving I have been told it is bad even on a warm engine. Who does that to a car like these? Unnecessary IMHO. Unless you're trying to clear the excess fuel out of your dragster or impress your idiot buddies or some cutie who doesn't know any better it's just stupid.(and two of the previous three are stupid as well)

plpete84

Go look again. The car has the PSE (Porsche Sport Exhaust) option. The seller clearly revs the engine to 4-5k rpm to show the difference between the valve being on and off and is not revving it as an idiot as you suggested and bouncing it off the limiter or something. Stop thinking these cars are so fragile. If you're going to cause damage with a few revs like this you probably had a bigger problem brewing in there.

brontosaurus

I should hope nobody in this forum is actually driving their cars, as running the engine can cause components to wear prematurely.

plpete84

The word on the streets is that they start dying slowly from the first turn of the key by the original owner. It's all downhill from there