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I have been learning so much about the different iterations of the 996 lately. I never knew about a GT3CS. That is super cool especially the Speed Yellow.
Call me crazy. And I know many of you will but... the amber side markers are coming back in fashion.
When I see a car that has the clear side markers, I think something looks off. It sticks out to me. The amber is more era appropriate. Personally I own both and it's a cheap mod. Fun to change things up sometimes. But the full stock look of the 996 is really, really coming of age imo.
Anyone else experience this... yet?
Edit: I will say this is color specific. The clear side markers look fabulous on that red, but on the silver targa I think I would prefer the amber.
I generally agree with, you, but on my black cab the clears look 1000 times better. On my early 996 in Ocean Blue Metallic, the ambers look better since the rears are amber, too.
This car here literally has the same motor as the 962/959/GT1
Settle down now. GT1 had a 3.2-liter, water-cooled flat-six making 592 hp using two KKK turbochargers and 959 had a 2.8L twin turbocharged flat 6. Same platform but not literally the same.
Settle down now. GT1 had a 3.2-liter, water-cooled flat-six making 592 hp using two KKK turbochargers and 959 had a 2.8L twin turbocharged flat 6. Same platform but not literally the same.
Wow are you trying to put bdronsick out on the street???
Same 962/959/GT1 platform as in turbocharged & watercooled flat-six Mezger
Obviously the street & track Mezgers all vary widely over the decades by size and output, but the market will not substantively differentiate between 3.2 & 3.6 liters, nor between LeMans & Paris-Dakar
You get the point (I hope??), and why these cars will never lose value, right. Their progenitor 962 will be a $10M car forever. And they’re (the Mezgers) all heading inexorably in that same direction
I’ve been noticing the downtrend lately too. Almost seems to have happened overnight. I was watching C4S’s set records consistently on BaT and now not so much. I paid $37,500 for my 04 C4S, manual, 58k miles back in a November which I still feel good about, but don’t think I’m ahead quite as much today as I was 2 months ago.
I was a bit confused by this one recently. I feel confident 4-6 weeks ago that would have been $48-50.
Because to me, it sounds like you are talking about stocks, not a car. Normal 996s will never have the cachet of some model year 911s. For one thing, they made many many of them compared to other 911s. Buy it, care for it, drive it, and most of all enjoy it. But I'm sure I don't need to preach to the RL choir🏁
Existentially true of every antecedent 911 generation. IE there are tens of thousands more 997 than 996, and 991 than 997, and so on…
996 is actually rare now on any modern Porsche spreadsheet. And every year there are millions more buyers, with trillions more dollars, bidding up Classic 911
Of which 996 is now one
Originally Posted by damage98MO
they made many many of them compared to other 911s
06-11-2022, 01:12 AM
