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"I used to have this policy that I would wake up before 5:00 in the morning for just four things: airplanes, motorcycles, race tracks, and cross-country drives. Then I had kids, and I stopped sleeping altogether, which threw the policy out the window."
Man I'm so glad I have no idea wtf this guy is talking about.
I test drove two 993s earlier this year and was underwhelmed. The 996 is more fun, light and raw, sounds better from inside (crazy I know) and is more practical. The 993 looks better from the rear IMO.
My 996 has now needed a tow 3 times so I’m not sure what to think of that (IMS and two times a persistent misfire that has now hopefully been fixed for good).
Time is flying even faster than prices are drifting!
"The time will come when, despite our best efforts to look ahead, watch brake lights, and use our Valentine Ones, we will be clocked. At this point, we have two useful options. We can pull over and wait for the nice policeman, right there across the road from his clocking point (this will sometimes earn us some goodwill), or we can run.It isn’t really “running” until the cop is directly behind us with his lights on. That’s a felony, and I advise against it. Until then, it’s merely additional speeding, spiced up with some unwarranted direction-changing. When we decide to perform said additional speeding, we need to absolutely abandon the idea of getting where we were going. That’s no longer important. Instead, we need to perform three important tasks.
Task one is breaking visual contact. As long as the cop can see us, we are toast. So it’s time to boogie. Most police sedans with light bars can’t break 120 mph, so we want to get to that speed or better immediately. We look ahead, not behind, or we will surely drive right into the back of a lane-wandering minivan full of multicultural children stroking crippled kittens and singing “Kumbaya.”
to be fair the part required to fix my 1996 was only $34 at Champion Porsche. Cheapest repair bill of my Porsche life! Perhaps I should have kept that one!? 🤣
Originally Posted by frederik
I test drove two 993s earlier this year and was underwhelmed. The 996 is more fun, light and raw, sounds better from inside (crazy I know) and is more practical. The 993 looks better from the rear IMO.
My 996 has now needed a tow 3 times so I’m not sure what to think of that (IMS and two times a persistent misfire that has now hopefully been fixed for good).
"The time will come when, despite our best efforts to look ahead, watch brake lights, and use our Valentine Ones, we will be clocked. At this point, we have two useful options. We can pull over and wait for the nice policeman, right there across the road from his clocking point (this will sometimes earn us some goodwill), or we can run.It isn’t really “running” until the cop is directly behind us with his lights on. That’s a felony, and I advise against it. Until then, it’s merely additional speeding, spiced up with some unwarranted direction-changing. When we decide to perform said additional speeding, we need to absolutely abandon the idea of getting where we were going. That’s no longer important. Instead, we need to perform three important tasks.
Task one is breaking visual contact. As long as the cop can see us, we are toast. So it’s time to boogie. Most police sedans with light bars can’t break 120 mph, so we want to get to that speed or better immediately. We look ahead, not behind, or we will surely drive right into the back of a lane-wandering minivan full of multicultural children stroking crippled kittens and singing “Kumbaya.”
I recently had an unmarked State trooper pull up next to me while I was going north of 90, turn on his lights for a split second to get my attention, then lowered his driver's window and gave me a hand signal to slow it down a little. I gave him a thumbs up and we both went on our way. Porsche privilege is alive and well.
According to the Road & Track article you should have immediately accelerated to 178 mph into the rear end of a school bus
I guess that’s Why Road & Track Will Never Be Collectible
Originally Posted by Optionman1
I recently had an unmarked State trooper pull up next to me while I was going north of 90, turn on his lights for a split second to get my attention, then lowered his driver's window and gave me a hand signal to slow it down a little. I gave him a thumbs up and we both went on our way. Porsche privilege is alive and well.
Nice, well maintained 996’s will definitely hold it’s current value. Yeah, you will probably not get your maintenance cost back, but if that’s what your into it for, might be better to put money elsewhere.
One thing in its favor is the teenagers that hung the 996 on their walls are still a few years away from when they have disposable income to buy these toys. These were their dream Porsches. My gut says the C4S will be the star of the N/A non GT cars. ( yeah really going out on a limb with that). Let’s face it, it visually it stands out and it’s basically the M491 of the water cooled 911’s. It’s unique with it’s own special touch (Heckblende thing a jig). Figure they made 24k worldwide, only approx 16k coupes, I would say it makes them mildly limited. Throw in the non silver and black one (love the silver btw), even more unique.
Nice, well maintained 996’s will definitely hold it’s current value. Yeah, you will probably not get your maintenance cost back, but if that’s what your into it for, might be better to put money elsewhere.
One thing in its favor is the teenagers that hung the 996 on their walls are still a few years away from when they have disposable income to buy these toys. These were their dream Porsches. My gut says the C4S will be the star of the N/A non GT cars. ( yeah really going out on a limb with that). Let’s face it, it visually it stands out and it’s basically the M491 of the water cooled 911’s. It’s unique with it’s own special touch (Heckblende thing a jig). Figure they made 24k worldwide, only approx 16k coupes, I would say it makes them mildly limited. Throw in the non silver and black one (love the silver btw), even more unique.
The great thing about a 911, any 911, is that after it's done depreciating, it has historically shown to appreciate. Yes, past performance is no guarantee of future results. But sure enough, same thing happened with the 996.
BUT...
The vast majority of other non-911 cars don't get the bounce after they are done depreciating. Instead, they find themselves sitting in a junkyard and eventually turned into scrap metal.
Even with the maintenance costs, the 996, if it continues to follow all other 911s in past behavior, will most likely appreciate over time. The question is will it ultimately be worth more than you put into it? Who really cares. The maintenence cost is the cost derived from owning and driving this exceptional car.
Anybody looking to turn a handsome profit should look elsewhere. Plenty of bitcoins and meme stocks for sale.
Please note that my reference to bitcoin and meme stocks is humor on the speculative state of the markets.
I recently had an unmarked State trooper pull up next to me while I was going north of 90, turn on his lights for a split second to get my attention, then lowered his driver's window and gave me a hand signal to slow it down a little. I gave him a thumbs up and we both went on our way. Porsche privilege is alive and well.
"I used to have this policy that I would wake up before 5:00 in the morning for just four things: airplanes, motorcycles, race tracks, and cross-country drives. Then I had kids, and I stopped sleeping altogether, which threw the policy out the window."
Man I'm so glad I have no idea wtf this guy is talking about.
06-29-2022, 01:42 PM
