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Wow! Your new 911 is gorgeous. I love the white with black accents. I see the M3 turned into another P-car...good for you. We have a similar German car theme going on at our house also. I would love to hear how the new 911 compares to the old. I hope you enjoy it and have many years of happy motoring ahead of you.
Thanks! Yes, I traded the M3 for the Macan last year. I love the three white Porsche photo. You don't get to take a photo like that very often. It's even more amusing that they have three consecutive plates.
I got tired of the M3 being temperamental and thought that by moving to the Macan I would gain something that was practical, fun and less of a prima donna. I do miss driving the M3 like crazy. it was a really fun car to drive, but not a fun car to own. Unfortunately, the Macan has proven to be he highest maintenance car I've owned and I've developed a really close relationship with my service advisor. Guys at work joke about what color Macan loaner I'll be driving on any given day. It's a pain in the ***. I'll definitely need an extended warranty for it.
As for the comparison of new to old 911 - they're different. My daughter prefers the 996 and to be honest I can't disagree with her. The 996 is more raw and spirited. The new one is refined, quieter, and less of a direct connection of the driver to the road. Both are seriously fun to drive, but the 996 is just more connected to the driver, even if it is slower.
The 996 will be gone in the next week or so and I'll really miss it, but I've babied it well and it's time for me to send it on to a new home that will appreciate it. It's going to a first time Porsche owner, but he's a lifetime car enthusiast. I know he'll treat it well.
I've loved the look of the 1999 911 GT3 for like 20 years, so I'm a little bit obsessed with the SportDesign wheels.
The Sport Classic ones are very nice (especially in person), but I was actually hoping to find one that had the SportDesign ones instead. This car was too good to pass up just because of that, though.
No, I got this one on Bring a Trailer all the way from Kansas City, Missouri. If there was a Guards Red 996.1 with the aerokit being sold locally, I must have completely missed it, despite the fact that I was looking on basically every site I could think of to try and find a car like this.