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Old 04-19-2016, 12:10 AM
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Looks great and congrats. Enjoy it in good health.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:06 AM
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Hey, congrats!!!!!!
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:32 AM
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Nothing better than buying someone else's well cared-for 996, at the 'yuuuge' discount they now display.
Like buying money at .50 on the dollar. Particularly the 996TT or C4S.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:44 AM
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Congrats. It's a beautiful car. Turbo twists look night and day different with a black powder coat. May not be your style though.
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Old 04-19-2016, 03:18 AM
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very cool, any chance for a shot of the 997?
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Old 04-19-2016, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul Waterloo
Excellent! I went to the local Porsche GTG last Saturday, and I have to say, I really like the look of the 996.2 headlights. The 997's really don't do anything extra for me....but that's probably just because I've been on here for 1.5 years.

Now the yellow GT2 that was there.....that's a car I would like to own!
I actually prefer the 996.1 headlights to the 996.2... The "2's" look "droopy eyed" to me... I never did get the "fried egg" nickname for the original lights - especially if you don't have the orange directional - (don't fried eggs have the yellow in the middle?) - and the fact that they were borrowed from the GT1 race car is kind of cool. I think the fact that they were shared with the Boxter was the true killer for the Porsche Cognoscenti...To each his own...
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Old 04-19-2016, 11:55 AM
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Great car!

Hey is one of the photos of it taken in Cripple Creek?
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by wildbilly32
Very nice! Welcome to the 996. It will grow on you. Any plans for those hideous Turbo twists?
Yeah, if those are widebody twists, hell, I'd do you a favor and dispose of them for you for free. Heck, I might even pay the cost of shipping them from Colorado to KC.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:09 PM
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What sizes are widebody Turbo twists?
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by fpena944
Great car!

Hey is one of the photos of it taken in Cripple Creek?
No, the photo with the building behind it was in Silverton, CO
Southern Colorado.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:22 PM
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Hey, KC get in line! The twists on my 2005 996 C4S are 18x8 ET50 and 18x11 ET45. If you are selling let's talk.
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Old 04-19-2016, 03:00 PM
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I recall reading your post on the GT3 forum when you picked up the 3.1. I cant remember a time where I saw a post of someone with a GT3 buying a non 3 996 but its definitely great to see. Congrats on the polar silver 4S, they are great cars as well.
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Old 04-19-2016, 05:15 PM
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Hope to see you at some Cars and Coffee's this summer!


I am in CO as well...
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Old 04-19-2016, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by wildbilly32
Hey, KC get in line! The twists on my 2005 996 C4S are 18x8 ET50 and 18x11 ET45. If you are selling let's talk.
Sent you a PM.
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Old 04-19-2016, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Hardback
I recall reading your post on the GT3 forum when you picked up the 3.1. I cant remember a time where I saw a post of someone with a GT3 buying a non 3 996 but its definitely great to see. Congrats on the polar silver 4S, they are great cars as well.
Cool! Yeah it's not the normal progression, like I said the car was too nice to pass up. I have seriously considered a 996 GT3, but they keep going up in price and at this point another GT3 seems like overkill. Enjoying the C4S..
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