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I've noticed that asking prices on non-turbo 996's have gone up out here too. The prices of new and almost-new models have risen substantially lately. According to a guy I know who is a sales manager at a local dealership (not Porsche but Range Rover), there is a lack of supply of new cars due to COVID and a shortage of computer chips and other parts. They are buying back lease cars from customers at near sticker price, just to have some inventory to sell. I haven't been in the Porsche dealership lately, but driving by it looked nearly all the cars out front were SUV's. Usually there are a bunch of 911's out front. So I suppose an overall lack up supply, the price increases from Porsche on new models, etc. may be driving up the entire used 911 market right now?
Those RSR lights are cool, but I’m not gonna nitpick any 911 Turbo headlight, they’re all supercars in their generation. Ferrari, Lamborghini, they all had funky lights at one time or another. And they’re all eventually worth half a million dollars+ anyway. Some in spite of the funkiness, and some because of it
The 'fog light' seems off to me; it doesn't 'flow' with the rest of the light, seems like it was an after thought. It is also halogen, which I think is also off.
Don't get me wrong, I'm the guy who almost didn't buy my Type R because it only came in white, so my design notes may not be well informed.
The 'fog light' seems off to me; it doesn't 'flow' with the rest of the light, seems like it was an after thought. It is also halogen, which I think is also off.
Don't get me wrong, I'm the guy who almost didn't buy my Type R because it only came in white, so my design notes may not be well informed.
Personally I don’t mind the look of the fog lights, just the fact they don’t function well because of their location (high and in the center). Fog lights need to be low and on the outside. Porsche moved them to the correct location with the 997. These are functional but unfortunately look like warts on the car. Should have blended them into the body.
On the other hand, my M5 fogs are very functional; down low and angled to the side.
It depends on what you mean by "much." We do get fog here. I see more when I'm in the mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. When driving in fog I'm not going very fast (going slow actually) and I find that the low beams are more than adequate.
08-29-2021, 09:00 PM
