bugeyemilo

Rarely see them out and about.


I did see 3 Nissan GT-R's on my commute this am. made me smile.

drcheap

I tracked my Miata at Atlanta Motorsports Park all day Sat getting ready for the SCCA track nights there starting in April, and the Porsche track day 3/25/17....

I was on the track with a GT-R-he and no trouble passing me/lapping me on the 2.0mile track...I was humbled...

bugeyemilo

well... Miata vs GT-R .. that's gonna happen.


I couldn't be happier that I don't have a GT-R. I recall being so enthusiastic about them when they first came out.

drcheap

One of my track friends had one for the street, sold it..

bugeyemilo

that new 2017 GT3 with a manual ... now THERE's a street and track car

atlzhp6m

agree, only see them come out of shadows once a month at Caffeine and Octane and then they go back into hiding.

Q's911

I live in Oregon and rarely do I see a 996TT. I see a whole bunch of 991's, 930, 964, 997 and just a few 996's. Purchasing my 996 TT is the best decision I ever made. Truly an amazing vehicle!

bansasn

Do to lack of our car on the road. I'm starting to feel good about our future 996tt appreciation.

911mhawk

Saw a midnight blue one here in Seattle yesterday and there's a black one regularly in a garage that frequent with my black one and saw a real RUF 993tt last week too. None were at the track last week though... Maybe this Thursday??

mpsig226

I'm in El Paso, TX. I drive mine (Blk/Blk) to my office 5 miles each way 2-3 times a week. Have only seen 1 Blu Cabrio in 2 years. I travel up to Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Eastern NM and West Texas (Midland/Odessa/Pecos/Ft. Stockton, etc) in my biz car and never see any either. But, PCCA is having the "Octoberfest Meet" in Deming, NM and I plan to see how many show up. Folks from CA, NV, AZ, CO, NM and TX are typical attendees so I understand. I am also elated to be rare! LOL.

idatenrj

I recently moved to Albuquerque from FL. I have a speed yellow. Likewise, I haven't seen any 996TTs around here. I've driven all over northern NM and southern CO. I went to a car meet in June (Jemez Cruise) and I only saw 3 porsches, a 997s, a 924 and a boxster out of probably 200+ cars.

Dock

Excluding Albuquerque and Interstate 40, northern NM and southern CO aren't exactly loaded with automobiles.

Road King

And in other news, there are three 996 Turbos in my immediate neighborhood. There's a midnight blue and gray one down the street, and my buddy up on top of the hill has a seal gray like mine (And he bought it new).

mpsig226

Except for Albuquerque and I-40 ? There are lots of money in Santa Fe. Do an aerial Google map of the SF airport on weekends. Nothing but King Air's, Citations, Falcons, etc. crowding the lot. They start arriving on Friday evening and leaving on Monday mornings. There is lots of natural gas explorations/production in southern CO and NE NM. Ferrari's, Lambo's, Rolls and plenty of Panamera's and Macan's. I even saw a McLaren F1 with CO tags this past January in Farmington NM, not very far from Durango CO. Just no 996 TT's We can't take oil and new money for granted. In fact, I even saw a large private home in the middle of nowhere with 2 stylish and new looking choppers with a bunch of young guys around the toys. Could not see what kind of cars because it was at a distance away from the road. New rich kids? Probably !

Dock

Santa Fe has a population of about 84,000; a very small city. The per capita income in Santa Fe is around $32k.

Probably someone who lives in Denver out on a drive.

The point is that the population density of northern NM and southern CO (outside of Albuquerque and Denver), is very low, so not seeing many cars of any make while driving around those areas is the norm.