06 with 15,500 miles. Glad you brought this up, I smell it when it's been run hard at all. I asked the dealer about it too. Smelled it big time on my first track day. Kind of like it now.

 

My 2005 S still has the smell after 23000 miles.

 

My 04 GT3 still gives off that beautiful smell ........... that smell and the sound of the bypass pipes has me in seventh heaven ...... LOVE this car!!

 

They've had their fair share of unacceptable issues (read rms on GT3s, IMS on the m96)

 

Looks like your ready to trade the 997 in for a well-engineered
car like a Lexus ES300. Enjoy your new and exciting ride, sans
that terrible Porsche smell.

 

You know what other smell that I think is icky and should be eliminated, is that terrible exhaust smell of the twin 350 Mag Mercruisers in a 34 foot Formula SS when the Corsa Exhaust is open and the boat is gurgling by the dock.

It just smells too racey.

 

Don`t make fun of ES300 - I have it since 1999 and it still runs like new with nothing major ever been broken.

I can only wish for my 997 car to live same life as ES300 does. It got 170K miles now on odometer.

 

For a seemingly smart guy, you make some awfully dumb posts.

A 997 is a luxury GT car, not a pure sports car. There is simply zero reason for it to have odd smells after say 5k miles.

If this were a stripped down race car, you would certainly have a point...but considering the nature of a 997, you don't.

 

NO! Don't tell him that! Tell him to get a front engined Porsche. One which doesn't have the engine wrapped in extremly hot headers and exhaust pipes all located between two hot sticky rubber tires.

 

Why say stuff like that? That's a borderline buzz-kill and not-entertaining.

 

If the cosmoline smell bothers you that much, take a brush, some Simple Green, and a bucket of water and scrub the cosmoline off the lower part of the engine, then rinse with water. Most of the smell will go away.

 

Ummm no.

Although it is a matter of opinion, the 997 is reasonably far from a luxury gt car. It can surely be optioned as one but luxury is not what comes to mind when I sit in my $100,000 car with no navigation, poor stereo, silly cup holders, rough ride and incredibly tight cabin. The steering wheel is hard and gives a tremendous amount of feedback and road noise is brutal by todays standards. My 2010 golf feels like a Bentley compared to my 997.

The 997 is a polished up derivative of a very successful racing platform. Its daily drivability and practicality has come a long way since the days of the air cooled cars and is by no means a stripped out race car (other than the gt3rs).

There is no denying the pedigree of a 911 is race car based. With vehicles like these you take the good with the bad. I don't suggest you should not voice your dissatisfaction with the smell but realize that it wasn't put there for the hell of it, it has a purpose and if the engineers didn't think so, they'd save the money and not use it.

[Rant over]

 

17k miles on mine after 4 years and still get a whiff of it after spirited driving sometimes.

 

Funny...my Ferrari 360 Spider and F430 Spider did not smell in the least bit. And, oh, by the way, the engines in those cars are not in front.

 

This guy asks a serious question, but you're here for entertainment. Some snotty kid telling him to buy a lexus is groovy, but me telling him his posts are dumb is not ok. Give me a break.

Coming from an Aircooled 911, a 997 is a luxury car. Its massive, quiet by comparison, soft, filled with tech options, etc etc. Even my 993 is pretty cushy for a supposed sports car.

While it may be derived from a racing platform, there is simply no reason why the car should smell funny. There is significant shielding between tires and exhaust/engine.

A 911 hasn't been a raw sports car since the 80s.