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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 01:06 PM
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Congrats on your new purchase. The Midnight looks amazing Now all you have to do is get an LED Interior Lighting Kit. Enjoy, it looks like you got a good one.
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by PTParks
Congratulations! Always glad to see someone choosing to drive a 6-speed over the tiptronic or PDK (yes, I know, the PDK can be faster).

I was surprised (and glad) that Porsche choose to add a 7-speed manual transmission to the new 991.
OMG...I actually test drove the 2013 Anthracite Brown which is parked behind mine in the 2nd picture. It was a manual and I never realized that it was a 7-speed. Of course I was only on the freeway for in town and didn't go above 75 mph, but still....

I did play with the rev matching in the Sport Chrono + mode. That was kind of fun since I don't heel-toe very well. I'm more of blip the throttle with the right hand kind of guy (Sportbikes on the track).
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Old Feb 7, 2013 | 03:46 PM
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auto 996 to manual 997.2 - Nice upgrade! Enjoy
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 04:12 AM
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Congrats. I was looking at that car. It has sports chrono, 30k miles and vin ending in 707155?

You bought it from under me! I live in San Diego and just couldn't get there in time. They sent me the CPO checklist and the car looked great.

Congrats on your ride.
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Gripster
Congrats. I was looking at that car. It has sports chrono, 30k miles and vin ending in 707155?

You bought it from under me! I live in San Diego and just couldn't get there in time. They sent me the CPO checklist and the car looked great.

Congrats on your ride.
What a small world...it's the same car. I just happened to be visiting Vegas for the weekend and noticed the car on their website. It was priced low enough to grab my interest. I was planning on upgrading, but not for another 3-4 years and this one had pretty much everything I wanted and was priced attractively. After the test drive, my wife pretty much told me go ahead pull the trigger since she was already tired of me bugging her about a new one and she didn't want to hear it anymore. The rest is history!

Enjoy your adventure in searching for your car. I was having fun with mine when my wife put an end to it! Now I just have to endure all the grinning while driving my new ride.
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 12:23 PM
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Congrats on the new car. I came from a 996 to a 997.2 S and love it. Is your interior black? If so that is my all time favorite color combo.
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ECS Tuning
Congrats on your new purchase. The Midnight looks amazing Now all you have to do is get an LED Interior Lighting Kit. Enjoy, it looks like you got a good one.
Those interior LEDs look really bright (too bright). Anybody install this in their car?

To mototrmpt: congrats.
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by nota_troll
Congrats on the new car. I came from a 996 to a 997.2 S and love it. Is your interior black? If so that is my all time favorite color combo.
Yes, the interior is black. My 02's interior was grey and I'm with you, I really like this color combo as well.
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Old Feb 9, 2013 | 07:51 PM
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Congratulations on a great car! In 2010, I flew into LV just to have Gaudin perform a PPI on a car that I really wanted to buy from a private seller. I didn't end up buying the car as the it had way too many over revs. Even though I was just a one off customer, the service adviser offered me a ride back to the airport. I was very impressed with this gesture from Gaudin Porsche and it made a lasting positive impression.
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