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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 08:44 PM
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owned a .1 now have a .2.. looks and all the gritty technical info aside, its a completely different animal. The DFI is way freer revving and it feels like it develops power earlier, it sounds completely different as well. The interior is much more modern inc. the nav, bluetooth, mp3, usb etc.

you have to drive both and but only if the .2 is in the budget...
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by alexb76
Nope, that's for 991.
Wiki says it was for the 997.2

The 997 was revised in 2008 for the 2009 model year. The updated Porsche 911 (called 997 Gen II internally at Porsche[10]) included following changes:

A new engine for the S is mounted 0.4 inch lower in the tail section

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche...282009-2012.29
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Old Jan 16, 2014 | 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by alexb76
Side mirrors? Really? To me they look identical, no?
The style of the side mirrors is the same, but the .2 ones are nearly an inch taller to meet newer European standards that came into play.
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Old Jan 17, 2014 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by One911
Wiki says it was for the 997.2

The 997 was revised in 2008 for the 2009 model year. The updated Porsche 911 (called 997 Gen II internally at Porsche[10]) included following changes:

A new engine for the S is mounted 0.4 inch lower in the tail section

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche...282009-2012.29
The 997.2 engine is mounted lower than the 997.1, but I think you said in your first post that the 997.2 engine was mounted further forward than the 997.1. Not further forward, but lower is correct.
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Old Jan 17, 2014 | 10:17 AM
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IIRC the maintenance schedule is slightly different? Like the plugs at 40k vs 30k?
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