Hi everyone! After 4 years with a great 996 C4S, I get to join you guys!

I loved my 996 C4S, but I know I'm going to have many good times with her - a 2010 C4S!:

 

O la la...another lucky guy...congratulations, welcome, and use that beauty in the best of health!

Looking forward to hearing your impressions of your new ride in comparison to the 996 C4S...

 

Congrats

 

Congrats! Interested in a 996/7 comparo too.

 

Congratulations!

 

You will enjoy. I love my c4s

 

Nice! Good move skipping the 997.1 and getting a 997.2. No mor IMS worries!

 

Spender,

Not a bad new club to be in. Very nice C4S!

Ken

 

Sweeeet!!!!!

 

Congrats!

 

Awesome color & wheel combo. And we don't even get to say "All you need is some clear side markers".

 

Congrats. She is a beauty and a beast. Enjoy.

 

You will enjoy.

 

That's a beaut spender What's the mileage on the beast? Post up a few more pictures when you get a chance.

 

Well, I've now had it for a week, and all I can say is WOW! I'll always have great memories of my first 911, being the 996 C4S - but this is a completely different car - hard to even compare them. The neatest thing about my 997 is that it's exactly the car that I would have custom-picked myself if I was ordering new from the dealer - how many people who bought used can say that? This is my dream Porsche.

Biggest difference is the power and "raw" nature of the 997. When you start it up, it just feels more like a crouching tiger. As you drive out of the parking lot, it feels like holding a really big dog like a mastiff back on a leash - it just wants to go, and it almost seems like the car is uncomfortable going slow. On the road - wow. Hit the gas and it's off. Faster, and seamlessly so, than I would have thought. Takes no effort to go from 85 km to 130 km to pass someone on the highway - feels virtually instant.

Second biggest difference is the ride/suspension - PASM is amazing, and everything that it was promised to be. The normal "comfort" mode is amazing! Sports mode is great, and switches virtually instantly. This, along with the other technical improvements (DFI and PTM) make it all worthwhile!

Third biggest difference is what I'd call the build quality and aesthetics. Again, I loved my 996 but always felt the interior was showing its age (from a design perspective). The 997.2 interior is the nicest car interior I've ever seen. Well organized and very functional, yet stylish. They got it right with this car.

Fourth - and I'll admit it - I'm happy to have round headlights finally!