Abe Froman

There are pros and cons of both.
Pros of the paddles is they are more intuitive in some ways, larger and more standardized these days.
Cons of the paddles is not multi-function steering wheel buttons, which are on almost every car built in the past 15 years.
Pros of the buttons is you shift up and down with one hand.

A good middle ground could be a multi-function steering wheel with aftermarket Techart paddles added.
https://rennlist.com/forums/991/9468...ton-wheel.html
The paddles may not be as nice as the factory metal ones but you'll keep the buttons.
A THIRD option is a 991.2 GT steering wheel that has paddles and multi-buttons. However I read they won't work on the 997.2

Upscale Audio

Beautiful 2009 C4S cab manual 26k miles white $58.9k https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...CALERTSEMLSRCH

mujeriega

I'll be the first to admit that I prefer the "look" of paddles over the buttons. That said, I prefer "living" with the buttons on a daily basis because I can drive 1 handed when needed (coffee, drink or burger in hand) and still shift up or down if necessary. If I really need to push it in manual mode, I can either use the buttons OR I can just go back to the shift **** to bump it up or down. I consider it the best of both worlds for a daily driver and for spirited drives.

Abe Froman

Very nicely specced!

Unframed

https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/2...911-carrera-s/

Someone got a deal.

ThomasCarreraGTS

Wow. Horrible sale for the seller. Wish I had seen it.

Upscale Audio

Jesus...I think Pcarmarket isn't hot enough yet. They should be charging little or no fees until they get enough eyes looking and bidding.

Doug H

I sure would not list a car there, but great place to look if purchasing.

People selling just do not grasp how bad an idea auctions can be. Very limited market and mostly bottom feeders looking for deals.

A close friend of mine just sent about 70 cars off to Mecum a year ago. I tried to talk him out of it or least spread them out over many auctions. He did not listen and took a beating. Mecum screwed him when he tried to place reserves and said they had already advertise his cars as no reserve. They screwed up and he took a beating. He got about 40% across the board of what he would have set his reserve at. If thinking of using Mecum for anything, I would not walk. I would run like hell away after hearing how they handled part of y friend's family collection.

Vincent713

But usually there are folks with deep pockets at Mecum. There is an awesome car for auction right now on Pcar

https://www.pcarmarket.com/auction/2...rsche-911-gt3/

Doug H

Check this unicorn out . . . I don't like brown, but here is a Macadamia Brown GTS manual cab with 36k miles for only $72k.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...0848/overview/

ThomasCarreraGTS

Not a cabrio guy and while I like the brown, I wouldn't own one. But wow, this is one clean and rare car! Even still has the orange side markers! Somebody snap this one up please!

Abe Froman

Macadamia Metallic is yummy.
Weren't Sport Seats standard on the GTS? Why would someone spec standard seats?

Doug H

To get ventilation for convertible. A must in my opinion if in southern climates. I actually prefer these seats now over sports seats after having sports seats on a slew of 996s and 997s.

Doug H

Some cheap CPO deals:

2011 CPO with 36k miles for $46k.

https://nationalpreownedporsche.com/...allic+37094821

2009 CPO Coupe with 38k miles for $48k.

https://nationalpreownedporsche.com/...allic+36961541

2012 CPO Black Edition Coupe for $49k.

https://nationalpreownedporsche.com/...Black+35790289

Recently sold GTS

This 2011 GTS Coupe priced at $71k apparently sold,

https://nationalpreownedporsche.com/...Black+29640725

Doug H

CPO Manual

2012 CPO manual Coupe with 31k miles for $68k. This car is nice and has a great build sheet. $114k for a manual S.

https://nationalpreownedporsche.com/...allic+36790393