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Old 02-07-2017, 12:01 PM
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Is the 997 issue out now or available to any one?
Old 02-07-2017, 12:48 PM
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^^^ It was a Nov 2, 2015 issue.
Old 02-07-2017, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Ten Years
Be sure to get the 997 issue!



Also, idk if you've ever read this, but it's a great read:
https://www.total911.com/head-to-hea...-v-997-c4-gts/

Thanks, this was a nice read. I love the GTS looks and performance, but I don't find my .2 S that far behind. Articles like these make me appreciate the car more and more, and also make me wish that it was Spring already.

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Old 02-07-2017, 05:33 PM
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I let my excellence subscription lapse a few years ago. I found it to be too enthusiastic about the new mass produced/disposable cars and not critical enough of the path Porsche has taken in the last year.

000 is very pretty but a bit too detailed for my interest.

I will try total 911, thanks for the recco
Old 02-08-2017, 12:16 AM
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Panorama is certainly biased too. In the last four issues they've extolled the increase in total Porsche sales YTD but completely skirt the fact that Porsche sports car sales are down 10% this year and the positive lift is completely due to the Macan. A new model, the 991.2, is tanking and we aren't hearing a peep about it or why. That upsets me more than I think it should.
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Feels like you can get "most" of the content from these pubs online now without having to pay...and I'm not seeing much that's really interesting.

I just subscribed to 000. It's a quarterly, but it may as well be a coffee table book. Very interesting articles, great photography, and excellent form factor. Not cheap, but no ads...still worth a look: https://www.000magazine.com

Damn shame Sports Car International is out of business...
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I had Total 911 and it is, well, strictly 911s. 911 & Porsche World has a lot of good stuff in it.

http://www.911porscheworldmag.co.uk/
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Originally Posted by GT2RSobsessed
Thanks, this was a nice read. I love the GTS looks and performance, but I don't find my .2 S that far behind. Articles like these make me appreciate the car more and more, and also make me wish that it was Spring already.
Crazy those two cars were the same price at the time. Today one (GTS) is about $70K and the other (993TT) is about $200K....
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Originally Posted by Abe Froman
Crazy those two cars were the same price at the time. Today one (GTS) is about $70K and the other (993TT) is about $200K....
RUB IT IN!
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Originally Posted by nwGTS
RUB IT IN!
Maybe I was a bit off...their values seem to have swapped ($70K & $120-150K)



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