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YOUR RESEARCHTwo years in, and I still love my 996
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I'd have picked up some rinky-dink front bumper, hacked the factory mufflers, skipped the oil pan and shield, installed cheap coilovers, etc.
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I don't know the make, as they were on the 996 when I purchased it, and I am too thick to remember to check every time I have the wheels off.
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There are countless Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers and Corvettes running around here, but I can go all week w/out seeing another Porsche.
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I blasted up the 5 today to have breakfast with my pop in Dana Point. The 996, with a fresh coat of wax, turns plenty of heads, especially once on PCH. I could see my 996 from our table, and my dad helpfully pointed out the two gents who rolled up in a 991 S and spent a good 5 minutes checking out my 911.
The car sounds great, looks great, and most importantly, is great to drive. My 996, my wife's engagement ring, and my LaserJet 4000 are the three best things I've ever purchased from the perspective of continued satisfaction and value for money.
Gratuitous photo:
If models looked this good un-retouched, nobody would buy Photoshop.
Cool story(the guys in the 991 were probably trying to figure out what that lever was with the strange leather boot protruding from your car's console)...your car looks great. I love the looks of an MKI 996 with an aerokit, I wish mine had one.
I'd love to one day add an aerokit, albeit one that is connected to a 996 GT3.
5CHN3LL - very nice ride. I too have a black '99 996 C4 w/ aerokit. Sticker on the car new was
$95k+. It was a hellava car in 1999, and it still turns heads everytime I bring it out.
I never hear a negative word about the car in my neck of the woods. There are countless Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers and Corvettes running around here, but I can go all week w/out seeing another Porsche.
There are maybe a half dozen 911s of various years around here, and we all appreciate each others car with a headlight flash and a thumbs-up when we pass by each other.
Thanks for the picture - your car looks great!
Neither - they're aftermarket. I don't know the make, as they were on the 996 when I purchased it, and I am too thick to remember to check every time I have the wheels off.
I've owned a bunch of cars, and I'm on 996 #5. Amazing car for not much money, can't go wrong with that. Yours looks great, though coming from another mk1 Aerokit black 996 owner I'm a bit biased....
I've put on about 10K miles over the past 2 years...I'd like to rack 'em up faster, but the Corvette needs to be driven regularly to ensure that the entire garage floor is oiled evenly.
I put 8,000 miles on my 996 in the past 6 months. Granted it is my only car, and I have road tripped in it twice, but man I would recommend you get out and drive that thing. These cars just eat up the miles and love to be driven.
Yup, 19's. They fit just fine, although I wouldn't try to fit any more sidewall. I've considered going down to 18's to get a more compliant ride, but it just looks so damn good with the 19's...
Despite working 7 miles from home and carpooling with my wife in her Murano several days a week, I still do about 10K miles a year between the 911 and the Corvette, and they're not Prius miles. Trust me, man, I drive them as much as possible. :reckon:
You won't regret it. Going from 19s to the correct 17s on my 986 made it like a new car. There's a reason Porsche didn't spec any larger than 18" wheels on the 996, and the aftermarket 19s are HEAVY.
Beautiful car. I really like the wheels. And really no car ever looks bad in black.
And there are worse places to be than saying "well I wanted to take the 911 today but the Corvette needed some love".
The spoke pattern is similar, but the machining is very different. The spokes are rounded, not flat. The front brakes will need some love soon, so I'll (hopefully) remember to get the wheel data at that time.
Thanks. It was my worst car negotiation of all time. I walked in to the showroom, asked how much they wanted for it, and forbade them from selling it to anyone else. Since childhood, you have a mental image of your "dream car" - and my 911 was
that
car.
When you take off the wheel, weigh the wheel/tire combo to determine your next steps(if you are performance minded).
For me personally, anything more than a 4lb difference I can noticeably feel in the acceleration/braking/cornering dept due to the additional unsprung mass
When taken good care these cars are timeless they always look beautiful...
I was in the same boat as you walked in paid a premium at the time, but still don't regret it because I bought exactly what I wanted. Nothing less nothing more.
If you ignore the value of improvements, I "overpaid" by $6-8K. However, the previous owner knew what he was doing: MK1 aero kit w/ MK2 wing to create a GT3-look 996, COMPLETE suspension upgrade, deep-sump oil pan, oil pan shield, Tubi Style stainless exhaust, those sweet wheels, and on and on. It would have cost me somewhere between $10-20K to assemble this car, and there's no chance I would have spent the kind of money the previous owner did. I'd have picked up some rinky-dink front bumper, hacked the factory mufflers, skipped the oil pan and shield, installed cheap coilovers, etc. - I bet he paid more for the tint than I would have paid for a bumper.
I've never purchased a modified car in the past, but I knew this car was special when I saw it. It was a labor of love for someone. I wish I knew the guy - I'd buy him a beer.
[QUOTE=996pp;11222822]When taken good care these cars are timeless they always look beautiful...
Right on, & as well some cars & airplanes from the 30's ---they will never lose their classic appeal.
Seeing some of the newest bulbous super ugly auto designs (in my opinion) I think is an example of how the really gullible media is led into thinking what is supposed to be attractive ---there will always be lemmings---or the old saying---"even a blind pig can find an acorn"
I technically "overpaid" for my C4s as well. But, I got one that is in great nick and is other than a couple of ridiculous stickers that I need to remove, pretty much exactly what I wanted. You don't buy a daily driver as an investment. if you did, you wouldn't drive it since you reduce the value of it every time the miles go up. If you are going to drive it every day, you are better off paying what you can afford for what you want than you are worrying about if you got a good "deal" or not. In the end, a few years from now you are going to sell the car for less than you paid for it and the extra few thousand you originally paid won't matter much. But years of driving a car that is either not in good nick or not what you wanted will matter.
Because Porsche parts are mucho expensive, buying an already modded car can actually save you money in this case and in some eyes, add value to the resale of the car. I would've liked to have bought an already modded car too but...
UNFORTUNATELY, I did it the hard way and had to assemble a factory aero kit myself and buy all my other aftermarket parts. Lots of dough doing it this way....
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