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That ugly-***, molded plastic 4-spoke POS was the only thing I planned to changed from day 1.
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It used to be a lot easier to replace the awful steering wheels with a MOMO back when we didn't have airbags.
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From the PCA website:
A new owner�s first impressions of his 1999 Porsche 996 Carrera
Things I don�t like about the car:
The Steering Wheel. Porsche is a car company with a history of fitting beautiful and hideous steering wheels with little in between. My car has the four-spoke airbag wheel. It�s simply looks awful. Again, like the door handles, it doesn�t necessarily detract from the driving experience, but why do the two things that you�re in direct physical contact with the most have to be ugly? Maybe there�s no direct German translation for former Jaguar boss Sir William Lyons� famous quote, �it doesn�t cost any more to make something pretty.�
https://www.pca.org/news/2017-09-28/...he-996-carrera
For the record, I agree with the author. Sorry Doc.
4 Spoke FTW!!!
Honestly I can see why some don't like the 4 as it does have a dated look, but that 3 spoke is just god awful. Everything else about the 996 has an elegant and stylized look with smooth lines and gentle curves. Then comes that three sided angular abomination
But I don't have an opinion or anything...
I read that PCA article as well. It seemed to me like the author just HAD to find "something wrong" with the 996 to somehow appease his "air-cooled buddies"/the air-cooled crowd. The irony is that the 4 spoke steering wheel is a hold over from the otherwise "most beautiful, best ever, most perfect..." 911 ever built... The 993...
I actually had a date back down last second because as we we're getting in my 2000, she noticed I do indeed have a 4 spoke. Simply walked away, never returned my calls.
That ugly-***, molded plastic 4-spoke POS was the only thing I planned to changed from day 1. Ugh.
True: It had a 993 part number.
Also true: It SUCKED compared to the wheel in my 986 (going from a three-spoke with thumb rests to the 4-spoker was not progress...).
You have no idea. The lower console - before I deleted it - contained the ever-popular cassette tape organizer...and to think I'd laughed at the stupid CD organizer in the Boxster.
Whoever ordered my 986 got all the creature comforts and NO driver aids (except ABS, of course). Still miss that car.
The 3-spoke in my 40th is nice. I love how it doesn't have any buttons. Passengers never understand that I don't want the wheel cluttered with radio controls, though.
Also regarding the lower console- I kept that CD organizer way too long. The storage tray is an amazing mod; you won't believe how much you use it for a phone or garage door opener or whatever else, and you definitely won't miss the CDs! Or cassettes if yours had that
First it's an attack on the headlights! Then it's an attack on the best steering wheel Porsche has ever offered! Now you plebs attack the tape holder?!?!
You people have no sense of taste and style!
Can't believe I'm responding to this thread...
I dig 'em both. On the 993 - the 4 spoke fits perfectly...it's a great wheel that fits the time period and airbag technology of the era. I do believe it's a bit out of place in a 996.
The 3 spoke in the 996 - great feel, near perfect ergonomics for actually driving. I'm all about "go" not "show" when it comes to steering wheels.
The world is full of truly awful steering wheels - adorned with cheap plastic, fake brushed aluminum, dozens of buttons, etc... Neither the 993 or the 996 suffers from such fate.
This was a big upgrade for the 993 Porsche. Just look at a 993 at the Porsche showroom in Tysons corner VA. It was amazing how good the porsche looked even being with the new Porsche.
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It used to be a lot easier to replace the awful steering wheels with a MOMO back when we didn't have airbags. That's got to be the reason why we put up with these ugly wheels today. I have the stock 4-spoke and would love a replacement, but the only ones I like don't have an airbag container.
Yippee! Bring on the four spoke hate. I revel in it, knowing it irritates and angers the Porschophiles. Three spokes are for people migrating from a Trans-Am or Lexus or Honda Pilot.
Being an iconoclast is not for everyone. Sorry, (not really) now go put on a polo shirt and sweater with your monogramed Porsche crest.
The 4-spoke interior always reminds me of my flight lessons. Er, lesson. Do you know how slowly those things fly?
Turns out not all of us have the attention span to be a pilot...
Indeed. Knowing my attention span issues like I do I've tried finding somewhere that will just teach me to take off figuring I'll come back for the landing part later, but they always hang up and these nice guys in black suits come to visit a few hours later...
Once the instructor shared the following truth, I was done...
"We're gonna need to climb to 5,000 feet. So here's the plan: Push the throttle in, and wait for six hours. Oh, and try not to get killed by the other planes that are all traveling 5 to 10 times faster than we are..."
The concept of "locking" the throttle is one that seems impossibly foreign.
They talk about 911s not changing in 50 years. Obviously those people have never looked at the history of Cessnas!
I get nostalgic every time I see one though. My dad flew us all around Seoul in one when I was a kid. Can't say I remember anything other than the pictures of me in the plane, but I've always been fascinated by them.
Planes are like boats though. You don't own one, you have a friend that owns one
Cessna/Piper are not known for their speed. They are stone-easy to fly, and make even the most ham-fisted goober look like Sully.
I've owned a lot of planes over the years, and nothing can improve on the early V-tail Bonanza. If I don't mind burning gobs of avgas, I can tootle along about 190MPH. Pulling back on the throttle to 50% power I get ~18MPG and go around 145-150 with two onboard.
The maintenance on a 60 YO plane is fantastic. Most of it I do myself, under supervision, but if I have to hire a mech it's pricey.
Still a ton of fun, and my 'yoke' is a trapezoid
