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Perfect case in point, my first 996 the Aero Kit was fitted by the previous owner.
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I bought this car in September, so this post is a couple months overdue. Better late than never? I realize what a tough crowd this is, so I hope you�ll forgive me for the delay. I already know some of you from the Cayman-Club forum (hi Mooty), where I spent a couple fun years. Prior to that I was a RennLister on the 944 forums, although that account lapsed ages ago. Now it�s good to be a RL Member again.
About the car: 2003 996 C2 6-speed coupe, black on black. I purchased it from local P-dealer with a new CPO warranty. Car has 28k miles. It was originally registered in GA, then in FLA, but arrived in Cali in 2005 with only ~10k miles, so clearly its South-Eastern owner wasn�t driving it every day.
Factory options: Full Aerokit II (option XAA), M030, switch-able PSE, manual leather sport seats with backs painted black, red seat belts, and 18� Carrera lightweight wheels. Other than that it�s a bit of a stripper� no PSM, no Bose, no leather, no lumbar, power or heat in the seats, etc (all of which is fine with me since it saves a little bit of weight).
As you can see in the photos, the car is at full US-spec ride height. My winter projects are X-74 suspension (just waiting for the parts to arrive), oil-pan from X-51 kit and the factory aluminum oil-pan shield. Oh, and some SS brake lines. Otherwise she�ll be kept stock since I need to keep it streetable for weekends. And, yes, I am one of those track-people�
Anyway, hello everyone! Enjoy the pics! Sorry the car isn�t uber-clean, but I�m firmly in the camp that believes cars are meant to move rather than sit, so the pics reflect that.
John
Welcome aboard! But get away from this forum and go DRIVE it! I don't understand why so many 2003 cars have such few miles on them. (I have 32,000 on my 2006). Log off and then turn that key with your LEFT hand....
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone.
I have to say the Aeorkit really adds to the fun of owning this car. Does anybody have any idea how many mk2 996's came from the factory with the full Aerokit II (the XAA option was about $8k, IIRC). There seem to be fewer mk2 Carreras with the full factory Aerokit than mk1s. Is that right?
The track pics are from Sears Point/Infineon. The "drifting" picture is from Turn 11: the 2nd-gear hairpin before the front straight... I overcooked it under braking, ended up too deep in the turn so I had to really chuck the car to get enough rotation done to get somewhat of a proper apex out of it. That good-ol' rear weight bias took care of the rest. It was just dumb luck the photographer captured the whole episode in a sequences of shots. Kinda a dicey moment with a wall on one side and tire-piles on the other, but fortunately I pulled-out of it and drove on down the straight just fine.
Thanks again for you kind comments.
John
I'm curious of those numbers (MK I vs MK II Aeros) too but I think it will be hard to determine as many people fit the Aero Kits after they've had their cars for a while. Perfect case in point, my first 996 the Aero Kit was fitted by the previous owner. My current is a factory Aero.
Alas, alas, alas... I didn't have my video camera installed in the 996 for that event.
To placate the video-hounds, I offer you 2 laps of the same track (Infineon): a1:56.0 and a 1:56.3 that I did in February in my Cayman S. Almost as fast as my 996...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98czYMeweug
Turn up the sound, it's good.
