I've owned two new great 911's water 911's --now another

[911R]

--Please say so if you disagree--

Just saying as was one that didn't like the Porsche 996 at first. I had a 1993 Porsche 911SC, and a 1996 Porsche 911 993. These were great cars that are worth twice+ what I paid for them.. I think it was the weird 996 headlights that first got me ?

I was clearly misinformed and maybe nuts as I look back today.

The older Porsche 911 'air cooled' were great cars, No Doubt. I could get the valves adjusted with the normal other maintenance. No problem even though the A/C never worked well.

I think the 1996-2012 are good cars today (after the IMS repair, if needed.). I got in with an used 997.1 which was a great car.

My next new car was a 991.1 It was a 2014 Porsche 911 Carrera that I got new. This was the best car ever made at the time. No doubt. Darn good car:


I really liked the 992 car. It's also great. Porsche widened the rear fenders to look like a Turbo?
I got a new one for much less than MSRP.


I ordered a 2023 911 Turbo S a year ago, but the dealer got a new allocation for a 2023 Turbo if I wanted it this year. Why not? Porsche gave me a picture so I am all in (my 8th 1911):


I am also worried about the only electric cars coming soon.

[Tom]

Re the 996, it's got to be the biggest Porsche bargain going right now. The turbos started creeping up after people realized they were pure gifts in the $30's and $40k's, but the non-turbos are still pretty cheap for what you get. My neighbor has one and, among other things, Porsche put a ton of effort into making that car sound like the out-going air-cooled cars. It fools me every time I hear it coming up the street. 296 or 320 HP in a 3k lbs. car with fairly modern Porsche engineering for $20 to $30k..... But for a few styling elements, that's a lot of car for that money, IMS bearings aside....

[audi4t]

Tom

When is the new car scheduled for delivery - my cab is 11/4

My “lock” date moved forward by a week to 8/31

[Tom]

Tom

When is the new car scheduled for delivery - my cab is 11/4

My “lock” date moved forward by a week to 8/31

What new car? I don't have one on order? 911R does though. I promise to get your bezels to you before the car arrives though.

[Tom]

Tom

When is the new car scheduled for delivery - my cab is 11/4

My “lock” date moved forward by a week to 8/31

What new car? I don't have one on order? 911R does though. I promise to get your bezels to you before the car arrives though.

Oh no, thanks to this thread bump, I just realized I totally dropped the ball on bezels for your new car. PM me if you'd still like them!

[911R]

If I had a big garage, I'd have 996, a 997, and two 992 Porsche 911 cars.

Plus most air-cooled 911 cars.

It's just that garage spaces around here are expensive. I had two at the local Public Storage facility. They went from $90/month to $250/month. Each space.

It is called inflation. It happens. It's my fault for not having a better plan. I also lost $10 on the Super Bowl game.

I say good fortune comes from previous failures. I think my better luck will start at Werks Reunion at Amelia on 3-3-23.