#2…
packet #2,… the 996 would be alot more up keep, and its nice to have a summer car that you keep clean and nice wile having a beater that you could give two shits about …
I know several people that put pretty heavy miles on 996TTs and don’t have too much issue with them. They don’t drive them in the snow though.
Then why not the 996 and something super lame for a bad weather driver. Or instead of an extra lame car, get a mid 90s quattro and jump ditches with it.
Im in for option 1 if i ever get this raise ive been promised here at work… Economy taking a shit isnt helping though
I never understood this mindset. Why have lots of money tied up in a car that you don’t use, while you rock a piece of crap all the time? It’s like having an awesome house and living in a trailer in the front yard because you don’t want it to get dirty.
This would be my concern. I’m sure you could get by just fine, but Buffalo winters get sooooo cold. I can’t imagine that would make an already maintenance-high car very happy. Idk, it’s not like I own one, so I really have no idea.
I mean, i’m sure i could manage to get the same beater DD for the 996… but i feel like i’d be “settling” on the 996 because of it’s AWD… I just know my elise was SO SLOW… the exige S is a little faster, but not terribly… and i am not going to mod whatever i get… (i say that now)
wat
sell the range, go cayenne turbo?
Exactly why I’m driving my M through the winter…
OT Pay off range and buy 996???
Ditto, if i had the $$ right now i would totally drop my car for a 996TT as a daily… and since newman doesnt race/track his cars, a nice daily is better then a 2 car system, since the one car wont ever get anything then daily use
Also, porsche Designs their cars to be driven in the snow… most of the chassis is alum, and does not rust… over in germany they are routinely year round cars…
porsche even holds winter driver clinics here in the states
Rust issues with newer cars is not as much of an issue as it was in the 70’s & 80’s the cars are dipped in rust treatment before paint…
how well did yours hold up against the winter? Just a curiosity thing Did you take any extra precautions.
/threadjack
held out just fine… no rust that wasnt there before the winter… i have taken out most of the suspension this year, and its all rust free, and no stuck bolts…
everything under the car is either alum or coated… so no problems whatsoever
what more can you ask for
a 996 TT will not be worth half after one winter, they hold value very well now.
I would buy the P-car, but that white one is a bad example IMO.
If you are going to mod, there is a Polish guy in Chicago who is making almost 1000rwhp, he’s has about 98x something on a 3.6 liter
i think the porsche is so much hotter.
It would be so much more Newman to drive the P car all winter simply because it will bother people that it’s out in the salt.
+1 Why have a nice car in the garage just so you can think about how much you wish you were driving that all winter. I vote 996 + stuff an old impreza in the garage for really shitty days when you would want a little ground clearance, or for when you need to do maintenance/repairs.