997 Gen 1 or Gen 2 - what to buy?
Discussion
I'm 997 C2 shopping and need to decide on how new to go: Gen 1 or Gen 2. There's plenty of low mileage Gen 1s at good prices now (under £35k), but I'm attracted by the hopefully more robust new engine and better nav/bluetooth/ipod capability on the Gen2. However, that doesn't add up to £10k worth, which is about the extra £ required. Very few Gen 2 cars under £45K. Anybody got experience driving both generations?
BTW, my point of reference is a 3.4 996 C4 I owned several years ago. Loved the car, but it did suffer from some transmission wind-up (4WD related?), heavyish clutch and motorway road noise. What improvement can I expect with a 997 of either generation?
BTW, my point of reference is a 3.4 996 C4 I owned several years ago. Loved the car, but it did suffer from some transmission wind-up (4WD related?), heavyish clutch and motorway road noise. What improvement can I expect with a 997 of either generation?
ras62 said:
The Gen 2 is still going to be worth more come resale so why get hung up on the extra 10k?
It is possible that the Gen 2 could have a similar or even lower total ownership cost than a Gen 1.This could make the right Gen 2 a comparitively (In current Porsche terms) good buy.
MTR
Do people buy cars or just sit and wait for the values to hit a certain level? It's Christmas, buy yourself a present
Personally from my 30 minute test drive in a Gen 1 C2 and C2S....I'd say the Gen 2 feels nippier, slightly more sorted handling, but mostly just the cabin is nicer. I don't think you'll go wrong with either. Buy the nicest car you can afford and enjoy it.
Personally from my 30 minute test drive in a Gen 1 C2 and C2S....I'd say the Gen 2 feels nippier, slightly more sorted handling, but mostly just the cabin is nicer. I don't think you'll go wrong with either. Buy the nicest car you can afford and enjoy it.
v4nnm said:
My 57-plate 3.6 29k-mile Gen1 C2 is about to be put into OPC Leicester tomorrow as p/x. That's the last of the Gen1 cars so the engine issues were largely ironed out by then.
running report in my profile if you're interested.
That is not quite accurate. These later cars have more issues with bore scoring.running report in my profile if you're interested.
Edited by v4nnm on Monday 28th November 08:45
There are measures that can be takien to reduce the likelehood (Like a lower temp thermostat) but its important that people are aware of that.
MTR
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