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jackal
Original Poster
9,759 posts
151 months
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Ageing rather well in the looks department don't you think.
Saw an artic c2 the other day and it just had a real elegant simplicity to it, a sense of beauty that i'd not really seem before in the same car. I see the same thing in my mk1 Cayenne S. There's a purity there which is a welcome break from many of todays fussy concoctions. I feel the same way about the db9 as well. Just oozes elegance.
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olly22n
11,750 posts
75 months
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mollytherocker
6,866 posts
78 months
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I see a really ratty silver one on a customers car park quite regularly. He uses it every day and its always filthy. Oh, and its got that startling Nephrite green interior!
But somehow it looks better every time I see it. I think its something to do with the way their stance has changed as the suspension has worn and settled?
Luckilly, he always parks it nose in, so I dont see THAT fizzog.
MTR
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RiccardoG
708 posts
141 months
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I agree with you on the early 996 looking great. Best in silver on 17"s and "fied egg" headlamps, I'd even venture saying its a bit of a classic already.
Unfortunately cannot agree with you on the Cayenne though, its hideous, particularly the early ones.
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cmoose
18,556 posts
98 months
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Agree. Early 996 is very Porsche. Simple, unpretentious, very consistent and clean bit of design. I like that you can have one that's got a properly narrow-body look. Since the 996, it's basically been a choice of wide body or really wide body.
Ambers are essential, however!
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Pickled Piper
5,158 posts
104 months
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Can't say they do anything for me.
Now a vanilla 997 - that would interest me.
pp
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911Fiddler
121 posts
60 months
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Agreed Mr Moose, the early 996 front lights are great and amber types the better. Just like the le mans winning car of that era.
996 is the discerning enthusiasts choice.
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mudy
410 posts
41 months
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I used to hate them, absolutely loath them - now I don't
Cayenne's are great just so long as when the drive was finished you sprinted out of the car with your eyes closed
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S1MMA
1,728 posts
88 months
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I think they look a bit crap to be honest.
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madala
4,908 posts
67 months
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.....it still doesn't rock my boat.....
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andyeds1234
221 posts
39 months
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The cheaper they get, tbe better they look.
Still wouldn't be tempted though.
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allatsea
24 posts
14 months
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Recently sold a facelift C2 and whilst I thought it looked great from the back and sides, in truth I never really got to grips with the view of the front and from the quarters. There is also, regardless of the reality, that niggle in the back of your mind of quite how you're going to try and rationalise the expense, if (I know that its a big if - I brought one) the engine goes pop - I know thats not what this thread is about!. Values have also plummeted horribly (depending on your POV...) in the last 12 months. There was another thread about forums talking prices up/down and skewing the market. I am quite convinced that this (996 values) is one area where it is absolutely true. Fantastic car though, used it for daily 110 miles commute, made getting up seem very worth it.....I would thoroughly recommend to anyone particularly if you want to use daily.
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