Specification for 997.2 C2 (vs C2S)

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I am looking at potential future purchase of a 911 - still hoping for prices on gen2 C2S to drop but they aren't yet.

Whilst looking I have seen an early gen 2 C2 that on paper looked good (spec etc, though miles high at 80k which is putting me off) but can anyone help with the base car specs for a C2 vs C2S from 2009 ?

-it might be that a C2 with some extras is enough, though I wonder if I would always wish I'd bought a C2S (though I think this applies at every level - e.g. if I found a C2S would I always wish that I had a GTS!)

Thanks

[Converse2020]

Thank you - the brochure link is very helpful. I also think I might miss the red callipers, and twin exhaust pipes!

The car I'm looking at is a private sale - it looks to have the 19 Carerra sport wheels (judging from the photos (and checking against the brochure link), unless they also did these in 18" on the C2? ). It also has the following noted optional spec - though from the info shared I can see some of this is std kit, such as xenon...

Park Assist Rear
Touchscreen Satellite Navigation
Electric Memory Seats
Bi-xenon headlights
Full leather (including dash)
Sports Exhaust
Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM)
Porsche Communication Management (PCM 3.0)
Telephone module
Porsche Vehicle Tracking System (PVTS)
Fitted Porsche Carpet mats

I think it also has cruise from the photos. Is that a stalk to left of steering wheel at about 8 O'clock when looking at the steering wheel ?

Anything else that might be desirable to want if looking ?

From the brochure link it look like sports exhaust should be twin pipes each side, but this just has the one oval pipe. Am I reading the brochure wrong ?

Am I right that these are £515 / yr for tax currently ? - and is there any planned future change in tax for this that I might have missed?

Finally - I have a Mk 7 Golf R right now, so aside from struggling to fit the children in a 911 (they are 13 & 15!!) on paper both cars have similar performance (300BHP / 5 sec to 60). I imagine the 911 would still have something extra special about it, but has anyone else got any experience of coming from similar (to golf R) car into 911 ?

Thanks again

[Converse2020]

Thanks - that helps a lot.

[Converse2020]

Thanks everyone.

Yes the golf has a fake sound, but I can turn that off - though no one else hears it outside of the car when its on so it still really is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Right now I'm torn between keeping the practicalities and outright do it all nature of the Golf R (2 year old car and 20k miles, fits kids / dog etc,and likely to be as fast as anything else I could get ),vs buying the (cheapest) 997.2 C2 I've seen - 8 years old and 80k....

I think the compromise might be to keep the golf R and look at a 911 as a weekend car for limited use - and here i'm torn between spending 30k on best value 997.2 I can find, or going much much cheaper and looking for very early original 996. To further complicate things - the seller of the 997.2 I was looking at has now said he will get it MOT'd and serviced now for the asking price !

so - one further question, the link shared above on road tax didn't take me to a page with an answer. Best I could find did suggest it was £515 / yr road tax for an early 997.2 - can anyone else confirm or deny that ?

Thanks again