First 911. Help.
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I've been thinking about buying a 911 for about 35 years now (I'm 38) and am fortunate enough to be in a position to have one. I'm not rich but with a bit of finance could get to a 997 Gen C2 II PDK - the standard one not an S.
Is this a sensible introduction to 911 ownership? It would need to be a daily driver and do circa 10k miles per annum. Daily commute and the odd blast! It will also take a 4 year old into school 2 or 3 times a week.
Is this a sensible introduction to 911 ownership? It would need to be a daily driver and do circa 10k miles per annum. Daily commute and the odd blast! It will also take a 4 year old into school 2 or 3 times a week.
BertBert said:
wrong advice. You need to go and drive some 911s to see what kind of experience you want. Mad to do anything else.
Bert
I've been in a 997 Turbo and quite frankly found it scary.Bert
Also, a 997 C2s with the 20m lower sports suspension which I found almost painful to drive about in town.
That's it.
I jumped in a few months ago and went for a c2s gen2 pdk. I didnt test drive anything else because my head said it was the right car, my heart wanted a vantage bu the running costs scared me. At first I really didn't want to like it, I had an e46 m3 that I loved so much I wanted to consider the Porsche an overrated icon. After a month that wore off, every time I sit in I'm 8 years old. There's probably better Porsches to have but at some point I'll want to upgrade, hence there's plenty of time o hanker after the turbo.
BertBert said:
wrong advice. You need to go and drive some 911s to see what kind of experience you want. Mad to do anything else.
Bert
Chance would be fine thing. Like OP, I have been looking lately, and the ones local to me of interest need an appointment to view, fair enough you think. They then stated before I even arranged a time that 'no test drives' rule applies. Bert
I accept the car may get dirty etc, but do dealers really expect us to believe their word as gospel? According to many dealers, they all only buy the very best stock, and let the poorer quality go to others. Therefore, its up to us to weed out the crap, but I cant even do that just by looking at the bloody thing
Does it have to be a Gen 2? I'm not sure they're worth the extra money over Gen 1 cars, particularly if you are stretching your finances to get there. Try and drive a few and see what you think. Early 997s are starting to look like great value now and there are plenty of mint low mileage examples around.
Helicopter123 said:
I've been thinking about buying a 911 for about 35 years now (I'm 38) and am fortunate enough to be in a position to have one. I'm not rich but with a bit of finance could get to a 997 Gen C2 II PDK - the standard one not an S.
Is this a sensible introduction to 911 ownership? It would need to be a daily driver and do circa 10k miles per annum. Daily commute and the odd blast! It will also take a 4 year old into school 2 or 3 times a week.
Unless you want to buy it from an OPC, go and talk to 911 Virgin. They give very straightforward advice and usually have quite a few cars in stock (currently a couple of Gen II's) that I'm sure they would let you drive. I'm a happy customer who will be going back to them for my next one .... Is this a sensible introduction to 911 ownership? It would need to be a daily driver and do circa 10k miles per annum. Daily commute and the odd blast! It will also take a 4 year old into school 2 or 3 times a week.
Oh and I went looking for a GenII and ended up with a cheaper and better specified GenI ....
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