TT versus C2 Running costs?

[finmac]

Any views on the respective (TOTAL i.e. inc depreciation) running costs of the following cars,

993 TT (96 or so reg)
996 TT (02/03 reg)
996 C2 (again 02/3 reg)

All would be purchased via private sale at "market value" i.e. not OPC prices.

Basis around 5K miles per annum

Reckon on keeping the car 2 to 3 years.

cheers

[r5gttgaz]

993TT everytime.

[sleep envy]

speak to wetwipe, he went from 996 C2 to TT recently

[Wetwipe]

i cant really give any specific info at the moment as i have not had any servicing completed.

However, what i can say is:

on a run (and without the turbos spooling) MPG is similar from C2 to TT. give it a thrashing however and the tt will drink the smelly stuff

the cost of tyres doesnt seem to be any different than the c2. i expect brakes to cost 20% more

although i changed insurers when buying the tt, the premium is actually less (?)for the tt even with the disclosure of the X50 upgrade!

[guyvert1]

20% is about right in costs, ie not really worth worrying about, like w/wipe, my insurance didn't go up!.. Plus its bullet proof...

[996tom]

Wetwipe said:

i cant really give any specific info at the moment as i have not had any servicing completed.

However, what i can say is:

on a run (and without the turbos spooling) MPG is similar from C2 to TT. give it a thrashing however and the tt will drink the smelly stuff

the cost of tyres doesnt seem to be any different than the c2. i expect brakes to cost 20% more

although i changed insurers when buying the tt, the premium is actually less (?)for the tt even with the disclosure of the X50 upgrade!

Sorry Wetwipe but i think your are not quite correct. After doing a 1000 mile run with an X50 996 tt & my 996 C4, the X50 drinks alot more of the 97 octane+ stuff. The C4 did an average of 26+ mpg including a track day & the 996tt did in the 17's (or less). Basically the 996tt did about 200 miles plus on a tank against the c4 320 miles +.
I can confirm that we were not driving like nuns.

[sixtenths]

I was experimenting with insurance quotes the other day. 996GT2 is £300 pa cheaper than a 996tt for me at least.

[Wetwipe]

996tom said:

Wetwipe said:

i cant really give any specific info at the moment as i have not had any servicing completed.

However, what i can say is:

on a run (and without the turbos spooling) MPG is similar from C2 to TT. give it a thrashing however and the tt will drink the smelly stuff

the cost of tyres doesnt seem to be any different than the c2. i expect brakes to cost 20% more

although i changed insurers when buying the tt, the premium is actually less (?)for the tt even with the disclosure of the X50 upgrade!

Sorry Wetwipe but i think your are not quite correct. After doing a 1000 mile run with an X50 996 tt & my 996 C4, the X50 drinks alot more of the 97 octane+ stuff. The C4 did an average of 26+ mpg including a track day & the 996tt did in the 17's (or less). Basically the 996tt did about 200 miles plus on a tank against the c4 320 miles +.
I can confirm that we were not driving like nuns.

as i said - on a run without the turbos spooling the consumption is similar. i run from suffolk to manchester each week. in the c2 i could do 320 miles on a tank. in the x50 i can get 310 which equates to about 26mpg. if i drive at maximum attack then the range can indeed drop to 200 miles

[Vario-Rob]

My own Turbo does about 5000 miles per annum and as 996Tom has highlighted above the biggest killer is the beasties almost dipsomaniac like qualities. Whilst on a run down to a Le Mans track day she saw around 19 to 20 mpg provided the boost counter was stuck firmly at 0.0 bar but as soon as the K24’s start to spool (its an X50) it takes on Oliver Reed like proportions, on track she was down to between 8 and 9 mpg.

If you did go the 996 Turbo route there is always the chance of needing to replace front radiators, I did two of the three and it cost me about £1200. None the less the last service at 25k including a plug change which set me back about £700 so not that bad really. Other than that in 15 months there has been no real problems of note to mention other than wishing I’d bought another 993 of some tasty variety

Deprecation of course will be your big issue with one of these and just how much further they have to fall, ask ten different PH-ers and get at least twenty different answers but what is pretty damn sure is a 993 Turbo will be your best bet on that front

If I was you I’d look seriously at the 993 Turbo option given the sort of mileage you’ll be doing as you’ll always find it easy to pass it on again if you need to, deprecation will not be a problem (it may even go up) and at the end of the day it will be a load more fun as well

[911addict]

You haven't talked about maintenance. Costs more with turbos!

[lanesra10]

993TT is the only one thats appreciating in value especially if you are only doing 5k pa. No reason that I know off that says the maintenace will be much different except for the radiator and RMS issues in 996.

ps I am biased as mine is going up in value by £2k pa

[JKay]

Front pads only on a C2/C4 etc. is £361, C4S is £449.

Turbo costs are £909 for front pad change only -
Front pads and discs only (not rears) is £1399!!!


This is at OPC as far as I know

You can pay around £250 for 6 pot calipers and self fit them if you know how ( I wouldnt know how tho)