996 Carrera -how fast?

[Adam B]

WCZ said:

I think the base 996 I drove was broken or something, didn't feel that fast at all

drove a 996 turbo a few years later and it was an absolute lunatic in comparison

Some of the comments above claiming the turbo is not much faster are comedy, maybe the test C2 had been enhanced by Porsche...





... by sticking a couple of turbos on it

[porkey]

I have a 3.4 C2 and previously had a 964T. A chap I know had for a while a 996TT X50 Tip. I'd say that the C2 has similar performance to the 964T, perhaps a tad slower. The 996 X50 was much much quicker than my 964. There is no way a standard C2 will be even close to a 996TT.

[IceBoy]

IceBoy said:

Hi All,

Just thought I would add my 2p.

I have never owned a 911 but have driven back to back a 996TT & 996C2.

Acceleration at any speed was night and day. Make no mistake the 996TT is a seriously quick car and the C2 is quick.

Both cars were very well looked after cars, with immaculate histories....but I couldn't bite the bullet......sometime soon though.

I remember posting on here, when I drove the 996TT manual for the first time......it was the only car which made everything go blurly.

IceBoy

LOL hahahahaha

I'm actually quoting something I wrote back in 2012......but now, I have both cars, in fact, I've had the 996 Turbo S for 5 years and the 996 C2 for 4 years.

Anyway long story short and to the point, the 996 C2 (manual coupe) is a quick car, make no mistake, it keeps most 340-380bhp cars very humble....as a reference point the Maserati Granturismo can make no ground on me at all from 20-100mph.

The 996 Turbo S, which is also a Manual Coupe, is a very fast car. At any speed this will gain 5+ car lengths on the 996.1 C2 within 10 seconds. This will keep 540+bhp cars very humble.

996 C2 is fast
996 Turbo S is ballistic

A very happy Porsche owner here!!
IceBoy

[IceBoy]

porkey said:

I have a 3.4 C2 and previously had a 964T. A chap I know had for a while a 996TT X50 Tip. I'd say that the C2 has similar performance to the 964T, perhaps a tad slower. The 996 X50 was much much quicker than my 964. There is no way a standard C2 will be even close to a 996TT.

Agreed.

In fact the way the 996TT can accelerate.....even in triple figures is amazing.

IceBoy

Edited by IceBoy on Monday 14th October 16:24