Seen 997, now deflated

[Sarbs]

Finally found time to visit my local opc to see the new beast in the flesh. Gutted, it has less presence than my old C4s, interior is very good but as many of you have said, I too wanted more! I wanted fat j-lo hips, with a bullfrog squat, cant help but feel let down. I know its gonna be brilliant to drive and running costs are gonna be very reasonable, but its just not visually striking. Lets hope someone breaks out some curves for the turbo and gt versions.

>>> Edited by Sarbs on Thursday 7th October 18:56

[adamt]

I saw one on the road yesterday and was somewhat underwhelmed, perhaps the tt will bring some more presence along

all the best
adam

[MOD500]

Saw the 997 and 997S last week at a dealer, thought they looked ok but as said they don't have much presence. The media spy shots of the GT3 and turbo looked pretty tasty though.

[pdavison]

Saw one on the M3 yesterday in silver, I would just sum it up as a nice looking car, but in no way is it stunning.

Maybe it's a grower ...

[GregE240]

Had a good look round one yesterday at one of our office's car parks.

I liked it. The front looks very 993 with the new lights (good thing) but the rear is still very 996 (not necessarily a bad thing). The interior I thought looked very nice, a lovely solid feel to it. Much like a contemporary 993. The stalks felt much better!

This was a C2, not an S. As a pure design alone, I really liked it.

Just MHO.

Greg

[hobo]

MOD500 said:

Saw the 997 and 997S last week at a dealer, thought they looked ok but as said they don't have much presence. The media spy shots of the GT3 and turbo looked pretty tasty though.

I've only seen this one:



Anyone got any more ?

[MOD500]

Look at the driver's face!

[Marquis_Rex]

weird, that car has Porsche CUP1s like my 928 had!

Must be a Camo car!

[Marquis_Rex]

MOD500 said:

Saw the 997 and 997S last week at a dealer, thought they looked ok but as said they don't have much presence. The media spy shots of the GT3 and turbo looked pretty tasty though.

Martyn, are you looking to move on to a 997 then?

[MOD500]

No, the piggy bank is still recovering from buying the 993!

I went to JCT600 in Leeds to pick up a turbo badge for mine, am taking it for painting tomorrow, am getting it sprayed the same black as the wheels.

Hope yours is running well, look forward to having the craic at BTaP.

Best Regards


Martyn.

>> Edited by MOD500 on Friday 8th October 11:58

[jdh1]

Had a good look at a couple yesterday. Couldn't believe how small the 19" wheels looked or how much space there is between wheel and arch.

[marx]

jdh1 said:

Had a good look at a couple yesterday. Couldn't believe how small the 19" wheels looked or how much space there is between wheel and arch.

Space for the lowered suspension & 21" chrome spinners then?