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I have decided I want a 996tt, so a few weeks ago I hired one for the weekend, to see if I liked it, needless to say I did.
This weekend I went to look at An x50 manuel, 50000 miles, special order cobalt blue, £44495, after the standard car I noticed it did't have the immediate shove low down, it was only after I got back, and did some research that I found out that it has bigger turbos, so this is understandable. I didn't have the oppertunity to really give it everything, to experience the top end power.
So my question is, is the the x50 worth getting over a similar priced standard car?
The car that I hired is also for sale, only 38000 miles for £39995, but in boring seal grey. Being a hire car did put me off, but apparently its only been hired out 3 times in the year they have had it.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
This weekend I went to look at An x50 manuel, 50000 miles, special order cobalt blue, £44495, after the standard car I noticed it did't have the immediate shove low down, it was only after I got back, and did some research that I found out that it has bigger turbos, so this is understandable. I didn't have the oppertunity to really give it everything, to experience the top end power.
So my question is, is the the x50 worth getting over a similar priced standard car?
The car that I hired is also for sale, only 38000 miles for £39995, but in boring seal grey. Being a hire car did put me off, but apparently its only been hired out 3 times in the year they have had it.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
If you're thinking of a 996tt then get the X50. Neither engine responds quite like a n/a so may as well have the max turbo shove if after a turbo. Give them a few more revs and the X50 puts a lot of distance between itself and a standard one. I also believe the X50 is even more suited to tuning than the standard if this is of interest.
Finally, there has been speculation on this forum that X50 will be more in demand as time goes by, so may have better residuals, although this is a matter of speculation and often disputed by the standard 996tt boys. But then, they would say that wouldn't they ?
X50. May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb........
Finally, there has been speculation on this forum that X50 will be more in demand as time goes by, so may have better residuals, although this is a matter of speculation and often disputed by the standard 996tt boys. But then, they would say that wouldn't they ?
X50. May as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb........
blueb8 said:
I have decided I want a 996tt, so a few weeks ago I hired one for the weekend, to see if I liked it, needless to say I did.
This weekend I went to look at An x50 manuel, 50000 miles, special order cobalt blue, £44495, after the standard car I noticed it did't have the immediate shove low down, it was only after I got back, and did some research that I found out that it has bigger turbos, so this is understandable. I didn't have the oppertunity to really give it everything, to experience the top end power.
So my question is, is the the x50 worth getting over a similar priced standard car?
The car that I hired is also for sale, only 38000 miles for £39995, but in boring seal grey. Being a hire car did put me off, but apparently its only been hired out 3 times in the year they have had it.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
This weekend I went to look at An x50 manuel, 50000 miles, special order cobalt blue, £44495, after the standard car I noticed it did't have the immediate shove low down, it was only after I got back, and did some research that I found out that it has bigger turbos, so this is understandable. I didn't have the oppertunity to really give it everything, to experience the top end power.
So my question is, is the the x50 worth getting over a similar priced standard car?
The car that I hired is also for sale, only 38000 miles for £39995, but in boring seal grey. Being a hire car did put me off, but apparently its only been hired out 3 times in the year they have had it.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Edited by Vesuvius 996 on Monday 19th February 18:56
blueb8 said:
I have just put a deposit down on the X50 car.
The porsche warranty was renewed in november, do you think I still need to have it inspected? it has full porsche sevice history from the supplying dearler (wilmslow)
Can anyone tell me how often the spark plugs need to be changed?
The porsche warranty was renewed in november, do you think I still need to have it inspected? it has full porsche sevice history from the supplying dearler (wilmslow)
Can anyone tell me how often the spark plugs need to be changed?
Definitely get the car checked over. Especially the radiators (stone chips).
Spark plugs are scheduled to be changed every 4 years or 48k miles, whichever is sooner.
I always recommend if people are going to really drive them, that they look at uprating the plastic gearshift linkage to the stronger alloy unit (details in my car profile aug/sept 2004).
chillerman said:
If you're thinking of a 996tt then get the X50. Neither engine responds quite like a n/a so may as well have the max turbo shove if after a turbo. Give them a few more revs and the X50 puts a lot of distance between itself and a standard one.
A lot of distance between the two!
- I beg to differ. Up to 95mph there is nothing/zilch in it. After that a fraction pull away, Top speed is a bit higher but hardly a hairs breath between the two at the finish. As shown at bruntingthorpe Vmax
Top speed 996tt x50 was 183
Top speed standard 996tt was 178
VMAX Serene Results:
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192 drhildr - RUF GT2 Nardo
191 markbe - SL600 Kleemann (184 roof down)
189 rods - 996TT DMS/Andy Fearns
184 Leon S - 993 RUF Turbo
183 r1_jon - GT2
183 derestrictor - 993TT Earl of Bolton Spec.
183 Dazren - 996TT X50 (Driven by Derestrictor)
183 MOD500 - 993TT RS Tuning
182 bluesatin - 996T X50 with aerokit
178 superlightr - 996TT
176 JonS - AM DB9
176 Nastywej - Gallardo Spyder (roof down, not maxing it)
176 mattyh - 996TT
173 Dave T - Audi S4 modified
173 gwp - 996TT cab (164 roof down)
167 Davidbut - F360 spider
167 Alex K - 993TT
166 maff - CL65 AMG (engine problems, already at dealers)
166 Alex K? - F355 Berlinetta
164 Mark SLKAMG - SLK55 AMG
164 TVR_JC - TVR T350T
158 Outnumbered - E46 M3
156 Simonprelude - NSX 3.2
156 Trackdemon - NSX 3.0
156 iaint - rx-7 turbo
156 George 500 - Chimaera 500 (149 roof down)
154 markxw - 996 C4
153 Gazboy - Supra TT
153 m3>535D - 535D
153 joust - Noble Tronspec (minus intercooler fan)
152 Nastywej - Z4M (Alex driving)
150 tertius - 993 C2
150 badapple - Z3M (driven by Davey S2)
144 Burriana - 3.2 Carrera (144, 144, every bloody time, 144!)
140 Oggs - TVR Chim400
140 GregE240 - Lexus LS430 (mobile refrigerator)
139 Davey S2 - Lotus Exige S2
136 maff mate 2 - Golf R32
135 mechsympathy - Imprezza Estate
123 Neil_Cardiff - mk3 Golf GTi 16v (after extensive testing, folding the seats down does NOT help)
Edited by superlightr on Tuesday 20th February 10:22
Edited by superlightr on Tuesday 20th February 10:23
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