How this post has taken a turn for the worse. From what should I do, to my car is fat and slow, to defending the mighty 996TT. Someone certainly pinched a nerve there. Should have been me, my beloved car was called fat and slow. That's just cruel car stuff right there. Still having a tough time with this. :)

Anyhow, I've learned a lot. As mentioned in my earlier post, a lot of you guys are super knowledgeable. I appreciate it.

I don’t always agree with Denis, but totally agree that the 996TT is perhaps the ultimate modern Porsche daily driver and road trip car. Still old enough to be a little raw, bulletproof Mezger engine, modern amenities but not the nanny overkill of new cars, fun to drive, and eye wateringly fast. Oh yeah and it can do it in all four seasons.

DWBOX that’s not taking anything away from your car, it’s got the looks and still more than enough HP to get yourself in trouble. It’s also a good amount less money than a 996TT.

If you had spent a little more time here before asking about your 'dilemma', you would have sensed the insensitivity of this crowd. There have been and always will be snarky comments here.

Sounds like you're more of less following my advice to not hurry up the selling process. You already hurried up on this car once.

Yes, Virginia, there is a whale out there and he sees only red. And you'll come out in green.

LOL...PPOT has jumped the snark!

....but we still watch :D

I've owned both. Handling wise there's not much difference imo.
I still own a TT.

TBH the TT stock is kinda tame.
Nothing happens unless you rev it over 4k and my A8 felt as quick.
One chip upgrade later and it's a lot more fun.

Definitely an ass for every seat, personal preference deal. Personally, an engine with only 200hp does nothing for me, regardless of the car it is in. For a machine to get my interest, it needs to have "ohhhhh shiiiit" acceleration, for starters, plus it needs a big ass tail!

Thanks for understanding what I was trying to say. People are very sensitive so I should dial down my hatefilled rhetoric I guess.



There it is. My perfect daily driver is a 328i. My perfect road trip car is a W124 E320 wagon, or maybe it's a 1969 911E. 54 hours in a 69 E

See above about asses. :D

That said, I daily drive my M491 with a fixed back bucket. That should cause an uproar.

And I've driven it from NC to Boston in 12 hours, pretty fresh afterwards. See again asses.

If everybody liked the same thing we’d all drive a Camry. I don’t want to live in that world....

Also worthy of mention is the minor detail that for the current market value of a 1969 911E or an M491 you could pick up a 996TT and C4S with cash to spare.

and have less fun

Pal had an 03 C4S. Then an 08 GT3RS then a 13 Cup Car. Raced the last two. $$$

Now races a spec Miata.

Never heard him b*tch about lack of power. I think he is having more fun.

This is the internet, folks...everyone is just tossing out opinions. People who know nothing get exactly the same amount of bandwidth as people who have owned them all for 5 decades. I would not take any of it personally but this thread was certainly soliciting opinions about a Porsche ownership dilemma.

My opinion is that you can’t really be over the “fast car” experience until you’ve owned one, but to each his own. :) One man’s rocket is another man’s slug, I guess. Keep the car, sell it, slam it on airbags and put 22s on it...it’s all up to you. Sounds like a first world problem, which we specialize in here. :)

Yeah, they respond well to tuning. A chip and exhaust makes them really get with the program. :cool:

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The widebody 996s are beautiful cars. There can’t be that many guards red ones around. I feel like I’ve only ever seen one red 996 in a city full of 911s. There’s gotta be another buyer itching for that combo somewhere.

I think these cars’ popularity is definitely in the rise, you just don’t see it in the pelican arena, which is really more air-cooled centric. Have your son make an instagram page for it and start posting pretty pictures of the car to get it some attention.




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I have always been amazed at the level of sensitivity, and often lack of humor, of many of the Pelican membership (going way back to the level of angst caused, and subsequent bannings, by simple jokes and chain yanks tossed about in the Tech forum).

I wonder if this is unique to vintage Porsche guys; maybe triggered by the fact that many of them drive really slow cars that need lots of poetic commentary about how they are still awesome machines despite being snails?!?!

And then there is the, slow is the new fast, and I'm not a car guy anymore because I've matured and become soooo sophisticated, set; those knitting party bisches are ready to get their feelings hurt at a moments notice! :D

You are a funny man, Ronnie. :)

I have a similar issue. Not a porsche, but I do have a porsche rotting in storage.

Bought a 1971 Alfa Spider. Wonderful car. All of about 80hp on a good day. Fixed a bunch of stuff and drove it for a bit. It comes out of the garage about once every two years. I have probably put 2k miles on it in the ten years I have owned it. Bought it originally for vintage racing, but I am too tall with a helmet to race the car without a rollcage that won't allow for the soft top.

But my DD only racks up about 2k a year, so ymmv.

Would love to sell it, but not to a novice. You need to know what you are getting into buying a vintage Alfa. Not nice enough for BAT, remember vintage racing.

Now, if anyone wants a 944S2 send me a pm. Or a 81 CJ7 and if you are a sucker, you can get the alfa....

Sell it on https://www.alfabb.com/

There were some dark passages mixed in with those simple jokes.

I'm lucky I was never banned.

I don't think you have a mean bone in your body, Bob.

It seems the more a thread drags on here the more nasty it gets. It's they way with PPOT, or maybe with human nature in general. Take the positive from what is here and don't pay any attention to the naysayers.