That passes the Hemingway six word short story litmus with aplomb: "Considered TR3. Really pure. Never used."

While I am going backwards in the Porsche parade, there is no best, no absolute. Love the one you're with...at least I have.

Your car, btw, would fit.

A 996 is an incredible car. Supremely capable in all aspects. Even after the 2002 facelift I could BARELY get past the front bumper/headlights though.
It's gonna have to be a well loved higher mile 997 for me.

That 993 is awesome...I hate to sound like a dip***** but is that still air cooled or water? My true love is ANY air cooled Porsche. I like the water cooled cars just fine. I just have to have an air cooled car..:confused:

If that car is water cooled I will still be looking for one....might change my ways....
I need one of those in my garage
My buddy has a brand new twin turbo..he is trying to convert me to water cooled 911's...but he loves my air cooled car..first one he's ridden in

993's are the last air cooled porsches

Wow that is awesome so whats in those a 3.6?

yep.

Let me google that for you

I went down this road fairly recently. I was looking to replace my 84' 911 and was considering at first a 996. I drove a few and they are fast. The do all things that a sports car should do quite well. What turned me away was the feel. It didn't feel the way I thought it should. I know this is completely subjective and thankfully we have many models to choose from. I feel the 996 is a lot of bang for your buck, it's just not for me. I am picking up my new (to me) 1995 993 next Sunday. This car still delivers what I am looking for in a Porsche. Rick and Dottore, your cars are absolutely stunning.

Chris

A little more 993 porn:

http://fototime.com/9B789DE99BDC2F3/standard.jpg

http://fototime.com/9DC8766C78B9F82/standard.jpg

http://fototime.com/D972E3101876922/standard.jpg

I really do like the 997's and can see myself in one, except that I will never ever sell my 993 and don't know that I could fool my wife with a 997. I could stash one in a storage garage nearby and swap them out on the weekends. But she'd get wise.

Superb pictures Rick! Porn is always good.

Here's some 997 porn.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288489790.jpg


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288489807.jpg


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288489823.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288489839.jpg

Love that color. Must have one day. Drive it to Phoenix and we can swap for a short trip.

Nice pics. I'd almost guess that the car was lifted to get the wheels to line up the way they did in the 2nd and 3rd pictures.

Stop it! I'm really thinking a 996 will be my next DD.... It won't be long and I could trade up for not too terribly much difference....

Almost bought a 996 about 5 months ago. the IMS thing scares me. i'm not sure how over-hyped it is, but i have read a ton of accounts of issues. if i could pay cash for one, i'd pull the trigger on it, but it's going to be a few more months till i could swing a cash deal.

in the mean time, the E30 keeps on truckin'

I think if I got one that hadn't had the IMS fixed I would want to buy it cheap enough and just plan on fixing that rather quickly...

rnin,
go cruise the Rennlist 996 board. There are many with over 100K miles. Macster has a boxster with over 200K.

I was absolutely dead-wrong about what PatrickB paid for his 3.2 rebuild. He paid about $13.5K for a complete teardown and rebuild by one of the best engine builders anywhere, which included a lot of new, expensive parts. I have no idea where I got the 25K figure, but it was totally incorrect. Sorry.

As for my ride (by the way, for those who don't know, I have both types in my garage - an '84 911, and a 2000 996)...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288496235.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288496279.jpg

Here's my 112,000 mile interior
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1184812556.jpg

A gratuitous shot of my '84 in its favorite environment...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288496530.jpg

Scott- those wheels are from a 2002 Carrera, are they not? The same as on Rick's 993. Great looking wheels, they make the cars look very modern- plus, those aren't the stock lights and tails, are they? I need to do that upgrade (it is so expensive though). I have the id engined 2000 equivalent-

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1288498535.jpg

Rick your 993 with those wheels really make it looks like a much more recent model.

Those wheels look good on anything... RKD has a pair on his 928... They are beautiful in their simplicity....

Yea, I love those wheels. I think that design may be my favorite Porsche wheel ever - even above the beloved Fuchs on my '84.

The lights - as far as I know - are stock 2000 model year lights front and rear. If I recall correctly, in 2000 Porsche changed the front turn signals from amber to clear on the 996, but left the Boxster with the amber lights - for some differentiation.

By the way, Mike, your Boxster is sweet! My wife drives a Cayman and I absolutely LOVE the handling of that car - which is really just a hard topped version of your car!

Scott-

Don't you fear having an IMS failure with your car. Have you done anything to mitigate the risk?

I have a friend that had one fail on a 997 with 23k miles... It hard for me to overlook that when i think about buying one....