"Purchasing a 997 Cab."

[rgdalacrity]

I have an 87' Targa and I love the car. I plan on keeping it because I am a bit nostalgic. I am now interested in purchasing a 2006-2007 "997" Cab. Should I put much emphasis on whether it is an "S" or whether it has the Sport Chrono package? Money is not an obstacle. I just want to justify how I spend the money. It took some time for me to adjust to the new Porsche look as far as the outside of the car. The interior, I can definitely adjust to. Please let me know what to look out for. Your help is much appreciated.

[EarlyPorsche]

I have a non-S and its great. Tons of power. You could always use more but its fine with me as is. I do have a fully loaded non-S so I have sport Chrono and I must say that its not the most important thing in the world but it can't hurt.

If money isn't an option go for the S. Its a Cab so it I don't think you will be doing that much track with it? Still would be nice to have the 3.8.

[Nugget]

The S makes a lot of sense if the included options are things you would have wanted to add to the base car anyway. If you want the xenon lights and the active suspension then your "base" is going to creep into "s" pricing in any event. Factor in the much larger brakes in the "s" (not available for add-on to the base) and the extra displacement of the 3.8 is practically free. Plus you're a lot more likely to re-capture that value when you resell or trade since the "s" impacts your KBB value in a way that straight options never will. It was a pretty easy decision for me.

On the flip side I think the Sport Chrono (which I have) is one of the most ridiculously useless pieces of affected gimmickry sold since the talking japanese cars of the mid '80s. It adds precisely zero performance to the car, makes the throttle twitchier and harder to modulate on the track, and looks godawful ugly stuck to the middle of the dashboard. I was keen to get the sport chrono because I was interested in the more relaxed PSM stability management setting that it provides, but in practice I find that I don't use it. Even in non-sport mode the PSM is so accommodating that I've never had the PSM interfere with me on the track, and when I autocross I turn PSM off entirely. There's virtually no chance I'd ever buy it again. On a turbo or a tiptronic car the value is marginally better, but on a NA engine with a standard shifter there's no reason to buy it.

[rgdalacrity]

Thanks, guys! I will buy the "S" with no "Sport Chrono" Package.

[efhughes3]

Why wouldn't you post this on Rennlist in the 997 section where you'll get a lot more opinions from people that have them?

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by efhughes3

Why wouldn't you post this on Rennlist in the 997 section where you'll get a lot more opinions from people that have them?

Sure, but on rennlist he'd get yelled at for not doing a search.

[porsche356a]

A dissenting opinion...

I have the Sport Chrono and the remapped tolerances have their place. Not so much in daily driving, but on the back roads here out west, it is worth it.