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Originally Posted by Cobalt
LOL Interesting story. No sorry had a covid scare here which has me all out of sync with the world. I will see them this week hopefully and report back.
Air-cooled experience is a personal thing and they are all good. I agree it took some time to get used to the weight going from a 2390 pound 275HP 911 to a 360 hp 3120 pound 964 turbo. Very different and initially I wasn't impressed with the 964 until I had a chance to get to know them better. With 15k track miles in a c2 under my belt I have learned to appreciate them a bit more. Each has its pros and cons. I prefer the modern eq and suspension of the later cars but for me the 993 goes too far and looses some of the analog feel of the trailing arm cars.
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Quite impressive 15k track miles ...Wow! I have not even one myself, never been near a track yet in my life. I always thought the 993 was the ultimate air cooled, I guess because many people think so with the extra tech and latest this and that. Quick story on a non trailing arm 993 rear susp assembly that was shipped all over the world almost in vain!
In 1999 bought a 993 with 20k Km) hit dead center front street pole. At a million yen I decided to part it out because no title. Sent that complete rear assembly in a container to Chicago that was full of wrecked Lancer EVOs. My customer shipped it free to CA (friend's house). My friend David only got an offer of $1200. It was late model then so I said no way! A few years later his o'l lady got sick of it in the garage, so on a trip home I took it up to my o'l man's place in No. NV. Years later he got sick of it in his garage so I stuffed it in a crate going back to Japan with a wood splitter or a porsche motor or something. A couple years ago I sold it here on auction for $1500. The buyer was tickled pink! It didn't cost a dime to ship and any point in it's journey. Funny what one will do to get full value. I think over 20 years it went from late model to more desirable, or something like that. Had the internet been around then like it is now, I wouldn't have gone through the exercise. Still, it cost me nothing.