[kristian85]

Hello all,

After over a year away from P-ownership, I'm still a Porsche diplomat w/o portfolio.

But, I'm always looking, and yesterday stumbled across an excellent '91 C2 Tip coupe. I've never liked the idea of Tips, but, as the car was in excellent shape with mint interior, 46K-miles, and $8400 in a full engine reseal/rebuild last January with new rings and so on by a local Porsche dealer, I nonetheless decided to drive it. Never driven a P with Tip before.

It was an utter delight. Note that I have no difficulty in forgoing macho he-man notions that torquey sportscars need to have manuals, as I agree with noted Brit journalist LJK Setright, and the entire F-1 community, that a good autobox is faster for most drivers most of the time in most situations. Especially one that can be manually shifted.

It was clear that it was substantially easier to focus on what the chassis was doing without having to shift manually, and also easier to focus on the corners themselves. So, I quite liked it. And I even doubt that a manual car would be quicker in acceleration unless the manual owner wanted to replace clutches every 500 miles.

Question is: Are Tip cars the unloved children of the 911 flock? Do any others agree with my sentiments that they from both performance driving and comfort perspectives are excellent alternatives, perhaps even better, than manuals?

Resale issues? Are those motors as bullit-proof as the SC/Carrera motors, once the leak/distributor belt/flywheel issues (nonexistent on Tips) have been fixed?

Thanks all,

Kristian Soholm