[mjohnson]

Three years ago we picked up a '02 996 C2 for the main purpose of high speed road trips. Been to Canada and Michigan twice, NV/UT/TX/WY/NE multiple other times.

On the interstate, it's just a car that attracts cops and d-bags. On the back roads - heaven.

It's off warranty, so all of the things that you think they would have designed to last 100k miles? They went to crap between 55k and 70k. Nothing's cheap to fix on these things, so be careful. Think 3k for a clutch, 600 for a bad ball joint, 750 to replace the P.O.S. water pump.

Numerous times I've been ready to drive it off of a cliff, but the drive to the edge is so great that I accept its quirk$ and bring it back home.

That said, it'll turn into a tuned Legacy GT this summer. Equal power, especially at this altitude, but probably not as much sweetness in the driving.