[Flieger]

Originally Posted by wayner

Interesting that nobody bit on the 993 option.

I won't make any friends with the comment that follows this paragraph but after driving newer water cooled 911s and early air cooled long hoods, I decided on an early car for my purposes, but if it was a hot climate daily driver I would agree with the Cayman.

To me the 993 is just a confused car. People love it, but I find it is a vintage car in disguise, and for me it doesn't play either role particularly well. It is simply the most refined and luxurious vintage car that I have ever driven, but that confuses me. Maybe I just confuse easily.

(Note to self: prepare to go into hiding from 993 fanatics)

Makes sense to me. I actually prefer the 964, as it was a very thorough update to the running gear of the original 911, but Ferry decreed they couldn't change the styling from the bumper line up, so it retains the classic 911 look. The 993 got the multilink rear suspension, which does appeal to me, but I don't care for the smoothed-over looks, especially in the rear, where the "negative space" between the flare and the bumper was filled in to make room for exhaust stuff, leaving it with a big butt like the newer cars. The pseudo-concave (two convex surfaces of the flare and the quarter panel coming together) rear end always looks so much sexier and muscular to me.