[MalcolmV8]

Hey Guys,

So I've wanted a 911 Turbo all my life, it's my dream car. I'm finally in a place in my life where I can do it. I have a little over $45k saved up and should have about $5k more in a month or two so I'll be close to $50k. My plan is not to finance anything.

So searching around I see the approx $40k price range puts me in a 2001 ~ 2004 for an AWD TT 911. The 05 ~ 07 (stretching on the 07) is around $45 to $50k it seems.

Everything I read on the wiki pages and info I can find says the second gen 997s are so much more revised and better. The handling of the AWD system, the variable vane turbos and so forth. However I like the styling of the 996 better I think. Just more appealing for now (although I need to see then up close in person and do more comparisons).

So any real world first hand advice here? Perhaps people that have owned both. Is the 997 really that much more car than the 996? Should I spend the extra and go for the 997 or should I spend a little less and get the slightly better looking 996?

I'll add I'm a very technical guy, work on my own cars and VERY much into performance and handling. This won't just be a garage queen car for me. I'll drive the heck out of it.

I currently own a 700 whp supercharged Mustang Cobra on E85 that also has nitrous and meth injection. I built and tuned the car myself.
I have the twin turbo AWD BMW 335XI as my daily driver and I've also built a turbo honda and tuned it myself in the past. So like I said I'm very much into the performance / mechanics of the car.

Thanks for any feed back and or advice.

Malcolm