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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
I'll give the 997/987 the edge in looks and percieved luxury, but having done cosmetic repair work on both the 986/996 and 987/997, I'll take the 996/986 all day long. The 996 interior is not very luxurious but it wears like iron. The 997 looks nicer but does not wear well, and they didn't improve it until they eliminated most of the soft touch materials in 2009. I have spent a lot of money replacing scratched soft touch plastic pieces on the 987/997, and I had a neglected 1997 986 with 135k that after a good detail looked like new.
As for turbos, I bought my first 996TT yesterday. 2003 with 67k, Polar Silver over Metropol Blue, full leather, supple leather, and best of all......sunroof delete! It was actually an option to delete the standard sunroof, I've never seen one for sale though there are a couple of RL members who have one. It should arrive within a few weeks.
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I'm going to agree 100%. I haven't had the pleasure with a 997.2, but having poked around under the hood of a 997.1, they are just re-skinned 996s. I am fine with the 996 interior, especially the full leather option. Whether my 43K 996tt or the 103K C4S, both have extremely clean interiors- they seem to wear really well.
The silver on Metropol Blue 996tt sounds stunning - we'll need pics and maybe a family photo or two. Like this:
