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Originally Posted by Westy
Not much action on the 996 forum, so I'll ask here. Guys on Rennlist (sp?) hammer the 996 interior as bad and ugly. Never seen it in person. I sat in a 997, and thought the interior looked really nice. Is there that big a difference besides the cluster of gauges? I think I'm giving up on a 996 (and the tt is zooming away from my wallet). Maybe a 997 as soon as my SC and a 997 are in the same price range. A year maybe?
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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Styling is obviously subjective, just look at some pictures. I don't personally find the 996 interior to be offensive, but the 997 has a nicer look and is more consistent with past 911 styling. I actually find the 996 interior to wear better than the 997, which uses a bunch of "soft touch" finish throughout. The soft touch scratches easily, very rarely do I have a 997 that doesn't require some interior parts replacement.
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I'll weigh in with some comments considering I own a 2007 Cayman (bought new) and a 2000 996.
The 996 has a black, full leather option interior. The car is 15+ years old and has 176,000 miles and counting. It's my daily driver. The interior has worn VERY well over the nine years and 140,000 miles I've owned and driven it. It feels very robust.
My wife's daily driven Cayman, which shares a very similar interior with the 997, has had many little cheap, hard plastic items break over the years. Window switches have failed. One of the cup holders broke, BOTH of the little backrest handles that allow the driver seat to tip forward have broken off and need to be replaced (how crappy does it have to be that the almost never-used inboard handle broke off?), etc.
While the interior of the Cayman may LOOK more solid and have better styling, the Full leather interior in my much older 996 has actually proven to be significantly more robust. In fact, having taken apart the interior in my 1984 Carrera, I can tell you that the 996 has more robust interior bits than the old air cooled car.