Anybody bought a 911 50 Anniversary Edition?

[DMC2]

Just wondering if anybody on here as bought one and what they think of it?

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[gunner]

Good question...I'd like to ask the same.

Also is it a limited edition car like the Sportclassic?Or one of those they'll make as many as they can sell?

[sidicks]

DMC2 said:

Just wondering if anybody on here as bought one and what they think of it?

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Hey, this is the internet - no-one has to have bought one (or even driven one) to have an opinion...

[DMC2]

sidicks said:

Hey, this is the internet - no-one has to have bought one (or even driven one) to have an opinion...

Lol!

[DMC2]

gunner said:

Good question...I'd like to ask the same.

Also is it a limited edition car like the Sportclassic?Or one of those they'll make as many as they can sell?

They are making 1,963 of them, obviously relating to the year the 911 was first conceived.

[mcx27]

Yes I bought one... Have done about 2k miles in a couple of months. Is a great GT, more civilised than my 997 c2s that I had from 05-12. I did drive a 991 c2s at the silverstone porsche centre, pretty amazing, so much grip and fantastic handling. Not tracked the 50th anniversary yet, not sure I'm brave enough, maybe need a friendly pcgb track day. The build quality is fantastic, better than 997 which had a few creaks here and there. I'll post some pics when I get round to it.

[andy74b]

We bought one last year. Not really had chance to drive it much but love the look of it. Massively moves the game on from our 996. Swapping the steering wheel over to the paddle one this weekend.

Few crappy photos

[AndyBrew]

They have/had one in Porsche Leicester I thought it looked lovely for what it's worth!

[uktrailmonster]

Silverstone have one in their showroom at the moment and I think it looks pretty good overall, especially the houndstooth seats. I'm not convinced about the badges on the headrests though, I think they look a bit naff.

[mollytherocker]

I saw a light grey one this morning near Macclesfield. They do look great, although the wheels look massive!

[dealmaker]

Can you order those wheels on other 991's? If not are they available from the parts dept??

[IMI A]

love the dog tooth interior. Should have had the child seats trimmed to match!

[Mr DG]

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We bought one last year. Not really had chance to drive it much but love the look of it. Massively moves the game on from our 996. Swapping the steering wheel over to the paddle one this weekend.

Just out of curiosity are you considering selling you standard wheel ? and if so ?

All the best
Dean

[Mr DG]

Quote.
We bought one last year. Not really had chance to drive it much but love the look of it. Massively moves the game on from our 996. Swapping the steering wheel over to the paddle one this weekend.

Just out of curiosity are you considering selling you standard wheel ? and if so ?

All the best
Dean

[sjp63]

[quote=andy74b]We bought one last year. Not really had chance to drive it much but love the look of it. Massively moves the game on from our 996. Swapping the steering wheel over to the paddle one this weekend.

From Multi function wheel (buttons) to paddles? I'd like to do that - what happens to the "multi functions" ?

[andy74b]

sjp63]ndy74b said:

We bought one last year. Not really had chance to drive it much but love the look of it. Massively moves the game on from our 996. Swapping the steering wheel over to the paddle one this weekend.

From Multi function wheel (buttons) to paddles? I'd like to do that - what happens to the "multi functions" ?

Lose the functions from wheel but would rather have the decent paddles.

Sorry, old wheel not for sale.

[SFO]

andy74b said:

sjp63]ndy74b said:

We bought one last year. Not really had chance to drive it much but love the look of it. Massively moves the game on from our 996. Swapping the steering wheel over to the paddle one this weekend.

From Multi function wheel (buttons) to paddles? I'd like to do that - what happens to the "multi functions" ?

Lose the functions from wheel but would rather have the decent paddles.

Sorry, old wheel not for sale.

you will need to install the extra lever to control the on board computer etc etc

[sjp63]

Coincidentally the postman delivered some Techart paddles this afternoon. Basically you keep the MF steering wheel but swap out the stupid buttons for paddles. There a a couple of wires to swap along the way, but you keep all the MF functions. Took me just over 2 hours to do at home, plus some prior internet browsing. The result is hey presto. Paddle shift just like any other system - pull left to change down and pull right to change up. Those buttons were driving me crazy - logic all wrong and hard to find when cracking on.

[sjp63]

[findtomdotcom]

How do they compare (in terms of feel), to the Sports Design wheels paddles?

I was really tempted to buy these (from TechArt), but was put off by OPC warnings of doom.

Plus, I'm not sure how hard they are to self fit (rewire)? Its a long way to Liverpool from Swindon.....