New 996 Turbo owner
Discussion
Thought I'd share some words and pics of my 996 turbo. Bought it about 6 weeks ago after a (really) long hunt and saving but feels great to finally drive the thing.
I went out for a drive tonight and the only thing I don't understand is how other people still find the need to tune it further. Mine is a standard turbo and every time I get back home, I just wonder how long it'll be before I get a diet of prison food 24/7.
Anyway, loving everything else about it. Feels so organic compared to a lot of other cars I drove recently (some of which are much faster). If you have a chance to get a good example, don't hesitate to buy one. I know there are a few of you looking out there so my advice is spend a lot of time checking the car and have an inspection done if you are buying privately (sorry for stating the obvious). The one thing I was caught out by was the over-revs (1 and 2) check performed by a "reputed" specialist. They could not tell me the duration at those revs so had to get a second opinion so watch out for that one.
Now, just getting used to the "odd" noises that a lot of us are paranoid about.
I can recommend the led sidelight upgrade as well if you haven't done it. See the pic
Just need to try and hold on to my licence now....
Ash
I went out for a drive tonight and the only thing I don't understand is how other people still find the need to tune it further. Mine is a standard turbo and every time I get back home, I just wonder how long it'll be before I get a diet of prison food 24/7.
Anyway, loving everything else about it. Feels so organic compared to a lot of other cars I drove recently (some of which are much faster). If you have a chance to get a good example, don't hesitate to buy one. I know there are a few of you looking out there so my advice is spend a lot of time checking the car and have an inspection done if you are buying privately (sorry for stating the obvious). The one thing I was caught out by was the over-revs (1 and 2) check performed by a "reputed" specialist. They could not tell me the duration at those revs so had to get a second opinion so watch out for that one.
Now, just getting used to the "odd" noises that a lot of us are paranoid about.
I can recommend the led sidelight upgrade as well if you haven't done it. See the pic
Just need to try and hold on to my licence now....
Ash
Nice post. As I recently picked up a 997T I know what you mean about worrying whether visiting hours would fit in with the family routine. Not sure about your mezger, but sometimes mine sounds like a bag of spanners and I find the OCD kicking in 'I'm sure than noise wasn't there yesterday' ...
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