Looking to buy 993 tiptronic

[colinrob]

Hi all I am posting this for my brother who is over from belguim at the moment. He wants a 993 turbo bodied tiptronic (must be tiptronic) hard top not convertible or targa with FPSH anyone on here know of one or is selling one?
Thanks Colin

[thegoose]

The model you're after is a Carrera 'S', often referred to as a Carrera 2 S or C2S. Don't know of one for sale though. Personally I'm not a fan of tiptronic on the 993 - the difference between having 6 gears in the manual box and only 4 in the auto is quite noticeable.

[loach]

Porsche never did a widebody Targa, either. He shouldn't have too much bother finding a C2S Tip, though. Ditto on the above comment regarding the Tip. By the time you've saddled a 993 with that and fattened and widened its rear haunches for cosmetic reasons, you've really turned a fox into an elephant.

[thegoose]

loach said:

Porsche never did a widebody Targa, either.

The only official widebodied 993s were coupes. However, a strange "built specially fort the Sultan of Brunei" widebodied cab came up in the trade recently. If you pay the price, they'll make it how you want it - hang on, isn't Burger King's strapline something like that?

[lansdown65]

Polar silver C2S tiptronic at www.paragon.gb.com

[colinrob]

Thanks for the replies the reason it must be tiptronic is my brother had a motorcycle accident some years ago and lost an arm and a leg. Looked at a couple at the weekend trying to convince him to get a 996 seems a better car for the same money

[loach]

colinrob said:

Thanks for the replies the reason it must be tiptronic is my brother had a motorcycle accident some years ago and lost an arm and a leg. Looked at a couple at the weekend trying to convince him to get a 996 seems a better car for the same money

Ouch. Sorry to hear that. You're entering murky waters on the whole 993 vs. 996 thing. Best try both - though if it is to be a Tiptronic, I'm reasonably certain you'll both prefer the 996. Best stick to the independents as well, given OPC reputations in the arm and leg department.



Sorry. Too soon?