Spotted! My First 997 Turbo

[Andrew D]

Saw my first 997 Turbo in the metal last night.

Metallic Black heading into Leeds under the dark arches shortly after 5pm. Wasn't on trade plates and I doubt the OPC would be test driving into central Leeds at the very zenith of the rush hour, so presumably someone's got their delivery.

Anyone on here?

[rumplestiltskin]

Not me (pity!) but a black one was behind me last week going through Chobham in Surrey, looked very nice. Seen a few now, one was coming into one of the car parks at the goodwood festival of speed at the weekend & I often see one round Guildford - thats the Guildford OPC's demo car.

R.

[nutcase]

Ditto- a Silver one leaving Guildford on the Portsmouth road. Very nice too. At first thought- nice Aerokit on that C4S, then noticed the intakes above the rear arches...

May take a wander down to the dealership in a second for a look.

[tiga84]

spotted a dark blue one on the M23 heading south on Friday about 1:30. plate was 11 ** looked lovely.

[Andrew D]

Yeah, it was pretty nice. Although when I first saw it I did think "Wow, that's a shiny clean 996 Turbo, wish more people would keep them like that". Not sure if that's good or bad.

[nutcase]

Have just been down to AFN in Guildford- they've got a black 997 Turbo which looks superb. Didn't realise it has 305 section rear tyres! Steamroller specials...

Suppose even their demonstrators are spoken for?!...probably did a deal with someone yonks ago I would imagine?

Still want a 996 Turbo, Seal Grey/Black leather next year though

[superlightr]

dont think they stand out much - good/bad in some ways.

[porkernut]

Sorry the new 997TT just does not float my boat, to fussy, it has tried to move the game on over the 996TT & all it has achieved is round headlights, funny LED gaping mouth pieces, larger side air intakes with (shock horror) the addition of middle slashes, a lower rear bumper with the awkward holes for the exhaust and BLING alloys!
The 996TT did function over form very well, the 997TT is less form & more function.Ok it is a fabulous technical tour de force, but on the exterior design front it is "frankly" piss poor!
Porsche missed an opportunity to make it look like a supercar as well as go like a supercar!

[Thunderfoot]

porkernut said:

Porsche missed an opportunity to make it look like a supercar as well as go like a supercar!

Have to agree here. Saw the new turbo the other day and thought; thats nice. 10 minutes later saw (and heard!) a 7 year old 360 in black and thought WOW!
The new turbo, whilst nice, really doesn't have the looks to match it's supercar performance or supercar price.

[Davey S2]

nutcase said:

Still want a 996 Turbo, Seal Grey/Black leather next year though

Really sticking your neck out on the colour scheme then