Porsche 911 Turbo - Dead Last?

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The GT-R is blindingly fast. It had a similar experience at Nurbergring. Blind is a good thing 'cause it is monstrous looking.

I am actually surprised the 997 Turbo outran the Z06 at Buttonwillow. It has tons of HP and grip but it's heavy and not usually a great track car. They are often found at the bottom of a track day results page. Novice drivers who bit off more than they can chew I think.

Steve Millen is a great driver. He is a former rally and offroad guy back in my day who later got into open wheel, 24hr Le Mans, and other series and always did very well.

[Brucelee]

I had a 911T (996) version. I have to say I did not care for the car all that much. Didn['t hate it, just didn't really like it.

Tight inside, not really a good touring car, felt heavy.

Yes, it did run hard when you got on it but all in all, not a very satisfying car to own, at least to me.

[Jeph]

Hey, how would a GT3 fare against a 911 Turbo? Would it be faster around the track than the Turbo?

[racer_d]

A Stock TT is not as quick at most tracks as the "sharper" and lighter GT3.

As for resale value, thats a tough one two.. You can get a 2001/2002 high mileage 996TT for 50K. Thats less than 1/2 original MSRP. Heck, 993 TTs still trade at or above that mark. When you build more cars (and the 996TT was built in large buckets full compared to the 993) resale value drops.

I'd be curious how many "ad" pages in the new issue are for Nissan though

Sometimes the most expensive isn't the fastest fellas.. afterall, we all know the boxster would spank a Turbo if it had similar hp

racer, it's not about the ad pages, the Nissan beat all comers on the Nurrenburg ring, it's ugly but very capable.