New Boxster or Used 911?

[Perfectlap]

All Porsches are true Porsches. I say it all the time: Porsche nowadays doesn't make any bad cars. The days of rebranding VW's as Porsches like the 914 are long gone.

But Porsche have to sell cars. And if the maket sees a beautiful car like the 911 and someone comes along with allot of money and says "nice car can I have it in a convertible?" Well if his cash is green like ours you best believe Porsche are going to get Gunther and Hans to come up with a way to make the 911 into a convertible.

A 911 Turbo Carbiolet is one of the finest sportscars on the planet. But its driven from a marketing point of view first, performance second. Otherwise there would be no reason to compromise its ridigidty. All that money and time into a sophisiticated engine and suspension to then set it back structurally?

I dont know I guess its like the saying "form follows function".

Design a 911 that was intended to be a convetible from the begining!
oh wait that called .....A BOXSTER!

[Adam]

I would take the 987 S over a 3.4L 996. I'm not sure if you were looking at 3.6's or the 3.4L's though. One nice thing with the 987 or even later model 986's is you pretty much have a choice whether you want to drive a convertible or basically a coup. The top works so well up I often just put it up if I want a more coup like experience. Or you can even take it a step further and get the auxillary hardtop. With a tin-top you can never have it both ways. Plus the car does 0-60 in 5 flat and handles like it's on rails. How can you go wrong with a 987 S?

On a side note, I finally got a chance to look over a 987 S up close and personnal this past weekend. The only odd thing I saw was the intake side of the engine. I peered through the grill and the thing had a plastic "plate" that looked like it nearly completely obstructed air-flow. No snorkel or hole could be seen. I know it must breath very good but I dont see how with that thing in the way. I checked the other side and it had the exhaust cooling fan just like the 986 so I was kinda puzzled on that one. I asked the dealer from FL who brought the car with him and he was puzzled too when I asked him about it.

[Perfectlap]

I sat in the 987S at the dealer while getting service.

compared to my tasty red interior with GT3 seats, the 987 seemed more Cayenne than racy. Too Acura/Lexus-like for my taste.

But I also got to follow behind a guy who I think had a CarreraS take the 987 for a test drive and boy he was whippin the pants off it. I was merging while he was blasting past. We got to a jug handle turn to go back the other way and me mouth was watering just hearing the engine (much louder than my S)
But those headlights

[UF987]

I was in your situation very recently. I had to make a choice between a new 987 or a used 996. After a few test drives in both I opted for the 987. I made the choince because I live in S. Fl. and love the wind in your hair feeling I get to and from the beach. I also like the mid-engine layout better than the rear engine. The 996 is a great car no doubt and I would love to have a Carrera eventually as a second car, but I am a purist and my first choice was the two seater. Neither car is a bad choice so long as driving it is fun and enjoyable for you. Good luck and have fun.

ps I will be posting some pics of my new 987 soon.