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I dunno...A Carrera without lines of the hardtop, particularly from the back, is sorta like buying a Lamborghini but not getting a V12. But given where you will be driving it, I guess its like a Carrera that will fit right in. I think that's the best front end design of any of the Carreras. I have never been a fan of the round headlights of the 911, too VW-Beetle-esque for my taste. I would have been 'stoked' if Porsche had moved into the Carrera GT direction for headlights. But I get the sense that average non-GT Carrera buyer is slanting older and older and retro appears to be what they like. Growing up I always thought the 928 and 944 and even the 968 had very modern forward looking lines, would have been great to see a progression of that stream. If I could only choose one on looks I'd have to go with 996 GT3 RSR. But the 996 C4S with the flared fenders is also a great design.

Now, If I too were enjoying year round perfect weather I'd be looking into the Boxster Spyder in a few years (I would never buy new). One of the car magazines named it the best handling car on the market (sub $100K) and near if not the top of the list for Porsche's best. Nearly perfect 10's on all its scores, even netting the quickest times in two sectors of their test track against the Z06.
Got my eye on that one. Can't imagine how much better it would be with some R-comps, motons and maybe an eninge upgrade.