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Originally Posted by kk2002s
You have experienced both. Not many here have, most here are living the Porsche dream from only the perspective of a 986. I would look to you to be able to best tell us the commonalities vs. differences
Personally I don't give two S#!&'s about how the knobs feel, how the steering wheel looks, the stereo DB levels. I want to know how do they feel driving, accelerating out of a turn, braking, you know the stuff that makes a Porsche a Porsche and not a Miata (No offense to Miatas)
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Sure, I'll be happy to give my opinion on that. From an OPERATIONAL/DRIVING perspective, I found the 2002 986S that I owned to be more raw (in a good way), lighter and tossable. The 2005 987.1 S that I have now feels more substantial, solid and connected to the road. The weights of the cars are similar, the 987.1 that I have has more power. It's a touch faster. It feels like it's a better made car, but time will tell on that. The interior is definitely built to a higher level of quality. Braking is similar to the 986S that I had. I am not a track guy, but from a quick street perspective, I find the 987.1 to be more responsive in handling, more sure and precise on turn in. All in all, although this will probably piss of my "friend" above, I find it to be a slightly nicer car.
All that being said, what I am specifically seeking is maintenance differences between a 986 vs 987 so that owners may learn what parts of the very good 986 manuals that are available now can be used to maintain 8987's, and what parts of the manuals are not applicable. Any help on that from guys who actually know would be appreciated.
Hopefully the info I gave here is helpful or at least interesting to you and others.