Good evening. Or maybe morning looking at the time, just thought I'd do a quick intro.... OK so here goes, rewind about 8 months or so, I'd sold my 997 carerra on a bit of a whim, it at the time was my 3rd 911 over the past 20 years, starting with an old G reg 3.2, then to a 996 c4, and then the 997, which was a minter, and as soon as I sold it, and heard it drive off... Seller remorse was pretty much instant,, I tried telling myself it wasn't.. But truth is, it was,... I then wanted to scratch an itch for a M car, with the intent of doing the odd track day in... So bought a E92 m3, dct, edc etc... Put new front and rear pads, brake flush, new ps4s all round Then swiftly did my first track day in it (not my first track day overall) car was faultless, to say I was impressed with it on track, was an understatement. Though granted the stability control didn't come fully off... I almost did, but kept stopping myself thinking it was giving me a false sense of being a driving god
After that track day I was using the car on occasion, between working out of the UK and being a third car in the household, I couldn't help myself thinking of the porsche I sold... It wasn't faster than the m3, or as practical.... But it just felt more special... So I finally admitted to myself the m3 had to go, and I would be returning to porsche ownership, I had decided on the model, which was the 996 turbo, I just had to find the right one, I had always kept my eye on the pricing of these cars as I almost bought one about 6 years ago, but financially it would have just been too much of a stretch at the time.
After viewing 2 turbos fairly local, I seen an advert for a seal grey one, which had full main dealer history from new, serviced virtually every year without fail, 80k miles, and a Lot of money spent on her. Including 2 new turbos and various suspension refreshing. Brake caliper overhaul, factory standard apart from an upgraded dansk exhaust... Unfortunately however it was 315 miles away... Undeterred I arranged a viewing to coincide with me flying back into the UK from work, and as soon as I seen it. I decided I had to have it....
The drive home,, although in the dark was amazing, the acceleration although on paper very similar to the e92, just felt more raw, and full on.... Will it be as easy to live with as the m3 or 997
, probably not, will it likely cost less to maintain, probably not, but to me, it feels more special... A Bit more old school, and probably most importantly a car I've wanted for a long time.
Hopefully I've picked a good one,, the only slight negatives are a tiny rust bubble near the sunroof Seal 1and its number of owners, as I'm currently owner 11, I guess with these cars, they can tend to swap owners fairly frequently... I'm hoping it's a long termer for me....
If you've read this far then thanks, photos to follow...
After that track day I was using the car on occasion, between working out of the UK and being a third car in the household, I couldn't help myself thinking of the porsche I sold... It wasn't faster than the m3, or as practical.... But it just felt more special... So I finally admitted to myself the m3 had to go, and I would be returning to porsche ownership, I had decided on the model, which was the 996 turbo, I just had to find the right one, I had always kept my eye on the pricing of these cars as I almost bought one about 6 years ago, but financially it would have just been too much of a stretch at the time.
After viewing 2 turbos fairly local, I seen an advert for a seal grey one, which had full main dealer history from new, serviced virtually every year without fail, 80k miles, and a Lot of money spent on her. Including 2 new turbos and various suspension refreshing. Brake caliper overhaul, factory standard apart from an upgraded dansk exhaust... Unfortunately however it was 315 miles away... Undeterred I arranged a viewing to coincide with me flying back into the UK from work, and as soon as I seen it. I decided I had to have it....
The drive home,, although in the dark was amazing, the acceleration although on paper very similar to the e92, just felt more raw, and full on.... Will it be as easy to live with as the m3 or 997
, probably not, will it likely cost less to maintain, probably not, but to me, it feels more special... A Bit more old school, and probably most importantly a car I've wanted for a long time.
Hopefully I've picked a good one,, the only slight negatives are a tiny rust bubble near the sunroof Seal 1and its number of owners, as I'm currently owner 11, I guess with these cars, they can tend to swap owners fairly frequently... I'm hoping it's a long termer for me....
If you've read this far then thanks, photos to follow...
looks lovely! Will be interested to hear how you get on with the car on track, especially in comparison to the E92!
