Evening all,
Following 5 years of 997 ownership i decided that i needed to scratch the itch of something new and after looking for quite a while I found a 991 Carrera 2 which i liked enough to buy.
I wanted a manual and I wanted a sunroof (contentious on here I know) - ideally a glass roof but this car came up with a metal sunroof - but everything else was right so I went for it.
Car was at the lower end of 991 pricing (sub £50k) has a full OPC history, and a few nice options - full electric memory heated seats, sport chrono with sport plus, sports exhaust, power mirrors, Carrera classic 20" wheels, Bose. 40,000 miles which i was happy with. I am the 5th owner but the last owner had for 2.5 years which I also thought was ok.
Bought from a dealer in Manchester that had taken as a trade in so hence I think they were punting it on at a sensible price (quick turnaround etc.)
The car was actually in at OPC Bolton having a few bits done when i first contacted the dealer so I was able to speak to the service manager who talked me through the car - and was very positive about it. He also emailed the rev range report which was very handy - nothing outside of range 1 which was great news.
As others on here have noted, it is interesting to see these cars starting to clash with gen 2 997's in pricing terms. I test drove a gen 2 targa "S" in the summer for the same money as this and i decided against it - i just thought it was expensive for what it was and it didn't feel like enough of a step on from my gen 1 997.
The big upside with this car for me was the fact that it just feels so much more refined - smoother and more comfortable on the UKs terrible roads (I must be feeling my slowly advancing years). The interior feels quite a bit more modern and luxurious to me also - albeit i also think the 997 interior is very good.
My thoughts on the general comments about the 991 being more GT to the 997 sports car feel - probably fair and suits me very nicely!!
Having done quite a bit to my 997 in the last 5 years i am trying to keep this a little simpler on the mods front. I think some red seat belts would be nice and some spacers on the rear wouldn't go a miss. Plus a front PU respray at some stage to bring it right up to scratch!
More to follow no doubt!
photos following now.....
Following 5 years of 997 ownership i decided that i needed to scratch the itch of something new and after looking for quite a while I found a 991 Carrera 2 which i liked enough to buy.
I wanted a manual and I wanted a sunroof (contentious on here I know) - ideally a glass roof but this car came up with a metal sunroof - but everything else was right so I went for it.
Car was at the lower end of 991 pricing (sub £50k) has a full OPC history, and a few nice options - full electric memory heated seats, sport chrono with sport plus, sports exhaust, power mirrors, Carrera classic 20" wheels, Bose. 40,000 miles which i was happy with. I am the 5th owner but the last owner had for 2.5 years which I also thought was ok.
Bought from a dealer in Manchester that had taken as a trade in so hence I think they were punting it on at a sensible price (quick turnaround etc.)
The car was actually in at OPC Bolton having a few bits done when i first contacted the dealer so I was able to speak to the service manager who talked me through the car - and was very positive about it. He also emailed the rev range report which was very handy - nothing outside of range 1 which was great news.
As others on here have noted, it is interesting to see these cars starting to clash with gen 2 997's in pricing terms. I test drove a gen 2 targa "S" in the summer for the same money as this and i decided against it - i just thought it was expensive for what it was and it didn't feel like enough of a step on from my gen 1 997.
The big upside with this car for me was the fact that it just feels so much more refined - smoother and more comfortable on the UKs terrible roads (I must be feeling my slowly advancing years). The interior feels quite a bit more modern and luxurious to me also - albeit i also think the 997 interior is very good.
My thoughts on the general comments about the 991 being more GT to the 997 sports car feel - probably fair and suits me very nicely!!
Having done quite a bit to my 997 in the last 5 years i am trying to keep this a little simpler on the mods front. I think some red seat belts would be nice and some spacers on the rear wouldn't go a miss. Plus a front PU respray at some stage to bring it right up to scratch!
More to follow no doubt!
photos following now.....