Hello everyone,,, with the 996 being gone over 2 years ago and having not long sold our 987 boxster im now in the market for a 997,, I think i know what i want. which is a standard 3.6 carerra 997.1, manual. i believe there is some good deals to be had with prices softening on the full 997 range, and with the summer over im hoping now is a good time to pick one up... i dont want to get into the bore score debate, rebuild etc... but what i do want to mention is do we think generally the 3.6 is the safer bet, out of that and the early 3.8s... on paper performance is very similar, and actually price also seems very similar too... i hope to get some pics up soon of my new purchase,,, i have a couple im booked in to see over the next week, so fingers crossed.... get ready for all the new owner questions to come.... Lastly has anyone on here gone from the 3.6 to a 3.8 or have experience with both, i have driven both briefly, and other than incresed noise i didnt notice any performance differences, and i felt the suspension in the 3.8 in sport mode to be too harsh, which was all a contributing factor to me wanting to go for the 3.6.... budget wise i cant stretch to the gen 2 so thats not an option,,