rumour has it .. I used to be SundeepTT.. although I managed to convince the ttforum folk to change my id to Sundeep993.... not very original, just there you are..!
not sure if you ever read the ttoc mag's ? if so did you catch the 2 leftie articles..??
1st question do you drive a leftie right now.... if not, then not an issue as I never did before I got the TT.... so I wouldn't worry about it ! after a short while a LHD will be natural and from what you have saved over a RHD you will be pleasantly thrilled !
but there ain't nothing wrong with a RHD.. sure if I was loaded it would get one.... but then to save £5k+ a not to loose out on any of the 911 experience made it a no brainer for me ! and like yourself I only had about £24k to spend on the car..... which is the same as a 180TT ! and remember your 993 one will hardly suffer any depreciation...
LHD is primarily about cost... sub £20k is non-varioram although there are enough varioram bargains from £20k.... that's if you live with a 'different' colour.... I was looking at a 96 blue 993 for less than £20k...
apart from the obviously LHD disadvantages.... the real plus apart from the price is 'oddly' the having the correct pedal position ! :lol:
993 is the main choice here.... but like me I first looked at a 964 as my lower cost option but went for the well known 993 instead (although little things like better servicing costs & fewer historic problems made the 993 the one to have..)
from the TT .. I do miss a lot of parts of that car..... but here we are comparing a Sports car in the form of a TT to a real Super car ! after all back in 1996 my 993 was priced up at about £65k ! and there isn't much from back then that is still worth so much.. ! :wink:
right decision = yes...... ! from the sound, the feel to the whole air-cooled legendary status of the 993.... you will drive a legend in the form of the 993 that does need respect..... no ESP or tracking control to wade in (unless you get the C4 with ABD).. so where the TT is a piece of cake to drive.... there is nothing finer than a rear wheel drive and the howl of the flat 6 cylinder engine....
at the end of the day for the price of a 1 year of a 225 TT you can get a 175 mph legend in the form of a 993... ! that as my wife says I get way too much attention from other girls when I drive it !
a note however is that it does costs a few more pennies to run than the TT.... but IMHO is worth every penny ! fuel economy is worse cause I'm having too much fun ! service from a specialist is 'similar' to a TTQ service from a dealer.... and they do take a lot of Oil.. but as always they look after you if you look after them ! As again there aren't too many cars from then which you can still use to max every day.... :lol:
but from a cost persepctive I had a budget of £26k.. £24k for the car & £2k for anything that could have gone wrong.. so for me it worked out ok... as I had budgetted for any extra that came up in the 1st year...
Slippery slope.. yes indeed.. the real problem is when you've owned a 993, it's difficult to consider any other car every again ! as there is a lot you can still do to your 993 to improve / modernise / customise it !
but whatever 911 you get (964 or 993) you won't be disappointed, the 911 is indeed a premier league car....
regards
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