I think 996 turbos are a steal at current prices and have more upside than many other inflated 911s. A vastly under appreciated car in my mind, especially at 35k.

Give it time. I think the 996 (especially the Turbo) is going to become Porsche’s “246 Dino” and eventually collectors are going to start finding it desirable.

My first thought too. Plus the sticker on the back. Let’s face it, there are very very few people who’d add a roll bar and a sticker to an original 356.

Right? All it takes is a new fixture and some plants to really open things up.

I find the Panamera to be much better looking in person than in photos. When I see them on the road I find them to be quite attractive.

This is why we can’t have nice things. Great job punishing unsuspecting schmoes just for the hell of it. I wish you a lifetime of valets running hot laps with your car.

I never totally got why the Boxster and Cayman were sold as two separate model lines in the first place, when they were essentially different body styles of the same basic car. It was like if BMW were to suddenly decide to call the 3-Series coupe and 3-Series sedan two different models.

what has it looking into the distance? Maybe because the 996 debuted 17 years ago. They were in the era of changing motors with a company facing financial crisis. It was also the car that’s began the turn around for the company to turn into the juggernaut that it is now. Posts like this don’t make sense to me. When…

This one strikes a chord. My dad had a Canadian-market 1982 930, during the dark years when such things were not being imported directly. He picked it up at the factory in November, on fresh Pirelli P7 rubber, and proceeded to drive it around Germany with my mom, in varying wintry conditions. It was then returned to…

“more width and weight than any other economy car”

Spoken like someone who has never driven a 996 Turbo!

bruh, those are both corvettes

Fair enough. But have you never really had a car grow on you? One you nearly despised at introduction but every time you see it you like the proportions just a bit more until you, secretly of course, look at it one day and mutter under your breath “Shit. That looks good.”?

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I studied and am employed in Marketing, allow me to marketing fluff-up my sentiments on this heap:

Why buy either when you can just drive the car you own into a tree or wall for a lot less money?

I have a BMW and two Volkswagens, so I’m not a Toyota-lover necessarily, but for an all-around car with plenty of space, good resale value, excellent fuel-economy and guaranteed long-term durability, it’s hard to do better than the Prius. It kind of appeals to me—as I suspect it does to a lot of other people who…

Actually, a *high* horsepower Porsche. The 996 twin-turbo is a screaming bargain right now, and you can do a season of track days on one without expecting anything to break.

The ultimate disappointment of a Lamborghini (any Lamborghini since the Countach, really) is that it looks like it can fly...but it can’t. My childhood fantasies centered on me in a Countach, fighting epic space battles with the forces of evil, armed only with with machine guns, missiles and a poor understanding of…