leesweeney
New member
Hi all,
Just a quick note which I imagine you have all heard many times before.
After a series of 911's (996 C4 - fast, comfy, not very exciting and under steered horribly, 993 Carrera S - best car I have ever owned, driven, or even seen, 987 Boxster Tip - every day car and good at everything, 3.2 Carrera Sport - lovely car but showing it's age now) I have just picked up a 968 CS.
Would I swap it back for my prestine concourse winning 993 Carrera S - yes. Would I swap it for anything else - NO. The car is truly outstanding and if a Porsche snob like me (it has to be 6 cylinders, air cooled and at the back) can be totally converted then anyone can. I should say previously a Porsche snob like me.
Yes I know you've heard it all before but I'm enjoying typing this so stay with me - handles like it's on rails, sounds fantastic (sports exhaust helps but the lack of sound deadening heightens the experience), stops very well (Big reds), close ratio gearbox (compared to a 911) suits it perfectly. Makes you feel like a great driver everytime you go out - a drive is really an experience. In fact, it gives me the same buzz as my 993 used to (although that was ballistically fast and which gear your were in made little difference). The 993 was worth 3 times the CS and the smiles per mile are nearly identical - bargain of the century I reckon.
And finally, a little vain I know but I have owned the car for 6 days and driven it on 4 of those days. I have now had 4 seperate people approach me in the car park or petrol station to tell me they think my car is beautiful - ask me what it is (though some knew) and tell me how lucky I am. I owned the 3.2 Carrera for 2 years, a nearly pristine car in Guards Red with the beautiful Fuchs alloys and tea tray rear spoiler and never once did anyone say anything to me. I've had 4 remarks in 4 days in the 968 - amazing. And the 911 was worth 25% more.
Enough eulagising. Great car. See you at an event soon.
Just a quick note which I imagine you have all heard many times before.
After a series of 911's (996 C4 - fast, comfy, not very exciting and under steered horribly, 993 Carrera S - best car I have ever owned, driven, or even seen, 987 Boxster Tip - every day car and good at everything, 3.2 Carrera Sport - lovely car but showing it's age now) I have just picked up a 968 CS.
Would I swap it back for my prestine concourse winning 993 Carrera S - yes. Would I swap it for anything else - NO. The car is truly outstanding and if a Porsche snob like me (it has to be 6 cylinders, air cooled and at the back) can be totally converted then anyone can. I should say previously a Porsche snob like me.
Yes I know you've heard it all before but I'm enjoying typing this so stay with me - handles like it's on rails, sounds fantastic (sports exhaust helps but the lack of sound deadening heightens the experience), stops very well (Big reds), close ratio gearbox (compared to a 911) suits it perfectly. Makes you feel like a great driver everytime you go out - a drive is really an experience. In fact, it gives me the same buzz as my 993 used to (although that was ballistically fast and which gear your were in made little difference). The 993 was worth 3 times the CS and the smiles per mile are nearly identical - bargain of the century I reckon.
And finally, a little vain I know but I have owned the car for 6 days and driven it on 4 of those days. I have now had 4 seperate people approach me in the car park or petrol station to tell me they think my car is beautiful - ask me what it is (though some knew) and tell me how lucky I am. I owned the 3.2 Carrera for 2 years, a nearly pristine car in Guards Red with the beautiful Fuchs alloys and tea tray rear spoiler and never once did anyone say anything to me. I've had 4 remarks in 4 days in the 968 - amazing. And the 911 was worth 25% more.
Enough eulagising. Great car. See you at an event soon.
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