Ran 9x 911s for 11 years up to 2 years ago doing 3040k a year. Walkaround, show all features functioning, casual driving, spirited driving, hard acceleration and braking at 2. Only a porsche, and only a 911, makes these sounds. I have been looking for a budget, ok, cheap 996 for a little while as i missed having a 911 and the aircooled one has migrated outside my budget shortly after i sold my last one. Use mine as a daily driver ride is a bit firm but not terrible. Bought my 2002 911 carrera 3 years ago now, and have put on over 30k miles since then as my daily driver.
This is the most underappreciated era of porsche 911, but ultimately the best value version. See good deals, great deals and more on a 1999 porsche 911. It is well acknowledged, if not documented, that the 1999 2004 porsche carrera 911 or 996 is the ugly stepchild of the 911 family. Does anyone run a 996 as a daily driver doing 25k miles a year.
Confessions of a porsche 996 driver 19992004 carrera 911. During the school holidays i have access to another car but still take the porsche. The 996 generation of the porsche 911, introduced for the 1999 model year, was the most radical change for germanys sports car since the models debut in 1963, mostly for one simple reason. The new 1999 porshe 911 carrera cabriolet, the clone of the coupe, introduced its softtop convertible. I bought the cheapest running manual porsche 911 in the.
Generations of 356 and 911 owners had associated porsche with aircooled engines, but with the 996, porsche s signature model would from thenon be a. Oem porsche 911, boxter left driver side hid headlamp clip missing 99663115707 fits. Why the porsche 912 has its own cult following jalopnik. Research, compare and save listings, or contact sellers directly from 20 1999 boxster models nationwide. The 911 was built to be the consummate daily driver with the right mix of sporting intention, character, handling, braking and style to be a true four seasons, all events, grand tourer. I bought what i believe to be the cheapest running and driving porsche 911 coupe with a manual transmission in the country. Porsche had to develop a new 911 in order to continue producing one at all. Search from 51 porsche 911 cars for sale, including a used 1999 porsche 911, a used 1999 porsche 911 cabriolet, and a. But id be seriously concerned about whether a university student could afford the upkeep of an aging 911. From 1964 to 1998, the 911 evolved on an incremental basis.
Used 1999 porsche 911 san antonio tx wp0aa2998xs625694. It is a 1999 porsche 911, known to everyone in the world as the 996. Here is a list of what i did, which any sane person should never, ever do. Check out the used 1999 porsche 911 wp0aa2998xs625694, from gunn automotive group in san antonio, tx 78205. Is the porsche 911 carrera good enough to be driven daily. Daily driver mevotech click info button for alternateoem part numbers 99633104702, 99633104703, 99633104705, 99633104706, 99733104700, 99733104701, ms101 supreme rear upper. Thinking about a 996 for a daily driver rennlist porsche. Our car arrived in april 1999, just in time to miss the saline puddle baths and. Carrera faithful revolted over such radical notions as a watercooled powerplant, a. Originally the idea was to get one as an autoxtrack car but the idea morphed into using one as a daily driver after a particularly painful episode of evo driving. Having been born right after the pampered darling, the 993, the much belittled 996 was intended as a leap forward in luxury and performance a porsche for the new age in my opinion, porsche accomplished that leap with great clarity but well get to.
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