Quite the opposite actually!
I have an absolutely massive amount of respect for old 911s. Like I mentioned earlier, I grew up flicking through Porsche picture books when I was literally knee high. The sheer awesomeness of old air cooled 911s are more than burned into my mind.
In contrast to what has come before it, the 996 series just doesn't seem that special to me (turbo and RS cars obviously excluded) And don't pretend that I'm alone in thinking that, even the odd 911 buffs turn their noses up at the 996.
See now this to me further reinforces the point that a lot of what is said in threads like this is simply adopting the opinions of other people and presenting them as their own despite having never driven the car.
Honestly you love the 993 but not the 996 because the cooling system changed from air to water....?
Don't know about you but a car tickles many different senses, the sum of which gives you an opinion on a car and how it makes you feel:
1 How the car looks outside
2 How the car looks inside
3 How comfortable the cabin and driving position is
4 The noise of the engine
5 The noise of the exhaust
6 The feel of the steering
7 The feel of braking
8 The feel of the clutch
9 The sensitivity and feel of the accelerator
10 The competance of the suspension, soft, stiff, skittish, crashy etc
11 The stiffness of the chassis
12 The grip
13 The dynamics of the chassis, i.e. prone to under/over steer
etc
etc
etc
So you're basicly dismissing all of the above and ruling out "modern" 911 because they use water to cool the engine instead of good old fashioned air like all the purists think.....right....?
And you call yourself a petrol head?
It's the same problem with smokey, he's drawn the conclusion that 911's don't excite him based on barely points 1-2 above, completely ignoring points 3 to n, which (to a true petrol head) are actually the most important aspects of a car and the points at which P cars are ALL about.
You can form an opinion based on whether the
looks of a car excite you or not without driving it, but you can't comment on the whole package until you have driven it how it should be driven.
