Porsche 996 Turbo - Any buying tips and what do people know about these?

cymatty said:
The car in the Vid looks like an exige to me, a even harder hardcore Elise. Although I wait to be proved wrong. :p
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Hi there

I am unsure, thought it was an Elise S, but maybe its an Exige S if such a thing exist.

A more fair test would have been putting it up against a BMW M3 or Audi RS4
 
cymatty said:
Yes a 240bhp ish supercharged Exige.
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Hi m8

You are indeed correct, it was a Lotus Exige S:-

1.8l Supercharged Toyota Quad Cam VVTL-i engine (2ZZ-GE)
218bhp @ 7800rpm
158.6 lb/ft torque @ 5500rpm
233.2 bhp/tonne
0-60mph 4.1 seconds
0-100mph 9.98 seconds
148mph top speed
935KG weight


So if a Roush Mustang a car that was originally designed to be a grand tourer and tweaked by Roush to perform even better on road and track can keep up on the twisties with the best Lotus can offer and walk away from it on the straights is a pretty damn good result.

I'd suspect the reason Clarkson never tested the Roush against a similar class car such as an RS4 or M3 is because the Roush would have no doubt kicked their asses. Afterall an Exige S definetely is far quicker than an M3 and no doubt an RS4 too, yet that Exige S had great trouble getting away from the Mustang and it was only when the driver made error the Exige got by and even by the end of the race the Roush had caught right back up again.
 
housemaster said:
The RMS issue, or Rear Main Oil Seal does NOT effect all 911's Jamous, the Turbo and GT3 have a different engine block based on the GT1 compared to the normal Carrera models, and it is not an issue that effects these models in the same way.

Agree with your point about cars, it is how they make YOU feel not the next man or women ;)
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Hi there

From the research I have done, the manual has more issues than the tiptronic. These such issues are 2nd gear pop out, type2 overrevs and clutches generally need replacing at 30,000 miles which is expensive.

Wheras the tiptronic does not suffer from overrevs or gear issues and the clutch last much longer.

I know turbos can be re-mapped very easily to around 500BHP with whopping torque but on a tiptronic is it possible to speed up its gear changes at all?
 
JRS said:
It's a shame you seem to have gone away from the idea of the new Dodge Challenger when it arrives. The specs seem to be getting better all the time on the performance front - the standard engine will be the 6.1L, they showed off the 6.4L at SEMA, now they have apparently got a 6.6L version in the works....

The 6.4L produces 505hp....wonder what they'll extract from the 6.6L?
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Well a Porsche Turbo is still not a definite. Its a car I want and I have the funds but even the idea of selling the Mustang upsets me as the Mustang is my car, its something I have put a lot of work and dedication in and plus I can say I did it myself.

A few things may happen, I may part with the Mustang sometime this year and get a Porsche Turbo and then knowing how quickly I change my cars I still may end up with a Challenger when they are released which is probably not until 2008/2009.
 
ramirez said:
Personally I would stick with the Mustang or get a Dodge Viper - something you'll probably never see on our roads.
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Hi there

Parting with the Mustang will be extremely hard to do, in a way I feel its one of those cars I never want to let go and keep it forever.
Dodge Vipers do nothing for me, I like the way they sound but thats it I just don't like anything else about them and they are just useless on UK roads.
 
Hi there

Well I am gonna test drive both manual and tip.

I've never owned an automatic car before, always had manuals.
But when I drove an M3 EVO with SMG I loved it and if I like the Tip I think I will go for it as long as it does not hamper performance too much over the manual.

Yes I understand the Porka is a complete different kettle of fish in comparison to the Mustang and as such it will be a lot harder for me to work on myself but as always I shall research and no doubt will become quite capable with a spanner on the car should needs arise. ;)
 
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