Drove the boss's '96 911 today.

[baronWastelan]

I doubt you could list 5 power-train and suspension differences between the RS America and a "'96 911", or how many of those components are interchangeable between the 2. Wonder if you're conflating "'96 911" with "996"?

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

I doubt you could list 5 power-train and suspension differences between the RS America and a "'96 911", or how many of those components are interchangeable between the 2. Wonder if you're conflating "'96 911" with "996"?

Negative, it's a 993.

The RS is a lot lighter. No AC or electric doo dads. And no computer nanny messing with the brakes or throttle either.

Like I said, the 993 is not a bad car, but soul stirring it is not.

[baronWastelan]

I don't seem to have a computer nanny on my 993 messing with my brakes or throttle. I have a cable connecting accelerator pedal to the throttle body on the engine, same as RS America (964). I have hydraulic brake master cylinder with ABS, same as 964 RS America. Electric power windows, same as .... [guess].

Tell us the differences between the two models in the M64 engine. For bonus points, list 2 or 3 features from the 993 engine that many 964 owners install.

But, the 993 is newer, and therefore more "high tech", and therefore "watered down".

[ElAurens]

I didn't make this post this to argue with you.

I found the car boring, porky, and not to my liking.

Certainly not as fun as the early cars.

It's easily 500 pounds overweight, and has a lot of stuff that sports cars don't need. But then it's a GT car now, so what do I know.

To each his own.

[AndyJWest]

Real men drive Messerschmitts:

[baronWastelan]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I didn't make this post this to argue with you.

I found the car boring, porky, and not to my liking.

Certainly not as fun as the early cars.

It's easily 500 pounds overweight, and has a lot of stuff that sports cars don't need. But then it's a GT car now, so what do I know.

To each his own.

I've driven 1,000 different kinds of cars, most of which are not to my liking. Should I start a thread for each one of them?

What exactly is the point of you making this post? Are there car dealers in your area advertising lots of 993's for sale? Just curious.

[ElAurens]

It is just a gut feeling I have, and it's not just about the newer 911s. It's all the newer enthusiast cars.

They are just, I guess uninspiring it the right word, to me. I've been around, and involved with sports cars since I started driving, and these cars now just make me yawn, and it has nothing to do with their speed or performance envelope, nor a glut of them on the market, which there certainly is not in my area.

My post was simply prompted by my employer getting the car in question recently, and from putting several hundered miles on it myself.

It is better than his Cayenne though... What a waste of the Porsche nameplate that boat is.

Ah well.

At least my motorcycle is still fun.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

It is better than his Cayenne though... What a waste of the Porsche nameplate that boat is.

Ah well.

At least my motorcycle is still fun.

..or a Panamera, what an abortion on wheels!!!