MisterCorn
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A friend at work is coming up to his 40th birthday and wants to buy himself a Porsche, he has previously owned a 964 Carrera 4, he currently has a 944 turbo for track days and a 350hp Vauxhall VX220 road car. He wants something that is fast and fun for the road but also has four seats so he can take his two girls to school (8 and 5 years old).
He has beeen in my 996 turbo, he loves the speed of it but feels it is too quiet and civilised for what he wants, he doesn't mind something a bit harder but it needs to SOUND faster, otherwise he just knows it will go too fast too easily and he will lose his license in no time. As he says, in the VX220 it feels like you are doing 100 when you are doing 50mph, in the 996 turbo it is the other way around.
So, what should he be looking at?
996 turbo, could this be done with aftermarket exhaust to make it louder, are there any good exhausts?
993, he really likes these but isn't wouldn't want to pay for a turbo and wants something fast. Are there any lightweight 4 seaters?
996 GT3, seems ideal, except for no back seats.
996 with PSE
997, also being considered, but the depreciation is a consideration.
He is looking at spending some up to around £40k, he likes the idea of 2wd but I fear he would end up backwards in a hedge. (he managed to write off an Impreza on a damp road by going backwards at 40mph in to a tree, so he has form here). He is my business partner, so I have a vested interest in him not killing himself.
Ideas, suggestions, comments all welcome.
MC
He has beeen in my 996 turbo, he loves the speed of it but feels it is too quiet and civilised for what he wants, he doesn't mind something a bit harder but it needs to SOUND faster, otherwise he just knows it will go too fast too easily and he will lose his license in no time. As he says, in the VX220 it feels like you are doing 100 when you are doing 50mph, in the 996 turbo it is the other way around.
So, what should he be looking at?
996 turbo, could this be done with aftermarket exhaust to make it louder, are there any good exhausts?
993, he really likes these but isn't wouldn't want to pay for a turbo and wants something fast. Are there any lightweight 4 seaters?
996 GT3, seems ideal, except for no back seats.
996 with PSE
997, also being considered, but the depreciation is a consideration.
He is looking at spending some up to around £40k, he likes the idea of 2wd but I fear he would end up backwards in a hedge. (he managed to write off an Impreza on a damp road by going backwards at 40mph in to a tree, so he has form here). He is my business partner, so I have a vested interest in him not killing himself.
Ideas, suggestions, comments all welcome.
MC
