Alex
Nordschleife
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I've been meaning to write this post for a while after the GF bought me August's edition of Classic Cars magazine to take on holiday. The main article in the magazine was "Porsches to buy now - 6 drives tipped to rise" of which one of those 6 was a 996.
I thought this should be a good read, lets see what they've come up with. So, to start off, they've gone out to hunt down IMHO the worst looking 996 ever made - that wretched jade green with the awful green leather interior to match. Then if that wasn't enough, they make sure it's a tiptronic so they can dub down the performance figures they print, i.e. 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, 171mph.
The writer then goes on to tell us how the 3.6 is far less likely to be affected by the notorious intermediate shaft bearing and cracked cylinder block weaknesses that have blighted the reputation of the 3.4, even though the incidence rate is actually only around 1 in 10.
He then concludes "I'm still trying to make my mind up about the 996. Am I being seduced by its abilities, novelty value and this one's stunning colour scheme?" Is he on acid???
Fortunately Quentin Wilson saves the day by chirping in at the end - "I could never live with a 996 because of those cracking bore liners and heads. They look great value but even those low milers can have problems"
They could really do with doing their homework before going to print.
I thought this should be a good read, lets see what they've come up with. So, to start off, they've gone out to hunt down IMHO the worst looking 996 ever made - that wretched jade green with the awful green leather interior to match. Then if that wasn't enough, they make sure it's a tiptronic so they can dub down the performance figures they print, i.e. 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, 171mph.
The writer then goes on to tell us how the 3.6 is far less likely to be affected by the notorious intermediate shaft bearing and cracked cylinder block weaknesses that have blighted the reputation of the 3.4, even though the incidence rate is actually only around 1 in 10.
He then concludes "I'm still trying to make my mind up about the 996. Am I being seduced by its abilities, novelty value and this one's stunning colour scheme?" Is he on acid???
Fortunately Quentin Wilson saves the day by chirping in at the end - "I could never live with a 996 because of those cracking bore liners and heads. They look great value but even those low milers can have problems"
They could really do with doing their homework before going to print.