Older Turbo or newer 996

[Marty Kocse]

NorthCoventry993cab wrote:

Although I have only been in the PCA world for a little over a year, I did a ton of research, pricing and driving before I bought my 97' 993 Cab (ok, so I am obviously not a track guy - yet!). In any case, although the 996 will be much more realiable and quite a bit cheaper at this time, that is all you wil get out of it - fun driving. They will never appreciate significantly like an nice air-cooled turbo has done and will continue to do. Watching how the airs-cooled cars have continued to appreciate over the past couple years while the mass produced, water cooled cars depreciate like new Caddys is only going to continue in both directions. Hey, 30 yrs ago who would a thought their mint Chevy Nova 444 would be worth 3-400k now?? Grab the best air cooled Turbo you can and hang on to that puppy!

Call me crazy, I thought that was the point of owning a Porsche, fun driving... I went with the 996 for all the fun driving reasons.