Comments on: Guest blog – why people don’t get the 911 http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:11:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ray http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3300 Ray Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:45:06 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3300 Air-cooled 911's are something special and unique. They offer thrilling driving experiences which can't be found in modern sports cars. Air-cooled 911′s are something special and unique. They offer thrilling driving experiences which can’t be found in modern sports cars.

]]> By: Neill Watson http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3164 Neill Watson Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:31:25 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3164 Good to hear Dean's seen the light :-) Later cars probably have a less overt character than the aircooled cars, as Porsche tried to broaden the appeal of the brand. For a great watercooled 911 drive, you need to get yourself into a GT3 of some sort. Try Googling or YouTubing for GT3 RS & Marc Duez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXjDC_eyB0&feature=related Turn up the speakers.... Good to hear Dean’s seen the light :-)
Later cars probably have a less overt character than the aircooled cars, as Porsche tried to broaden the appeal of the brand.
For a great watercooled 911 drive, you need to get yourself into a GT3 of some sort. Try Googling or YouTubing for GT3 RS & Marc Duez:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXjDC_eyB0&feature=related

Turn up the speakers….

]]> By: Dean Smith http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3127 Dean Smith Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:08 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3127 Absolutely, Phil. I think that had it of been black, or this lovely new brown that they have now it would look a lot more desirable and less 'look at me'. here's the car in question: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dean-photo/4250168251/sizes/o/ Absolutely, Phil. I think that had it of been black, or this lovely new brown that they have now it would look a lot more desirable and less ‘look at me’.

here’s the car in question: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dean-photo/4250168251/sizes/o/

]]> By: Phil Raby http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3126 Phil Raby Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:51:22 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3126 I had to drive around in a white Turbo Cabriolet - not a good colour combination for a Cab! Car looks much better in black. I had to drive around in a white Turbo Cabriolet – not a good colour combination for a Cab! Car looks much better in black.

]]> By: Dean Smith http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 Dean Smith Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:29:08 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3124 Great blog post, Neil. I will admit to being one of those that 'don't get it'. My first experience driving a 911 was a white 997 (phase1) Turbo cabriolet with the tiptronic. This car had absolutely every option box ticked and listed at over £130,000.00 I was told by those that owned the car (supercar club) that I would love it and that it was easily one of their favourite cars of the bunch, which included - GTC, AM V8V, Gallardo, LP640 & F430 - it was "easy to live with", or something like that. My first impressions were much like yours however; I had just come from the Gallardo Spyder and hopped straight into the 997. I just couldn't get my head around the fact that somebody would be willing to pay £130,000.00 for it; the interior was drab, the gearbox useless (that's saying something having just used e-gear for 3 days), it didn't sound very nice nor look great as a cabriolet and as an entirety, it felt about as special as my 10 year old Audi S3. I often kept the supercars for 3 days, but the 997 I handed back after 24hrs. There was no denying the performance, it was really very, savagely quick and the way the car communicates with the driver is fabulous. I just couldn't get on with the 'box, the fidgety steering (I know, contradiction), how boring the interior was and the front end which skipped half a lane and almost and had me in serious trouble. Step forward a month or two later and I have a 1989 930 Carerra 3.2 on the driveway, again for a few days; needless to say that after the 997 I wasn’t exactly looking forward to it. But something funny happened, as I was walking to the car I couldn't help but let out a wry smile...what a fantastic looking car! After 5 minutes of trying to figure out which buttons do what, I set off. I came home that night and started perusing the classifieds looking for a 930! It was so comfortable, easy to use and it had bags, and I mean BAGS of character, what a charming car (only had 11,000 miles on the clock!). Okay, performance wise it would only keep up with a reasonably warm modern hatch but it just doesn't matter, you'd have way more fun driving the 930! After this experience with the 930 I blamed not liking the 997 on my lack of sleep and the fact that an F430 Spider was waiting for me in its place. However, I had the chance very recently to borrow a 996 Turbo for the weekend. My verdict: Performance was great but other than that: Awful. I hated it. It just didn't feel special enough at all. But then I looked at the price of a 996 Turbo and it changed my opinion towards the car dramatically. See, that's where I've been going wrong. As a second-hand purchase I don't think you can beat a 911. Until R8's have depreciated to reasonable level, that is! Great blog post, Neil.

I will admit to being one of those that ‘don’t get it’.

My first experience driving a 911 was a white 997 (phase1) Turbo cabriolet with the tiptronic. This car had absolutely every option box ticked and listed at over £130,000.00

I was told by those that owned the car (supercar club) that I would love it and that it was easily one of their favourite cars of the bunch, which included – GTC, AM V8V, Gallardo, LP640 & F430 – it was “easy to live with”, or something like that.

My first impressions were much like yours however; I had just come from the Gallardo Spyder and hopped straight into the 997. I just couldn’t get my head around the fact that somebody would be willing to pay £130,000.00 for it; the interior was drab, the gearbox useless (that’s saying something having just used e-gear for 3 days), it didn’t sound very nice nor look great as a cabriolet and as an entirety, it felt about as special as my 10 year old Audi S3.

I often kept the supercars for 3 days, but the 997 I handed back after 24hrs. There was no denying the performance, it was really very, savagely quick and the way the car communicates with the driver is fabulous. I just couldn’t get on with the ‘box, the fidgety steering (I know, contradiction), how boring the interior was and the front end which skipped half a lane and almost and had me in serious trouble.

Step forward a month or two later and I have a 1989 930 Carerra 3.2 on the driveway, again for a few days; needless to say that after the 997 I wasn’t exactly looking forward to it. But something funny happened, as I was walking to the car I couldn’t help but let out a wry smile…what a fantastic looking car!

After 5 minutes of trying to figure out which buttons do what, I set off. I came home that night and started perusing the classifieds looking for a 930! It was so comfortable, easy to use and it had bags, and I mean BAGS of character, what a charming car (only had 11,000 miles on the clock!). Okay, performance wise it would only keep up with a reasonably warm modern hatch but it just doesn’t matter, you’d have way more fun driving the 930!

After this experience with the 930 I blamed not liking the 997 on my lack of sleep and the fact that an F430 Spider was waiting for me in its place. However, I had the chance very recently to borrow a 996 Turbo for the weekend. My verdict: Performance was great but other than that: Awful. I hated it. It just didn’t feel special enough at all.

But then I looked at the price of a 996 Turbo and it changed my opinion towards the car dramatically.

See, that’s where I’ve been going wrong. As a second-hand purchase I don’t think you can beat a 911.

Until R8′s have depreciated to reasonable level, that is!

]]> By: Phil Raby http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 Phil Raby Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:48:06 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3123 Great, do get in touch. Great, do get in touch.

]]> By: Salim Khoury http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3120 Salim Khoury Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:06:21 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3120 I purchased my 911S last summer - an upgrade to a Boxster that I had. I'd love to write about my experience adapting from mid to rear engine driving. As wonderful a machine the Boxster is, i'd never go back after the 911. I purchased my 911S last summer – an upgrade to a Boxster that I had. I’d love to write about my experience adapting from mid to rear engine driving. As wonderful a machine the Boxster is, i’d never go back after the 911.

]]> By: Phil Raby http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3119 Phil Raby Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:37 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3119 Sounds good. Please email me phil.raby@imagine-publishing.co.uk Sounds good. Please email me phil.raby@imagine-publishing.co.uk

]]> By: Pietro Ranieri http://www.total911.com/news/guest-blog-%e2%80%93-why-people-dont-get-the-911/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 Pietro Ranieri Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:58 +0000 http://www.total911.com/?p=1520#comment-3118 I have a 997 turbo and would love to guest blog...I recently hit the autobahn on a work trip, maybe I could write about that? Pietro I have a 997 turbo and would love to guest blog…I recently hit the autobahn on a work trip, maybe I could write about that?

Pietro

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