Drove a 996 Carrera 2 today...

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...and it's fun of a different flavour.

Cons:
Sit up and beg driving position, felt a little awkward.

Short 1st gear has one in 2nd before you know it - and if you slow and select 1st in anticipation of a stop, but try keep rolling, engine braking and the short gear can have your passanger (in this case the owner ) picking his teeth form the dash board. hehe

Stock gear shifter - a little sloppyish, begs for a nice stiff short shifter change.

Feels a little quicker than it is because of the off-beat sound and shorter gearing.

Pros:
The sound

Short 1st gear has you in second before you know it

Feels quicker that it is so you end up going faster than you meant to

All in all a nice package - a nice car - but I did not get the "it's an awe inspiring German interior" feeling everyone seems to think you get.

It is not better than my Z06 from a presentation point or quality feeling or funcitonal persepective.

In fact, the owner eluded to the special technique Porsche use when designing the interior ergonomics of the 911 series - "Take all the bits you think you need, and load them into a blunderbuss and shoot them back at the dash board"..

The car has wider/bigger Turbo wheels and tyres - and felt pretty good and "chuckable" as we like to say in the colonies.

He gets to drive the leaf-spring bathtub next time - I will let you know what his impression is.