i had a 98 modded Supra that i thought i would be buried in. i loved that car - bought new, modded myself, put 180k miles on it over 6 years.

i bought the 996tt as my *daily* so i could mod the Supra more. within 10 minutes of driving the porsche, the supra's fate was decided - goodbye.

the "engineering" of the car has never done it for me - a lot of stupid shit breaks and other things are poorly designed - but *the feel* of the car can't be beat. i hopped in it the other day, after a month, and i realized a month can't go by again.

6 years, 80k miles later - i think i might be buried in this car :-)

- chuck

 

wow some very interesting comments. Some seem to have misunderstood the question however (probably on account of unclear phrasing on my part) -- but the point was not what makes Porsche unforgettable or special as a brand/marque but I was referring to the individual cars that Porsche manufactures -- some of which have become or have potential to become real classics and some, well, have been or are likely to be forgotten about with time (like the Porsche 924 for example).

Well from my side, I've been a passenger in some RUFs (CTR Yellowbird, RTurbo, RT12)on some seriously crazy runs and in a crazy tuned 996TT and in a 997 GT2, 997.2 GT3 RS, 997.2 C2S and have driven a 1st Gen 996 Carrera and the new 991 C2S at some pretty high speeds and tight corners and I have loved all of them but the only one out of these in the Porsche (not RUF) range of course that I see as becoming a classic is the GT3 RS - the handling, the looks, its rare, the intoxicating sound - compared to my 612 and M6 it is underpowered IMO yet the power is perfectly suited to the car and as someone else here said, every component of the car is perfectly suited to the other.

Despite this, I don't know why I'm itching for a next Gen Turbo when I should be looking for a next Gen GT3 - just something about the turbo that calls out to me. I however also would like to own a car that would become a future classic (which I believe the 612 and the V10 M6 will become too for their own reasons -- rare, last of their breed, etc) and so got to wondering what individual 911s have really stood out in history and why some have become legends and yet others have been forgotten. Hence the thread. Very interesting views from a lot of members! What really interested me most was how many people actually preferred the 997.1 breed to the 997.2 (I always thought that when the .2s came out, well at least in my country, a lot of the .1 owners were selling their cars to upgrade and were selling them at a loss too).

EDIT: Also another thing comes to mind, is it me or does it seem like a lot more 996TT owners modded their cars as opposed to 993TT and 997TT owners? If true, then why is that? Is it because the other cars are unmodifiable or because they are pretty much perfect the way they are?

 

I am pretty sure that 612 won't be an interesting future classic, probably the 612 one to one, the Sessanta, the Cornes 30th Anniversary Edition and the Kappa - these are limited, special editions.

The M6 with its V10 is really the last of its breed, however not really rare.

I think a lot of people have the same thought. Probably because it's true ?!

If you call a 993 TT your own and you are not totally out of your mind, you don't mod it. Thats blasphemy !

The 996 TT is the "cheapest" turbo plus one of the most reliable and probably the cheapest and easiest to mod.

Just my 2 cents.

 

I agree on the 612 point taking into account the limited special editions that were released (though the special editions did not really add much except for perhaps superior leather and customized stitching but otherwise the later model 612s like mine incorporated a lot of the "extras" that came with the limited edition Anniversary and Sessanta models).

Either way, I don't think the 612 will disappear into the abyss like the 456GT did.

Regarding the M6 I have the cabrio - only 5,000 produced worldwide (half that of the coupe) - not Koenigsegg rare, but fairly rare I would say. Also there are only about 3 cabrios in Bahrain lool. Also the V10 represents part of BMW's F1 history, which they are no longer a part of.

 

You are totally right and that is probably the reason why the coupe is more likely to become a classic than the cabrio.

 

 

V10 M? Classic? YaahuhmNO. not any day of the week. Sorry homie.

 

Should rename this thread to "Sentences that make Stoppie flip out"

 

Because Porsche made so damn many of these cars that they flooded the market with them.

 

I would have to agree with stopper on this one. You can pick up an M6 for 1 series money these days.