There have been so many variants of the 911 built over the years you’d have to be a dedicated Porschephile indeed to keep track of them all, and these latest three in the 997 series have their own unique DNA to unravel and define. But it had to be done, so we spent two days driving over Southern California’s Coastal Range and the Anza Borrego desert, with a nice twisty climb to the famed Mt. Palomar Observatory. Then it was off to the drag strip and skidpad to see how Butzi’s evergreen concept is holding up. Here’s what we found.