991 Carrera '12 not an S but lots of options 14K miles. On its way to me. Hard to find 7 speed manual.


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nice! not mid-engine though

how could you?

Nice!

Great !
Beautiful car.
My 'new' car will be the latest Cayman I can afford.

Nice car Mike, I'd take that any day.

So, you won't be bumming around with us NARPsters anymore?

Can't get rid of me that easy. Went to Garold's BBQ with my '71 Targa.

That is not a proper replacement for a 914. I bet it even starts all the time, and the headlights don't flicker when it's idling. It probably has air conditioning that works and doesn't even overheat in traffic. I bet has wheels that are a size the tire manufacturers actually make tires to fit. Probably not a speck of rust........

A friend here in Scottsdale found a 991 manual at a CarMax of all places... they didn't know what they had. Has most of the sport options, etc. He's a long time P-car owner (and has a nice '74 2.0) and loves it.

Even though it is a BIG car I think you'll enjoy it.

And now you'll need to drink your wine
with a pinky in the air

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I'm safe one thing I don't drink is wine! I stick with beer, I drink everything like it is beer if you know what I mean.

Mike,
Nice Upgrade.. I am going to miss your 914 parts for sale..

Funny....you sold your 914 to buy a 991 and I sold my 991 to buy a 914. Both great cars for totally different reasons. Good luck with the new purchase!

Maybe now you’ll be able to bring your wife along as it has AC.

Beautiful car! What is the color?

Heat and AC are over rated. Nice car.

Ya know... I did the same thing about 9 years ago. But I kept the 914 also. It was nice having AC and other creature comforts of the 993 C2S. But after about 5 years I sold the 993. Still have the 914.

Very nice purchase and a bold move.

As some of you guys know, I sold a fine C4S to get an air cooled 993.... then, that not being enough car,...... I bought a 914 to see if I could handle the swings. Then, knowing how overrated AC and good brakes and handling at the edges of life are, I sold the 993 while Larmo and I worked upside down on the garage floor on the 914 on its way to a 6 in my cool man-cave carport in Laguna Beach......

Until my wonderful (993 cab tip owner PCA DH neighbor) ratted out my carport to the City as a nuisance / enter the City of LB / and away went the work space in favor of nothing productive / a carpark but no tools, no power, no nothing. They like taxable nonproductive space........

Sold the house of 20 years for some cash but not the 914.

Some things are not meant to be judged on a real estate sales value perspective......

On the original topic, now that we have a few dimes in the shoebox, I am shopping the 991 market - I've never owned one....... so what is that like?... I assume a nice experience / like the 914.

Nice thing is, your 991 and your 914 have the same wheelbase.

That's right, the wheelbase all the 911 guys moan about being too long now is finally the same wheelbase the 914 has had all along.

Nice looking car. I would love to own a newer 911 but don’t have any room in the garage or any $$

Now my 993 is going soon, don't need 2 modern Porsches.



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I bought a 993 and sold the 914-6 conversion. Missed the 914, bought it back and sold the 993. I bought a Toyota 86 aka scion frs aka subaru brz for a daily driver with all the modern conveniences. I am a happy camper. The best of both worlds. If I had lots of money, I would replace the Toyota with a Caymen or modern 911, but I can't see that happening anytime soon supporting three daughters.

You sold a 993 best and last of the aircooled for a toyota
Im confused as to why , maintenance cost mwybe but other than that. I don't get it

If I've learned anything in this game, it's that 1) "best" is a funny landscape and one that's both personal and, depending on one's chapter in life, situational; and 2) the 914 holds up well against other Porsche road cars—with vintage Porsche sounds, smells, and sensibilities combined with considerably more performance and dynamics at a curb weight Porsche has never been able to approach again.

Years ago, I had to decide whether to keep my 914 or a really nice 911 SC. I figured I could always find another nice 911, and have never regretted the decision to let the 911 go. When it looked like there was a good chance our house would burn and I was on a different continent, my wife asked what to get out of the house. One item and the 914, I said. "What about the GT4?!?" she asked. "Let it burn," I said. YMMV!

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Lol.. I sold the 993 versus the 914. The Toyota replaced my other daily driver rice rocket that died years later. The 993 needed 10k worth of work, plus it was a 4 speed tiptronic.

That's a pretty car.