Beautiful!!! Enjoy it in good health.

 

That is one gorgeous 996TT! Congratulations to you!

 

I'm starting to really believe this. I have never been in a car that rides this firm yet bounces/floats around on everything the road has to offer. It's kind of annoying really.

 

We just got my friend his 1st pcar, 2002 tt and drove it from Tx to Nj. Loved the grin on his face for 1700 miles lol

 

Great story - thanks for sharing all the information & photos.

I've been confining my "TT search mode" to local cars (within 100 miles), but I'm going to expand the horizon - getting a good car from a remote location then driving it back sounds inviting. The trip would really add to the experience.

 

Funny, I've bought my last 3 cars in California.

If you have someone that can tag along then look wherever. I bought my buddy a one way ticket to fly out with me, well worth it. Had I done it myself I'd have taken my time, hotel, etc. I just wanted to knock it out in a day.

The trip made the whole experience much more enjoyable. I was able to get a ride in my own car and also open it up a bit. If you ever lose faith that the p-car is starting to feel slow, have someone take you for a ride. I look forward to the upgrades when it cools off here. It's going to be scary

 

Lovely car, and nice story. I bought mine in a similar way, flew out to Charlotte NC with my wife and drove it back to Indiana. First time I hit the throttle in second gear on an on-ramp my wife looked over at me and said "What have you done?"

Enjoy it. I recently updated the PSS9 package that came on the car with stiffer springs and had Bilstein revalve the shocks. Drop me a PM when you start to think about mods. I've made numerous other suspension changes that make the car work on the track.

Jon

 

dhahlen - excellent story! Thanks for sharing your experience. Very nice looking color combination (I also want to see a picture of the interior).
Amen. Track time should be allowed/required by law.

 

updated original thread with a couple of shots from Tony's FS thread. I'll see if I can scoop up a couple shots from the track this weekend.

 

Congrats! A few years ago I also picked up my car in the Bay Area and drove it solo back home same day. I've done that drive 4 times in the past (bringing the turbo home being the first one-way) and it can be exhausting. With the turbo, it was so easy to squirt adrenaline into my body that I never needed to stop and take an extended rest break. Loved it.

One thing I haven't heard anybody mention yet was how these trips, due to the car's small fuel tank, end up being a crash-course (no pun intended) in the subtleties of 911 fuel management: the wildly changing distance-to-empty calculator, difficulty filling to "F", how not to get sprayback when filling, etc. I think I encountered every one of those issues on that one drive alone.

Looking forward to seeing your car around town if you are in the greater Phoenix area.

Ed

 

Funny that you mentioned that! I overfilled the car on the way back and sat around for 20 mins as it dripped the excess fuel out of the car.

Also, I popped in a few gallons and it didn't even register, probably due to do the baffling.

I also filled it until the pump fill level triggered, when I got it I was about 1/8 tank under full. It had only taken about 10.5 gallons.

I generally fill up before I hit 1/4 tank. But yes, I've experienced a couple of these fuel issues.

I work in downtown phoenix, but I live out on the west side.

 

those sport seats are killer!! Great story I had grin just reading it .

 

Congrats! I just moved into a 996tt myself and I'm in AZ