996 Turbo X50/S - Modern Classic?
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it wont be as high as 993 or 964 for sure. but manual 996 turbo is appreciating a lot. Turbo s and x50 for sure will have better share in the market. I'm so lucky that i had my hands on gt2 996 
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996 Turbo brought the 911 Turbo into the 21st century and further cemented the Turbo platform as one of the most cutting edge and coveted fast, high performance street cars.
It was blessed with a race derived engine that continued to be used in Porsche Motorsport cars up until just this year (see article below).
Many people with misconceptions about these cars have never actually driven one!! I think we are all going to be a bit biased here of course but I think after actually driving a nice, well sorted 996TT any doubts are thrown to the wind. I think we can all attest to the fact that these are amazing cars.
It was blessed with a race derived engine that continued to be used in Porsche Motorsport cars up until just this year (see article below).
Many people with misconceptions about these cars have never actually driven one!! I think we are all going to be a bit biased here of course but I think after actually driving a nice, well sorted 996TT any doubts are thrown to the wind. I think we can all attest to the fact that these are amazing cars.
I was in the category of not really liking the lights that much and no real desire to consider a 996. Had driven a friends bone stock NA quite a few times and thought it was alright but not all that inspiring, other than the low cost of them.
Then I drove a turbo and completely changed my mind.
Car was stock X-50, other than PSS10's.
Then I upgraded to NT-01's, monoball front LCAs, tie rods & shock mounts, then Kevin's ZC K16's, then 997.1 GT-3 brakes.
At that point, I could hang with new Zo6 and pass most everything else except ACR, some flame throwing Lambo and a couple other modded 996 turbos.
Makes it a keeper in my book and you can't see the headlights from a bucket bolted to the floor!
Last edited by 911mhawk; Dec 9, 2016 at 12:40 PM.
