Well, after some trouble communicatng with the seller of a really nice 9000 mile silver 01, I kept looking and found a black on black 2002 with deviated stitching (red), red belts, large carbon fiber package, that is super clean. It's a 6MT with around 27xxx miles. It has navigation and the bose audio. I picked her up yesterday from Autohaus West in Irvine, CA (thanks Chris!!!).

Coming from the E39 M5, my initial impressions:

-heavier clutch but not a bad thing;
-the thrust the 996 tt makes is insane... although the M5 was fast, the turbo feels like a supernatural force is pushing you.
- steering feel is much better. To be expected as the M5 weighs a lot more.
- handling - I havent pushed the envelope yet, but it definately feels like it's very planted. The M5 was a magnificant handler, especially with my PSS9s, swaybars, and camber plates. Then again, I had to do all of that to get it to feel right...I can only imagine how the turbo would respond to the same mods!
- size is obviously a lot smaller. However, I'm 6'2, 225, and I dont feel cramped. I test drove a 993 tt in my search and that felt too small.

It's nice to be back in a turbo car. My last turbo was a 92 MR2, however, my last forced induction vehicle was a 2004 Ford Lightning (same motor as the Ford GT) with 6# pulley, chip, high flow cats, and exhaust. I've owned some interesting cars over the years, but nothing compares to the 996TT.

I know you guys want pics so I'm gonna go wash her now and drive up to my favorite spot for taking pics. I should have some uploaded by tonight.

 

Wow congrats. I think you are the 4th person to buy a 996TT this week!
Damn paying off my debt is taking too long.

Enjoy!!!

 

I looked at that car back in Nov. of last year. really nice. ended up with a different one though. I'm glad that car found a good home.

 

Sweet man! Any issues with the 2nd gear pop out? (anyway to test it for?)
Still on the hunt for a white turbo, thought I had one this week but the buyer decided to keep.

 

Sweet! Congrats. I'm no longer the newbie in the TT club. You have the title now.

 

isnt that debt at an extremely low APR?

 

Probably a different car... this one came in at the end of February. Or perhaps, it was there on consignment and went back to the owner, and came back in 2/07.

 

No issue so far (knock on wood). From what I've read, you want to engine brake in 2nd gear down a hill from a high rpm several times to see if it pops out.

 

Congrats on the new car

 

no pics yet ?

 

5.25% = not so low... Also I want to get rid of them ASAP so all I have is car payment and mortgage as my two big payments.

 

congrats!!!! i am a noob too!

 

Congrats! You are going to love this car. I also came from an E39 M5 and I will never look back......

 

Here are some pics of the interior. I couldn't stop driving so by the time I stopped to take pics, the sun was already down, so no pics of the exterior (youve all seen black turbos with stock wheels anyways).

 

Sean, looks fabuous, enjoy!