Jalopnik's view of 997 Turbo
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A POS article IMO. HP and TQ numbers are wrong, and the 3.6L Mezger was only available in the 07's through 09's. The 3.6L was replaced with the 3.8L DFI in 2010 and don't know where the author got his prices from because they are not accurate too. It's painfully apparent the author did not do any homework before writing this totally misleading and inaccurate article.
yeah I'd say their prices are very optimistic. I know some high mileage cars are in the 50s and 60s but very few and far between. a nice clean 997tt with under 40-50k miles will still set you back 70k and the minty low mile cars are 75-90k
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A POS article IMO. HP and TQ numbers are wrong, and the 3.6L Mezger was only available in the 07's through 09's. The 3.6L was replaced with the 3.8L DFI in 2010 and don't know where the author got his prices from because they are not accurate too. It's painfully apparent the author did not do any homework before writing this totally misleading and inaccurate article.
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Originally Posted by machinegunt
Author is in the market for a 997 Turbo! Trying to drive prices down! Lol! If anyone has a nice 997 Turbo for around 45k PM me! I'll buy a couple of them! Tip is fine for that price! 
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A POS article IMO. HP and TQ numbers are wrong, and the 3.6L Mezger was only available in the 07's through 09's. The 3.6L was replaced with the 3.8L DFI in 2010 and don't know where the author got his prices from because they are not accurate too. It's painfully apparent the author did not do any homework before writing this totally misleading and inaccurate article.
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The spirit of the article is correct. It's a very special car. I wish he would have written this article after I've saved enough to buy one, haha.
I have a theory that once the manual shift GT3 comes out, all 997's will slightly drop in value. Also the 991.2 C4S currently offers similar performance to the 997.1TT and might persuade some buyers to pursue the newer Porsche. We'll see if any of these factors impact the 997 one way or another.
I have a theory that once the manual shift GT3 comes out, all 997's will slightly drop in value. Also the 991.2 C4S currently offers similar performance to the 997.1TT and might persuade some buyers to pursue the newer Porsche. We'll see if any of these factors impact the 997 one way or another.
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Originally Posted by snaphappy
The spirit of the article is correct. It's a very special car. I wish he would have written this article after I've saved enough to buy one, haha.
I have a theory that once the manual shift GT3 comes out, all 997's will slightly drop in value. Also the 991.2 C4S currently offers similar performance to the 997.1TT and might persuade some buyers to pursue the newer Porsche. We'll see if any of these factors impact the 997 one way or another.
I have a theory that once the manual shift GT3 comes out, all 997's will slightly drop in value. Also the 991.2 C4S currently offers similar performance to the 997.1TT and might persuade some buyers to pursue the newer Porsche. We'll see if any of these factors impact the 997 one way or another.