Coupe and Cab comparo
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1. Resale Value - Cabs hold the value a bit better
2. Big grin on your face every time you see the sun as it is straight in your face (I have my car almost always open and it is my daily driver)
3. marginally worse on the track, but unless you really no your **** racing, it makes zero difference (to give you an idea, a professional racecar driver can get about 5sec difference between the Cab and the Coupe on the Nurburgring - a course that takes just under 8mins in total, thus about 2%)
4. 20% better chance to have your car parked up front at the Valet parking
5. Cool factor (for my kids, my two teenage daughters think it is the coolest thing to be picked up with a convertible from school)
2. Big grin on your face every time you see the sun as it is straight in your face (I have my car almost always open and it is my daily driver)
3. marginally worse on the track, but unless you really no your **** racing, it makes zero difference (to give you an idea, a professional racecar driver can get about 5sec difference between the Cab and the Coupe on the Nurburgring - a course that takes just under 8mins in total, thus about 2%)
4. 20% better chance to have your car parked up front at the Valet parking
5. Cool factor (for my kids, my two teenage daughters think it is the coolest thing to be picked up with a convertible from school)
exactly what i was thinking....
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Being from Chicago Im a coupe fan. Its a much better all season car. When the cab top is up the visibility is just ok. The coupe doesnt have that issue. I love the look of the cab with the top down. When its up not so much. The coupe always looks great. I also like being able to roll up my windows and have a very quite cabin. Works great with the built in bluetooth.
It also doesnt hurt that I have my Austin Healey for ragtop fun.
It also doesnt hurt that I have my Austin Healey for ragtop fun.
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Hi All,
Besides the obvious (soft top) what are some of the differences between the two in a 997? For example on my E46 M3:
1. The Cab is 400 lbs heavier
2. The Cab has 1 sub woofer (ski pass) Coupe has 2
3. Easier to get in the backseat of the Coupe
Porsche 997 Coupe vs. Cab
1.?
2.??
3.???
Besides the obvious (soft top) what are some of the differences between the two in a 997? For example on my E46 M3:
1. The Cab is 400 lbs heavier
2. The Cab has 1 sub woofer (ski pass) Coupe has 2
3. Easier to get in the backseat of the Coupe
Porsche 997 Coupe vs. Cab
1.?
2.??
3.???
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Being from Chicago Im a coupe fan. Its a much better all season car. When the cab top is up the visibility is just ok. The coupe doesnt have that issue. I love the look of the cab with the top down. When its up not so much. The coupe always looks great. I also like being able to roll up my windows and have a very quite cabin. Works great with the built in bluetooth.
It also doesnt hurt that I have my Austin Healey for ragtop fun.
It also doesnt hurt that I have my Austin Healey for ragtop fun.
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+1 on the rear visibility. It is horrible when the cab's top is up. Porsche could have done a better job, putting in a bigger rear window. It has big blind spots, especially on when you are at the top of a "Y" intersection (...but the solution for overcoming this is emensly fun: overturn into the opposite direction, hit the gas, and get some fishtail when going through the corner.)
Regarding cab-cabin noise, I actually think the 997 cab top (3-layers, right?) is fairly quiet for what it is...and I haven't even bothered to put in the rear windscreen, yet.
Regarding cab-cabin noise, I actually think the 997 cab top (3-layers, right?) is fairly quiet for what it is...and I haven't even bothered to put in the rear windscreen, yet.
Being from Chicago Im a coupe fan. Its a much better all season car. When the cab top is up the visibility is just ok. The coupe doesnt have that issue. I love the look of the cab with the top down. When its up not so much. The coupe always looks great. I also like being able to roll up my windows and have a very quite cabin. Works great with the built in bluetooth.
It also doesnt hurt that I have my Austin Healey for ragtop fun.
It also doesnt hurt that I have my Austin Healey for ragtop fun.
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based on your location alone I am not sure if convertible car makes much sense. but, it is a personal thing, all other factors aside. I personally do not like driving in any cab with soft roof on a highway for longer than 5 minutes. if you do not plan to drive faster than 50mph for 90% of time and drive only when it is sunny and above 60 degrees - then cab would be a no brainer.
It's very quiet with the top up. So much so nobody can tell when I'm in my volvo or the cab.
I will say the visibility sucks azz in the cab with top up. There is an easy fix for that though. Only run the car in nice weather with the top down
I have been known to put the top down a chilly night just so I can back up safely in a dark parking lot. There are a ton of blind spots.