I have a friend who is looking to purchase a 2007 997. I spoke to the dealer and he doesn't have a clue if it is a .1 or .2. The car is a an automatic that was built in 1/2007. He wants a automatic cause this will be his daily driver and he will be on the cell a lot. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Finally, he says he is not going to mod except maybe an exhaust.

XCUDB

 

if it was built in 2007 and has the 3.6L engine, its a 997.1TT.

 

.2 is 2010+ in 997 body style

 

Technically, the 2009 is a 997.2 in every body style except for the Turbo. I realize this is a turbo thread, just wanted to provide more information in case he looks at other variants.

 

Assuming it is not a Porsche Dealership? If so, I would certainly not buy from them if they do not know something that simple...

Also, regardless of year (2007-2009) & 2010 above for Turbos, the quickest way to tell is the shape of the tail lights. They changed in 2010.

DC

 

Heck, I went to my local Porsche dealership in Memphis to pick up some steel rear rotors a while back, I told the parts guy I needed them for a 997.1 and he asked me "what the hell is that?"

You'd, be surprised......


-Sayajin

 

Visually rear taillights are the biggest give away along with larger side view mirrors. Inside the .2 has the PDK and a different PCM.

 

i think the simplest way to know if it's a ,1 or .2 it to look inside of the engine bay .2 has oil cap on left side


oppose to .1 on right side


or look under car. if engine has an oil pan is .2


.1 looks like this

 

If he doesn't want to shift, you should have him check out a 2010-11 turbo with PDK. It's worlds better than the autotragic in previous years. Will be a bit of a price premium, but the nav is also much improved and it has the better looking taillights.

 

 

Gentleman thank you. It is definitely a .1 from the information that was given. Any other things he needs to worry about i.e. transimission issues. He was going to make this purchase yesterday and I told him to hold off until I could get on the forum.

XCUDB

 

Just go to your local Porsche dealer, assuming this is not one, and get them to run a full PPI. It will run you about $300-$400, but it is well worth it and they will check everything out on the car. Most places will even look for cosmetic blemishes.

-Sayajin

 

997.2 has larger exhaust tips also.

 

Funny you mention this, but the local dealership's salespeople know very little about the brand, fwiw. Only recently did they even bother to explain to their employees the proper pronunciation of "Porsche."

The differenct between line iterations is completely lost on them, lol.

 

Wow!...That is sad.

DC