What Would You Buy Instead: Porsche 911 Carrera Edition

[Frisky Dingo]

C&D recently did a test on the rarest of 911's. Not a GTx, or "Insert Random Special Edition Here", or even the new R. No, the rarest 911 of all is a stripper model. A near-base, non-S C2 w/ a 7MT. Turns out, it's still a damn fine car. Here's the story for those interested-

C&D 911 Carrera Instrumented Test

 

 

This car just conveniently happens to occupy a price bracket just above our previous entry, the M4 Comp Pkg. Base price is $90,450, as-tested was $96,650. We'll use a range of 90K up to 110K. Rules will be....

1) As always, must be a NEW 2016 or 2017 MY car on sale now.

2) Choice must be a 2 DR performance coupe or sports car of some kind. Any drive-type is fine.

3) MSRP must be at least $90,000 and cannot be more than $110,000. 

 

Enjoy.

 

 

Edited October 21, 2016 by Frisky Dingo

[oldshurst442]

If I had the disposable income necessary for a 100 000 dollar car, this area of the enthusiast car spectrum would not be of interest to me.  Too small and too low for my driving tastes. Sure these kinds of  cars are sexy and scream out loud what boils down to: the essence of car enthusiasm full of lust and speed...but it aint what I prefer.

With that being said, I might as well just keep this choice.  This car might just be the best of its ilk...might as well just enjoy it!

But...a Vette or a Viper would also do...Z07 C7-R Edition and T/A respectively.

 

[G. David Felt]

But as a stripper, did she properly move her hips and wiggle her assets like an american can? 

[Frisky Dingo]

Built a 911 S Coupe 7MT w/ only Htd/Cooled Sport Seats, Sport Chrono, PASM, Sport Steering Wheel on standard wheels and no-cost paint to $109,910.

 

 

911 Build

[Cmicasa the Great]

Z06 or Bust at that price range. That would be fully loaded at the top end of your price

[A Horse With No Name]

On 10/22/2016 at 5:23 PM, Cmicasa the Great said:

Z06 or Bust at that price range. That would be fully loaded at the top end of your price

For a performance car, yeah...the Porsche is cool, but my money would go into the Z06 all day long.

[Stew]

2016 C63 Coupe, priced out to just over 93k. 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

16 hours ago, Stew said:

2016 C63 Coupe, priced out to just over 93k. 

 

If we are buying Euro I would option up a Jag F type before I would buy this.

[Stew]

1 hour ago, A Horse With No Name said:

If we are buying Euro I would option up a Jag F type before I would buy this.

Haha, that was my main choice, a R, but even adding a nicer set of wheels put it out of the price range

[A Horse With No Name]

30 minutes ago, Stew said:

Haha, that was my main choice, a R, but even adding a nicer set of wheels put it out of the price range

If I ever get to the point I can afford an F type R, I can probably buy the wheels....but yes, F type FTW!

[Stew]

4 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

If I ever get to the point I can afford an F type R, I can probably buy the wheels....but yes, F type FTW!

Oh yes, lol. 

[ccap41]

Ahhhh the AMG GT starts at 111k! 

Well I've always loves the F-Type R as well. It definitely isn't the best or fastest in this price range but it's the prettiest to me and nastiest sounding.

It would be so hard to pass up 650hp/tq in a Z06 though. Ideally, with this much coin I would buy a used ZR1 and then a base mustang GT or what not but that's not in the scenario..lol Or a GT350 and a "regular" vette even. 55k+55k.

I think I'd take a loaded up Z06 and a few sets of tires to go with it.

 

 

[Cmicasa the Great]

Lookiing at that pic of the C6 Z06 in CCap's post... and talking about the long in the tooth, and boring stylng of the 911 sure has me thinking that the C6 GS-Z06 models could have continued on as a separate car for the Corvette line-Up.. no different that the Porsche bunch with a Cayman selling next to said 911.

 

Corvette C6 and C7.. Well WHY THE HELL NOT?

[A Horse With No Name]

5 hours ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

Lookiing at that pic of the C6 Z06 in CCap's post... and talking about the long in the tooth, and boring stylng of the 911 sure has me thinking that the C6 GS-Z06 models could have continued on as a separate car for the Corvette line-Up.. no different that the Porsche bunch with a Cayman selling next to said 911.

 

Corvette C6 and C7.. Well WHY THE HELL NOT?

Bring everything from C1 through C8 into production would be even better!

[Stew]

15 hours ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

Lookiing at that pic of the C6 Z06 in CCap's post... and talking about the long in the tooth, and boring stylng of the 911 sure has me thinking that the C6 GS-Z06 models could have continued on as a separate car for the Corvette line-Up.. no different that the Porsche bunch with a Cayman selling next to said 911.

 

Corvette C6 and C7.. Well WHY THE HELL NOT?

Give me a C6 ZR1 with the C7 interior and I would be golden

[ccap41]

16 hours ago, Cmicasa the Great said:

Lookiing at that pic of the C6 Z06 in CCap's post

lol I didn't even mean to post a C6.. I didn't even think about it when I got excited about how awesome this one looks.

[A Horse With No Name]

6 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

lol I didn't even mean to post a C6.. I didn't even think about it when I got excited about how awesome this one looks.

Murdered out cars in black look fantastic, love this and the Lincoln in the other thread.

[ccap41]

Just now, A Horse With No Name said:

Murdered out cars in black look fantastic, love this and the Lincoln in the other thread.

AB-SO-LUTELY! As long as the owner is willing to wash it once a week and keep it looking clean, best color "combo" out there.

[A Horse With No Name]

1 minute ago, ccap41 said:

AB-SO-LUTELY! As long as the owner is willing to wash it once a week and keep it looking clean, best color "combo" out there.

Change that to about once a day for people who live in Ohio like me and drive a lot of miles in a major city.  I obviously don't wash my car that often, but there are days I think that is what it would take.

[ccap41]

Yeah I've owned a black car and in the right(wrong) weather and time of year every day is what it would take. Winter or the times of year when farmers are doing whatever to their fields and there's just a ton of dust in the air.. I would wash my car about every Sunday and it could have easily been twice a week to keep it looking how I wanted.

[Cmicasa the Great]

10 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Bring everything from C1 through C8 into production would be even better!

LOL.. That would be quite awesome.. but I would settle for C3 -C7 . 

 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

The C3 cars are really under rated. I like the 78 Pace car and the 1969-1972 Chrome bumper cars the best, but there is a lot in that era to love!

Would not kick a 96 Grand Sport out of the garage either.

C5 Z06 is affordable even at my price range, and is a fantastic car in its own right.

[A Horse With No Name]

The later C1 corvettes are still my favorite Corvette though, perhaps my favorite post world war two American car.

[Frisky Dingo]

5 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

The C3 cars are really under rated. I like the 78 Pace car and the 1969-1972 Chrome bumper cars the best, but there is a lot in that era to love!

 

C3's after 1972 were craptastic.

 

And while Corvette was at the darkest point of it's existence, the 911 Turbo was paving the way for a new era of sports cars, and starting a legacy of dual-purpose sports cars that still exist today. And actually, is still the standard of the class it created.

[A Horse With No Name]

2 minutes ago, Frisky Dingo said:

 

C3's after 1972 were craptastic.

 

And while Corvette was at the darkest point of it's existence, the 911 Turbo was paving the way for a new era of sports cars, and starting a legacy of dual-purpose sports cars that still exist today. And actually, is still the standard of the class it created.

Depends on what you are buying it for.  They make a great weekend cruiser, I have known lots of satisfied C3 owners.

And 1970's Porsche have plenty of issues of their own.

Would still own a C7 Z06 over a 911

[Frisky Dingo]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, Idk, I think Porsche was hitting no shortage of home runs in the 70's.

[A Horse With No Name]

2 minutes ago, Frisky Dingo said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, Idk, I think Porsche was hitting no shortage of home runs in the 70's.

And I would agree with you.  Check out the beautiful car appreciation thread and see how many air cooled 911's I posted.

I used to Flag sCCA races, and also the vintage races at Mid Ohio.  I am well acquainted with their accomplishments.