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    Thanks philipj - I will. Now I have to out into the garage and pick up.......ummmm.....what was it now again........ Never mind, I'll have a look at the car instead ;)
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    Sort of forgot I started this thread :rolleyes: Anyway - since mid September this year I have a 997S 2008 in my garage... :thumbup: The car is a low milage MT black beauty. Interior is also black and options are: PSE, Sport Chrono, sport seats and extended leather => all the options I wanted! Carrera Sport wheels with Pirelli PZERO, although I think at next tire swap I'll try another brand since they don't seem too grippy, to be honest... :unsure: At the moment it sits quietly in the garage waiting for April since the snow has arrived and lying 5" deep here in Gothenburg... I am super happy with the car, it is really fantastic to drive. I bought it in Germany and had a marvellous 1200km drive home where me and the car got to know each other quite well on the non-speed restricted German Autobahns! Several times I caught myself laughing out loud when pushing a little... Coming back to the original question I am happy that I went for the C2S. I am sure that a C2 also would have been sufficient, but we actually do have roads here where, on a late evening when there are no other cars (or cops) around, it is possible to let the car stretch out and then 355hp is not too much, in my opinion. GT3RS, anyone? ;)
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    Thanks everyone for valuable input - much appriciated :)
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    @ utkinpol: very interesting thoughts, thank you for sharing! You describe very clearly your reasoning process and I have full understanding for your choices. In my case I have at the moment no ambition to treat the car as an overgrown Lego toy (although when you describe it it sounds actually quite tempting... :) ) I don't consider myself mechanically challenged - I have raced both karts and MX-bikes and therefore spent a few hours with a spanner in my hand. But I think the Porsche won't need similar endless hours in the garage... ;) At the moment my first option is still the C2S - it must be the red calipers... :rolleyes:
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    Hi guys, thanks a lot for all input - much appriciated!! :thankyou: Judging from the majority of replies, I should continue and try to make financial room for an S (with Sports Chrono...). Going with a C2 would probably have me constantly wondering what a C2S would be like... The price difference here is something like $15000 so it's not neglectable. At the same time that money would probably not take me far in converting a C2 to have more performance. I have driven a 997 C4 and was impressed by the performance, if not scared to death. So that's why I so far proritized a C2S. But I will defintely try to drive a C2S myself ASAP and then decide if it's worth the extra money.
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    Great, thanks Loren! I didn't know that the gear ratios and the final drive were the same between the two. For me, that's good because it means that all the extra performance in the engine will be available as extra performance in the car, and not for enabling a slighter longer final drive in order to gain a little fuel milage (which is the current trend among automakers here in Europe... :huh: ) Has anyone driven the two back-to-back and could describe differences felt behind the wheel? Thanks!
  7. erik_plus8
    Hi! First post on this forum... :) I am a 41-year old looking to buy my first Porsche. As many others, I've dreamed about a 911 since I was a kid and now it seems I could have the possibility to fulfil my dream. The plan is to replace my current boat with a Porsche during next year. I will use it maybe not as a daily driver (for that purpose the Volvo does a good job... :rolleyes: ) but will try to drive a couple of days a week to work and maybe one or two track days over a year. I've narrowed it down to 997, 2006 or newer. So far, I've only looked for C2S cars but I've realised that at least here in Sweden, there is quite a substantial difference in price between the C2 and C2S for an otherwise similarily spec:ed car. Even though I imagine the difference in price will still be there when I sell the car in the future, the entry ticket for me would be lower which could be a nice thing. So, could anyone please describe what kind of differences I would experience between the C2 and the C2S. My guess is that the bigger engine would give some enhanced driveability (higher available torque) but the extra 30bhp on top would more seldom be noticable...? Anything else between theses version that needs to be considered? I think here in Europe the C2S has PASM as standard, whereas the C2:s don't. But a lot of used C2:s seem to have that as option anyway. Thanks in advance for any input, best regards, Erik, Sweden
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