Around 430am Sunday night I was coming home from St Pete on I275 and had a gorgeous silver 996C4S merge on next to me.

After cruising for a while we hit the Howard Franklin (huge bridge that crosses the bay) and I dropped from 6th to 4th at around 70 (it was in VTEC however fast I was going) and floored it. He followed suit and slowly passed me until 100 or so and he was gone. My car has Invidia TP and exhaust as well as 18s, CR lip and rear wing. Conditions were ideal (top up, windows up, A/C off, in vtec, amazing driver, blah blah).

The 911 did have the X50 exhaust tips.

The best part is in parting - as he merged over to exit after the bridge I tapped my brake lights a couple times and he flashed in turn. Good to see other enthsiasts out on the roads!

 

love the pic in the sig.

 

The factory power upgrade option is almost invariably seen in the turbo (option code X50 in the turbo), where it involved a turbo upgrade (http://www.supercars.net/cars/2415.html).

The factory power upgrade (option code is X51) is very rare in non-turbo 996s, largely because it was a $14,000 option for just 25 HP; if you wanted more power, normally you would just buy the turbo and go from 320HP (345HP even with the $14,000 X51) to 415HP for only about $35,000 more than the otherwise comparable C4S new [see below].

The one exception is the 1,963 "40th Anniversary" C2s made in "GT silver" (darker than the much more common "Arctic Silver") for 2004 with the X51 at a $20,000 total premium over the basic C2 (http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...rformance.html), but they are the narrow body rear-wheel drive C2s and say "911" on the back instead of "Carrera" (there were no "40th Anniversary" C4S cars).

The 996 C4S (I have one) will say "Carrera 4S" on the back and is essentially a turbo with the regular Carrera 3.6L 320HP naturally-aspirated engine -- wide-body, 4-wheel drive, "big red" turbo brakes, same suspension and wheels/tires, standard full leather interior, etc.

 

You shouldn't race cars you can't afford.

 

LOL!

I dunno

 

common!! soo negative.. i've smoked many over priced cars that i can nowhere near afford..

at least his story was an interesting encounter :-D

 

And it was definitely a C4S.

 

em last I checked a 996 can be had for mid-20's and a broke ass FD can be had for $15k if it's got a motor that actually runs..

 

There was a 996 model upgrade in 2002 when the 3.4L motor was upgraded to a 3.6L, and the C4S was also reintroduced in 2002 (there was an air-cooled 993 C4S until 1998, but there is no 1999 - 2001 C4S, although there was a pre-2002 C4).

The 996 turbo was introduced in 2001 and the base turbo was largely unchanged throughout the 996 run (the 2005 turbos are all "TurboS", with ceramic brakes and the X-50 power upgrade standard; most are convertibles).

A generation one [3.4L] 996 base C2 can be found in the low $20,000s (high mileage for under $20,000), but a decent generation two [3.6L] 996 C2 will be in the high $20,000s; you will not find a 996 C4S under $30,000 unless it is very badly clapped out, previously wrecked, etc.

 

Off topic, but how is the reliability of those older P-cars?