I was lucky enough to have a go in my mate's '03 911 C2S this afternoon. I have to say that as much as I love my S the 911 was a different class. Was a pleasure to drive, fantastically quick and got lots of admiring glances. Made a gorgeous noise and had effortless acceleration. The ton came up in the blink of an eye but felt nothing like it, it was all so easy, and it was a refreshing change to be able to hear your passenger at speed (maybe this could be a drawback when travelling with your other half).

Unfortunately, all of this comes at a price of about

 

Lucky you!

 

Sums it up for me - I had a ride in a Carrera 4 recently - massively quick, but oh so sterile.
Max power / speed isn't everything for me, no mattter how impressive it may be.

But I'd like to see Burnie push one hard

 

OK beat ya all

A mate of mine has a 996 Turbo....................now that really is fast, puts the S to shame, its just brutally quick straight line, corners, wet, dry just amazing

 

No comparison with the s though !! Its probably 3 to 4 times as expensive but is it 3 times quicker !!! Me thinks not .......

 

For a car

 

It may not be, but if you had the money then you would(lets face it my S2000 isnt twice as fast as my Integra Type R which was half the cost), infact my mate had an S2000 a few years prior to owning the 996T

 

The 911 C2 would be on the list if I could afford it . Don't fancy the C4S. 4WD not much of a challenge

 

Intersting to see this thread - I test droce a 996 C2 the other week. Did this as a back to back with a Boxster S.

Before getting the S2000 a few years back had driven a standard Boxster and been disappointed. Had expected a Porsche to to special, but had been diappointed.

Anyway this time I drove the Boxster S first - summary was "really nice car, but not sure about the looks or the cost, especially against a S2000. It just wasn't special, a Porsche is supposed to be special".

The 911 however was something else. I had always heard that the drive needed to be experienced - it was great - the power, the sound, the feel - now "this is special!"

I had no intention of buying at that point, but had the salesman pushed a tad harder, I might have signed on the dotted line I was so smitten.

My conclusion though is the roof doesn't come off (let's face it the 911 cab looks naff), and that I wouldn't sacrifice the S2000 for it - so plan is keep the S2000 as main car for the next few years and then buy a 911 as well (most likely 2nd hand subject to finances at the time)

 

the only car I would swap the S2000 for after much umming and ahhring is the Ferrari 355....I'm addicted to revs now....unless it redlines at a minimum 8000rpm I'm simply not interested