For a long time, the 996 was ridiculed, and now that I'm more familiar with these cars, I'm struggling to see why that was ever the case. There are the fried-egg headlights, sure, and the potential for IMS/RMS issues with the M96 motor has some prospective buyers gritting their teeth. However, there's still a dynamic, sure-footed, and exhilarating …
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RPM Technik’s 996 CSR: Revitalizing the 996 Platform
I find myself growing fonder of the 996 platform with every week, and the discovery of this 996 CSR Retro has convinced me that, despite its age, the 996 has all the performance I could ever want—provided it's freshened up a bit. For a modest price, RPM Technik will put a bit of life in a tired 996 and make it something more akin to a GT3 of the …
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Has there been a 911 generation more polarizing than the 996? There are a few years of 911s which are not well liked (I'm looking at you, thermal reactor cars). From the car's inception through the end of the 993 generation, the most polarizing change was the addition of coil-sprung Macpherson Strut front suspension in 1989. To the Porsche loyal, …
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