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Originally Posted by BlkGS
The fried egg headlights refers to the 996.1 headlights, the ugly ones. The Turbo model debuted with the 996.2 and so never had the ugly headlights.
The problem with the 996 turbo is it doesn't do anything better than a 991.2 Carrera 4S (or base 4 with a tune). The interiors of them are cheap. The chassis isn't that great. The motor doesn't make a ton of power. They're kinda crappy to live with every day. They're easily the worst generation of water cooled 911, and the "it's a Metzger engine it's a real race car" self indulgence only gets you so far.
At 40-50k, a 996 Turbo makes some sense. But when you've got wackos asking 70k or more for them, nah man, that's a bad deal. I don't care how much "they're not making them anymore" you say, they're making better cars now, and frankly, the 996 Turbo wasn't even that great of a car when new.
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Agreed with you on most points. But if you want low cost of entry on a turbo 911 it's basically down to 996 generation cars at this point. OP mentioned being potentially interested in a turbo. So yeah.
New carreras are plenty spendy on their own and I'm not a fan of the turbo 6s. I'd steer clear unless it's a desired substance. Stick with turbo I6 from BMW or look elsewhere.