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cheshiremaserati

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Nayf said:
Autobox and the 996 Turbo isn’t the most exciting to drive other than in a straight line.
They sold a fair few of them n’all
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Porsche sold far more auto box cars (labelled Tiptronic S) than manual cars.
I drove an auto 996 Turbo. The torque marries well with the auto box. But I was glad to get back into my 6-speed manual 996 Turbo. Riflebolt gear changes with the 997 short-shifter that reduces throw by 30%. Wonderful.

Probably explains why there is a £5k -£6k premium to be paid for a manual 996 Turbo. But choose wisely. The manual box is not without problems. Very expensive problems at that.
 
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cheshiremaserati said:
Porsche sold far more auto box cars (labelled Tiptronic S) than manual cars.
I drove an auto 996 Turbo. The torque marries well with the auto box. But I was glad to get back into my 6-speed manual 996 Turbo. Riflebolt gear changes with the 997 short-shifter that reduces throw by 30%. Wonderful.

Probably explains why there is a £5k -£6k premium to be paid for a manual 996 Turbo. But choose wisely. The manual box is not without problems. Very expensive problems at that.
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A good friend is selling an absolutely mint manual one. He is OCD so has spent c10k having it perfected over the last 2 years and now wants a 360. it has forged wheels, Pss9 or 10 dampers, 997 brakes, mild remap (500+ bhp) and lots of leaking rubber replaced (many hours tracking that all down). I think he wants 38k but can confirm if anyone interested on here.

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cheshiremaserati said:
Probably explains why there is a £5k -£6k premium to be paid for a manual 996 Turbo. But choose wisely. The manual box is not without problems. Very expensive problems at that.
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The beauty of the manual box found in the GT and Turbo cars is that it's an evolution of the old G50 box and very similar to the one found in the 993. It's a racing gearbox, designed for ease of swapping ratios at the track if needed. The other beauty is that unlike Ferrari/Maserati, Porsche is still very good on the spare parts front. Yes, gear sets have gone up, but they have basically kept up with the value of the cars... As a friend of mine once said, he found repairing the gearbox on a Iveco more of a challenge, than helping me replace the worn out shift fork fork and sleeve for 3d gear on my GT3...
 
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williamsmix said:
That does look very interesting indeed if you’re after a manual 3200. Can’t see end float being a problem with that sort of mileage and history. Not a bad colour combination either.
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I’ve just bought something with a fair financial investment on top, otherwise if it stays around the opening bid I may yet be tempted…

My wife will murder me
 
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