bottom line, keep the porsche

 

Keep the Porsche.

 

ill give u my college fund money for that car, it aint much though :/ sry lol

 

damn i love those cars. I cannot believe you are even considering this!

335 is nice and all, but hugeeeee downgrade.

 

That's negotiable.

Obviously the 996 turbo is an 'icon' and that's why the strong majority opinion here is to keep it, but I don't know about you, I just prefer owning newer vehicles for several reasons including safety and other innovations, generally less concerns about problems, and probably most important to me, I'm not bored with it.

Questions for you - what is it about the 335i that is tempting? How long have you had the Porsche?

One other thing that might be a factor - I don't know - insurance?

 

996TT all the way.

 

10-speed Huffy, baby!

j/k

I can see the appeal of a 996TT and the appeal of a brand new 335i. If you're tired of the 996TT, just get the 335i. I'd lease, though, and get a new car after that (maybe a used Cayman S).

 

Jack, if you are fed up with the TT I'll take it off your hands free of charge, LOL!!

 

Here is a vid of both cars (996TT & 335) going at it

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7XnDmt-2PmA

 

well.. i test drove 2 both 4 door and coupe version and just think it is pretty practical for street use and it is something new and still look decent.. and also the price 335 is about what the 996 tt worth now so i can just trade that in without paying anything and drive a brand new car which was what i;m trying to do... I still have my 911 c2 which has been park and collect dust for almost 2 years if I sold the TT that give me more motivation to drive that one again so its not like I'm leaving the porsche world

 

lets jsut say that a customer of mine has a 335 coupe modded and he keep tell me his car is so fast.. he said his car has like 400ish hp and he give me like a 2 hours ride around town(freeway and street) lets just say that his car is no where near a modded 996TT territory and I think his car is sloooooow.. didn't want to say that to hurt his feeling but as far as accelartion the 2 car can't compare...

 

I have a personal saying... "You can't out-Porsche Porsche."

The 335 is a very good value, especially if you're willing to buy the piggyback for it. You can buy or mod cars out there to run a 1/4 faster than a stock 911 turbo, but at the end of the day, no one puts out such a well-tuned, engineered, complete, daily-driveable factory package like Porsche does with the 911 turbo. I've heard a number of people put $3,000 big brake kits on their cars, then drive a Porsche at some time and comment that the Porsche brakes still just have superior feel and dynamics.

Of course, I agree with everyone else that if you need to do this for financial reasons, then getting the new BMW is definitely the way to go. You know better than any non-porsche owners what the maintenance costs are going to be, so do what you have to do.

 

I have one too. "You can't out-BMW a BMW". In the handeling department that is. Need any vids from me to prove this point?

 

Wrong. I've driven both the 996tt and the 335i coupe very hard (130+ and slow/fast turns), and the Porsche is vastly superior.

Any performance comparison is pointless, because there is no comparison.

 

So you should have videos for us then?