ADias

I (and many multiple gen 911 owners) strongly disagree. The opposite is true.

And FYI, Sport Chrono was offered in '05.

Chris M.

So get Sport Chrono.

Philip JB

Chris M - Don't jump! You'll regret it forever.

Instead, keep your beloved 84 & get something affordable & interesting as a $5-10k daily & family driver. I went for a 2006 Subaru Legacy 3.0 station wagon. My 86 3.2 in GP white/black leather will never be for sale. And even my wife is happy ;-)

iwantoneofthose

My first car was a '76 911, and since that time I've owned multiple different mid year 911's, with the last air cooled one a '72 911 I got 12 years ago. Earlier this year I bought a high mileage 997 Turbo (was looking for a 996 TT but the price was right) and am planning on making it a daily driver. Yes, the 997's are way more refined compared to SC's/3.2's...I felt that when I drove a friend's 993 C2S back when it was a few years old but that's the way they should be. So far, I love them both...the 997 more each time I drive it. Maybe I'm getting old (and fat, barely fit in Pole Positions in the '72) but I like the comfy-ness of the 997, a/c that works (I'm in AZ), and the fact that it's a supercar I can use year round. The air cooled will always have a place in my heart (and garage) but it's not something I want to drive every day or leave out in a parking lot. It is a lot more involved to drive an air cooled car, but a lot more rewarding as well. So to the OP, if you can, do both.

Chris M.

I would like to keep it and get a 997 but I don't have the space unless I get a lift for the garage or something. It wouldn't be a daily, I have a 2016 Tahoe for that. We'll see. I'm not in any hurry.

grgallo

997at, mausone46: beautiful cars
breaqnaway I've driven water cooled newer mid engine cars and the 'older" air cooled rear engine cars, I always come back to wanting the raw, noise, beast factor of the 'older" cars, there is no substitute, it's the real thing

eljeffo64

Hi, everyone - my first post in many years as a user here on this forum. Very interesting thread and one which I will be able to comment on a bit more in a week or so when my '82 SC arrives to share garage space with my '05 997 C2S (that I've had since 2006!) I (still) love the C2S and it's my forever car. The desire for an aircooled 911 has been there for a while, and finally I found a nice Texas car with zero rust and a complete documented history. The car is currently on a transporter from Scotland (U.K.) to my home here in SW France - can't wait!!

r911

SW France as in good wine and good roads? Or SW France as in great wine and great roads?

greens

Congrats eljeffo! What generation air cooled did you end up with?

eljeffo64

Heh heh, great wines, great roads but some very poor drivers here.... I ended up (or will end up early next week) with a 1982 911SC, can't wait.

911Dave

Oh, what I'd give to live almost anywhere in Europe with my 911!

DoninDen

Dude, you live in Colorado with a 911! I know the autobahn, but, no, no, no, no, you live in Colorado with a 911!

Freddie Two Bs

$8 a gallon... Although I think it's high octane good stuff, not the goat **** they sell here in the land of the free.

Quadcammer

nope, same stuff (sans ethanol i believe), just rated with a different system.

mausone46

Rick, are you shure? Here in Germany Superplus 98 ROZ cost $ 4,33 pro gallon