So I come back from a meeting...
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11-29-2007 | 08:06 AM
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Dude - a 996 is a 911. Just because Porsche had an internal code for the car doesn't mean it's not a 911. There was another thread about what you call your car, a 911 or a 996, and everyone seems to think that they are far superior if they refer to it as a 996 instead of a 911. I can tell you this - I didn't grow up dreaming about internal codes, I was dreaming about a 911. Now I have one. I couldn't care less about generation designations.
To each their own. I think most people that use the internal model designations do so because it is a useful way of describing the specific car that you are referring to - just like finding the appropriate subforum (996) on this website. It's really not so much for reaffirming my sense of superiority so much as being a shorthand way of finding parts or finding/sharing appropriate tech info. I've also wanted one of these since elementary school and love it, there's just a distinct group of primarily aircooled guys that don't. Now you and I may not agree with them but we can't deny their existence.
Now if I could only find a suitable T5 roadster...
(of course I could have typed 1960-62 356 B type roadster instead)
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