Porsche allows more customization on it's car then any other car. The list of customized options in your signature shows how your car was "personalized"

 

At first I thought I was in the "leave it stock" group. Then I realized my car has tinted glass, clear bra, clear side markers, and 9500ix Escort.

 

i think we drive german harley-davidsons

 

Just enjoy the fact that you don't have a "bug" that costs the rest of us an arm and a leg. I have at least $25,000 in mods to my 4 cars and every year I sink in at least a few thousand more. It could easily be $35,000, who knows. I stopped counting a long time ago! Hell my '77 Ford off-road truck has about $8k in work to it and doesn't even have a paint job yet. The work is worth far more than the truck itself is!

 

Uh-oh... now that I think of it.. My buddy PT Parks (he drives a '09 C2S and is a member of this forum) went with me when I picked up the car in Raleigh (actually Cary), NC. While I was getting the 'walk around' with my salesman, PT picked up a pair of clear front fender marker lights.. his way of congratulating me on the purchase of my new P-car. We poppd the ambers out and installed the clears before we left the dealer's lot. Since then I've replaced the factory carpeted mats with a pair from Weathertech, and I had a clear bra installed.

Hmmm... perhaps I've already been bitten by the 'mod bug'..

However, I'm inclined not to think of what I've done as "mods", per se.. I'm thinking "mods" include wheels, exhaust, suspension, go-fast engine goodies, computer enhancements, etc..

I'm very familiar with mods.. I've built a number of custom bikes over the last 18 years. In fact, I could probably have paid cash for a new 911 TT with the money I've put into bikes. No regrets.. it's been a good ride.

 

The 997S is not the most common car on the road to begin with (even stock).

I don't know anyone with my exact same mod setup.

My point is that when customizing not everyone chooses the same but as for the more popular configuratons .. all that means is that many share the same taste . After all we did buy the same car .

We probably even think the same women are attractive( sometimes )too.

 

^Ya, I hear you .

J

 

There's nothing wrong w/ stock. My friend keeps his car "relatively" stock (just wider wheels and stickier tires) and is faster around AutoX and the track than most people w/ heavily modified cars.

If I had a 997 I would just get aftermarket wheels and exhaust, and maybe a short shift kit. I don't see much need in anything else.

 

Nah, you are fine. If you got the car with the options you wanted, its fine.

 

modding is in the blood lol id never drive a complelty stock vehicle..you have to make it your own

 

This is the first car I've had that I didn't immediately want to mod. Time will tell.

 

I think Jack and yrralis answered your question. We all have similar taste, that's why we ended up on 6speed. It just seems like a lot of people are doing the same mods but as a whole (especially if you frequent car forums) but how many of those have you seen in real life?

Yes, the first car I cared about, 1992 Eagle Talon, lol, I modded, it's just to personalized yours to differentiate from the others plain looking ones. Plus it's a disease, once you do it, it doesn't stop. People will remember modded cars, I remember people talking about mine all the time, did you see the Talon with those nice Antera's (do they still make wheels), did you see the M3, looks so damn aggressive. And I'm not the type to show off, I prefer taking a drive up to the mountains than taking a cruise downtown to be seen. But it still feels good to be acknowledge.

 

I have never modded any of my cars any more than upgraded the stereo of my Cayenne. I don't think I am the type of driver that needs more performance than my 997 offers, as I don't plan on taking it to the track. I really only see myself doing small mods that would be to make the car feel like it is really mine. Things like wheels, a Porsche crest armrest, and a custom "Carrera" mat to put over the back seats when they are folded down. These things would be ultimately just for my enjoyment, especially since other than wheels, I don't plan on doing anything to it that anyone outside of the vehicle would even be able to see.

That being said, one of my good friends is planning on moving here this summer and buying his first Porsche, and he is much more of the tracking type. I have no idea what I may get into with a counterpart along for the ride.

 

I am with you but for different reasons. And that's why I got the 997.2 3.6. Something nice exciting enough and friendly enough to just drive.

After spending over 40K on my Lancer Evolution I though it would be a good opportunity to relax and enjoy my first P car.

In the future I am planning to get into a GT3 and if I can to keep my Carrera too I will do it. No more drag racing craze with these cars. I am building a drag dedicated Civic with a friend for that reason.

Tuning can get very expensive because the things you can do are endless!

 

My name is tcouture and I am a mod-a-holic...

(Can I get my step 1 monoball bushing now?)

T.