Awais, wassup. Here goes.

I think you had a modded C5 right, heads and cam or something right? Was it fast? I first wanted to establish your frame of reference.

So I have a few cars, but am getting bored of the stock 02 Z06 and am not interested to do internal engine work on this car, ie. like heads and cam or an aftermarket turbo setup. While it is fun, and it's a mid to low 12 second car stock, the fact is that the 02 Z06's interior is not much different from a 97 C5's interior.

So.....
1) Are all 996TT's AWD, and some guys Marski are disconnecting the front driveshaft, or are there two separate models?
2) How is the car for commuting, is the clutch nice or require a lot of effort?
3) Blind spots? How about with your wing?
4) How fast stock?
5) What is factory rev limit per gear?
6) How is it in the rain?
7) Is the car low stock?
8) Is the X50 worth it? Is that just a different trans?
9) Is the AWD a straight tracking car, is it tail happy like the older 911 turbos?
10) Is the shifting pretty intuitive, or do you have to consciously go up and over, know what I mean?

Thanks!

 

I posted these answers because I bought my first TT when I had my C5 Z06 so I can tell you the differences in drive when going from one to the other. Hope this helped.

 

Thanks tblackj, I didn't know if any other folks had been previous C5 or C5Z owners... I understand what you are saying about revs, so taking it to like 3500 rather than say 2800 before shifting in moderate traffic...

Low I mean ride height, I have a basic feel for prices.

How much more do you guys think the X50 is worth, would you pay $5K, 10K, 15K more over a regular 996TT?

 

In my opinion the ride height is more realistic on the TT than the Z. I scraped my Z everywhere I went but I go all over with my TT and never have a scrape.

I don't think the X50 is worth a large premium over the regular TT. With all the mods out today, it is easy to get a regular TT to X50 hp with simple plug ins. Now if you want to really do some modding, the X50 turbos are able to create more power with tuning, but I wouldn't pay over a couple of thousand extra for the X50.

 

It def. wasn't slow. Ran a 11.2 @ 126.9 MPH in the 1/4. 503 RWHP / 550 RWTQ.

All 996TTs are AWD. The 996 GT2 is RWD.

Clutch is feather light.

Wing doesn't effect the blind spots. Every car has a blind spot; I don't think the 996TT is as bad as some of the other super cars.

If you get an X50 car, it's high 11's, low 12's stock. A non-X50 is mid 12's

6,800 RPM. Rev-limiter on mine is set to 7,500 RPM.

It's AWD. It's great in the rain. It's pretty powerful though so you will spin all 4 wheels if you punch it in 2nd gear.

Not really.

Bigger turbos & intercoolers, better exhaust and better trans. If you're buying used and you're not going to do crazy mods to the car, it's worth it, IMO.

I haven't tracked the car. I would get a GT3 or GT2 for tracking.

Yes.

You can IM me on AIM if you have any other questions.

-Awais

 

X50 is a $18K option, so even if you figure in a 60-70% depreciation hit, it's worth around $7-8K on resale. If I was looking at two cars, and the only difference was X50, I would pay $5-6K more for the X50.

-Awais

 

Awais was that you in the black M3 like an hour ago had a blatty sounding exhaust on LaSalle?

So is the X50 less forgiving of a car, more likely to break the tires lose and require more attention?

 

Nope; I'm in Oak Brook right now. Suspension is the same on X50. I don't think it's THAT much more powerful over a Non-X50 that it would require extra attention.

-Awais

 

Do you roll around on DR's, how does the TT compare to the C5 for hooking on the street?

 

The AWD is tricky to launch; not as easy as the C5. I don't really drag race at all any more, so no DR for me.

 

Only against m6's!

 

That was from a roll biatch! And when are we getting together for some runs on your super duper video camera

 

Sat I will set the video to SLOW - so it will make that snail of a car you have appear faster!

 

I just hope your camera has good ZOOM...I'm gonna be a mile ahead of you by the time your little turbos finally spoool

-Awais