Porsche 993 RS experience. Review and test drive by specialist dealer 911virgin. Hard core fun !! 

As you are obviously well educated and cultured - hence the Porsche appreciation allow us to complete your transition. I think you are referencing the front wing of the car when you say "fender". A Fender is a cylindrical device used to cushion boats when coming alongside the dock or rafting off against another craft. Your fellow Americans will hold you in high esteem if you call a fender a wing, a hood a bonnet and a trunk a boot. Oh, and these things run on petrol. Gas is a gas not a liquid. I am of course joking with you so please don't be offended. 2 great nations divided by a common language.... 🙂

The GT4 is a great car, we sold another one this week. You are right though, as values rise the cars get used less.

Thanks for the comment. The 993 is indeed a great car that offers an awful lot to owners.

:-) Some days in the office are harder than others....

Thanks for the kind words

Definitely a good looking car. The website is always kept bang up to date with cars for sale: 911virgin.com/cars-for-sale/

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I will make a video with all the cover off one day and do a tour of the yard. I looks lovely.

The older cars certainly feel better balanced in terms of car / driver / road conditions for normal use. There's a great sense of occasion which makes you look forward to going somewhere.

@@911virgin8 Thanks. About 12 years ago I introduced a friend of mine to you guys and we bought from you, a lovely silver blue wide bodied 993 Carrera S. Being a purist, I never saw the point of the turbo look cars and felt a bit let down, that Porsche built them. But this car was a beauty. He took it to Australia where he now lives and still loves the car. He was over this weekend and he reminded me he paid just £32k for that car. It’s safe to say he’s not disappointed in any way with how it’s performed 😁

@@7litres The turbo look cars are visually appealing, I probably prefer the drive of a standard body car but that said there is so much difference between individual cars it comes down to the car on the day. We will gladly buy it back in for the full retail price paid..... :-) You can't say fairer than that !

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We have something a bit special planned for the 964 RS but it won't be for a while. We also plan to look at the whole business of modern cars, the enjoyment and reward v the car's technical ability and so on. We do sell a lot of newer cars, in fact more newer cars than older ones so we certainly don't look down on them, far from it. I guess we are, to some extent following a bit of a timeline at the moment in terms of model evolution although this will get disjointed as certain cars come into stock.

Thanks for the kind words ! Value of modified vehicles is a really tricky thing and I'm not sure you can apply any rules of thumb. Some things increase the value beyond their costs, others actually reduce the value and some stuff adds an incentive to purchase but no increase in value. Our experience allows us to gauge value based on current market and previous sales. Sometimes you just look at something and know. I guess if I get excited there's a fair chance someone else will because I'm not easily pleased and merely having a Porsche badge on the bonnet is no longer enough in it's self these days having bought and sold one or two cars. The RS America is a bit of a strange beast. Bar a small batch of cars that were going to race in the American Porsche Cup series which I don't think ever happened the cars were sort of softened for the road one offs. We don't ever see them here in the UK but when I've been in the US I've seen them with what looks like a 3.2 Carrera spoiler on them. Porsche do like raiding the parts bin when they can so whilst the 993 RS spoiler is mid 90's aero technology the 3.2 Carrera rear spoiler is early 80's technology.

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Hi there. I can forgive the stereo. Didn't even realise it was fitted with one to be honest, too busy listening to the mechanical soundtrack. You can see the battery cut off at 2.08 in the video.

Yes it was, and another great car. Definitely on the list of future videos.

Hmm. A 996 GT3 you say? Now there's a thought for this week. I think we may have a couple of cars that would do the job. I will see if I have a few moments spare to take yet another hit for the troops. Talk about suffering for one's art :-)

Thanks, that would be great! I have been spending rather too long looking at your stock recently and noticed the couple of cars you have. Would be interested to know how they stack up against the old air cooled cars from a feel and handling point of view on road. Are they really exploitable or the limits too high to really enjoy outside a track?

You wish is our command. Posted up this morning.

Very different cars, not sure I could do the video justice without being out on track but maybe a comparison walk around.

Speedline for Porsche alloy wheels. 8x52 fronts with 225/40/18 tyres. 65x10 rears with 265/35/18 tyres.

Hi there. I don't know specifically but would guess a 3.8l conversion, inlet manifold work, camshafts, possibly exhaust, re-mapping and so on. Unlike an American V8 trying to find power from a Porsche engine becomes very expensive and runs the risk of reducing longevity.

Hopefully I'll find out for myself in the not too distant future. Fancy checking out the Porsche scene in California particularly the older cars and seeing how you Americans do things...