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996 is garbage until you hit the GT3 or Turbo models. Maybe the C4S with the wide body kit. They are pretty pedestrian otherwise but still a good entry into the world of Porsche.

997s suffer from stupid crap like bore scoring and everything. So as cool as they are, it’s an unexplained phenomenon Porsche won’t address, leaving the 991/992s as the bees knees and eventually will plummet to 996 status.

On the other side of BMW / Porsche ownership, let me state the obvious: parts for Porsche are expensive. They do a good job having parts available for many, many years from the factory and generally good aftermarket, but compared to BMW, parts are generally easily available and they are significantly cheaper in comparison to Porsche since there is a greater community and a larger aftermarket and race crowd. You don’t get that with Porsche. The tax is real. If you fantasize about Mezger engines, and GT3s, and all the race cars, these engines are in another league altogether which I guarantee very few people on this forum are in, or have access to. Here on this forum, we're just chumps who can only dream.

When my Boxster dies, my next track car is a BMW. Sorry, Porsche fanboys.

Edit: My gripe with Porsche, and this is a reality many people forget because of the rose coloured lenses is if your engine blows, or your transmission decides it doesn't want to cooperate with you and suddenly explodes, an engine rebuild is at least $20K minimum. Sometimes, that in itself exceeds the cost of the car. So why? Some people are known to have rebuilt their engines for north of $40K. The math and logic don't make sense, but when you're rich, it just becomes a dick swinging contest.

BMW on the other than hand, despite how much flack and hate I give it, you can rebuild an engine or find a used engine for a reasonable cost and still come out on top. Finding a used Porsche engine? Good luck. BMW ownership doesn't have the same tax and headaches as Porsche ownership.

Anyone looking to get into a Porsche - I still recommend it. As long as you accept the fact that it will cost an arm and a leg, and shit will break catastrophically, you might have to just tighten your belt and not eat steak for a week or decide if your kid can't go to Disneyland and have braces too. Or just avoid it altogether and stick with a Toyota or Honda, or whatever floats your boat.