2001 Porsche 911 Reviews

Nothing significant.

The only exotic car that you can drive every day.

I commute 70 kilometres a day in this car, and after 35,000 km, it has been much cheaper to maintain than either of the BMW 3 series' with similar mileage that I owned prior to the Porsche.

The clutch is easy enough to manage in stop and go traffic, and the fuel mileage is pretty good (17 miles per U. S gallon in mixed city/highway driving).

The removable hard top is great for the winter months. Traction is great in snow - engine in the back!

Front end lifts at high speeds - this is apparently solved with the "aero" kit or in '02 and later models.

The car needed some general maintaince. I am the 2nd owner and it was a Porsche leased vehicle. After the purchase, I took the car to the dealer for some war work. I replaced the drive belt, changed the oil, air filter, cabin filter, fuel filter. I had a small oil leak from drivers side lower valve cover gasket. I had it replaced. The factory rotor hubs had some rust, so I sanded and repainted silver with high temp paint. I just purchased 2 rear tires. I could not stand for the audio system so I ripped it out and replaced the head unit with an alpine mp3 and rewired the complete system and installed eclipse amps. Other than that a good cleaning detail of the wheels and a great wax job.

I love the car. The get up is great, and the handling is something you must feel for yourself.

The interior is black leather and very comfortable.

I would highly recommend a 2001 996 to anyone in the market for a used 996.

Ran out fuel due to faulty computer software causing wrong readouts on the on-board trip computer - it has been re-programmed, but still not very accurate.

Both rads behind the front air in-takes rusted through within 12 months due to the build up of damp leaves. Replaced under warranty.

Major water leak into driver's foot well.

The metal Porsche logo center caps on 3 wheels came off due to wrong spec glue (replaced under warranty).

Problem with the cam shaft bearings which was fixed at the first service under warranty.

The car is just the doggies danglies and the performance is just stunning. It's happy to potter along at at 20-30MPH or it will take you to 120 MPH in a heart beat. It returned 33.5 mpg on a 180 mile run (driving at UK speed limits) and gives me 23.5 mpg during normal every day driving. However the car cost me just short of £95k (inc options) and I'm disappointed to have endured the problems outlined above... but I guess that it hasn't put me off as my order is already in for its replacement due in 2005.

Battery problems experienced.

911 has excellent handling characteristics and will make you feel invincible as if you are not bound by the laws of physics.

Seats are perfect and I cannot think of any better seats.