I would go with the Evo for a couple reasons:

1) Praticality - You can go take your kids and wife in the car and go grocery shopping with room to spare.

2) AWD - Safety, nothing safer for family than a fast rocket with grip.

3) Turbo - Sorry, but if I get something for more than 20k, it better be freaking boosted.

4) Repair Cost - Self explanatory. Porsche is just a label, maybe an luxury icon, but thats about it. (Like everyone else said.)

Anything I'm missing or something I posted thats incorrect? I don't know much about Porsches, but I do know that Evos have better handling over Porsches.

I would suggest driving both and seeing what you like.

- John

 

for evos are there PCM boost? if you boost to much the computer will automatically start to pull timing if you dont have a mapclamp?

 

Read the faq area of the forums here. The noobie section. The factory ECU is very capable of turning the car into pretty much what you desire up to a certain point. Definately much more user friendly than our 1100.00
"reflash" on our Porsche

 

And a less stiff clutch is a problem, how?

 

lol i dont know, it feels all weak when soft :P

 

i had an audi tt and a bmw m3, both nickle and dimed me for everything i'm worth. Bought the evo and never looked back

 

There are other cars in the 20-30 price range that would fun to own... Personally I would consider the best vehicle available. Oh and a Porsche looks real good in a turbo body to me. I would love to own a Carerra S some day.

 

interesting..... never expected that on those

 

I work at a Porsche dealership in parts...you would get royally screwed as far as just OEM is concerned. power to $$$ the evo wins, unless you are looking into a 996 turbo...

 

i love the way porsche look, but i walked a carrera s and i have basic boltons. love my evo, expensive addiction , but what addiction isn't?

 

Im getting a 911 GT3 after I paid off my Evo. I feel poor with my Evo going to a Casino or Luxury Hotels.(parking lot)lol

 

lol omg

ya the turbo body does look nice, aggressive

 

Not to blow smoke up Porsche's ***, but the real Porsche ended with the 993 (air cooled). I remember reading an old post here about a member that owned both cars and could not decide which one to sell... Now that is a good problem.

 

Unless it's a turbo, GT 3 or something similar, the Evo is the way to go.


My rule of thumb is not to pay too much for underpowered cars. I think the 996 (unless it's the GT2, GT3 or turbo) fits that underpowered category.

 

I disagree. The Evo is far easier to maintain cornering speeds than any rear-engined Porsche.