Alright, so I've had it for almost two months but I decided I ought to post an official thread. After having the Evo for sale for almost 4 months I finally found a car I loved and traded the ol' girl in.



The ol' Evo... She was good to me while it lasted... But, I just couldn't commit... So I had to let her go for the little brother of my dream car, who, so far, has been everything I ever wanted (after, of course, getting an aftermarket ipod compatible headunit)



1999 Carrera 4 (33k miles when I bought her), my new love. Other than needing new high heat brake fluid and needing the head unit replaced (oh yeah, and tint) when I got her, she's all I could want right now and more. Nothing beats the sound of the boxer engine.

 

Very nice! What exactly does the Carrera 4 have? I know its still the 3.6 right?

 

Its a 99 so its the old 3.4. Basically just a regular Carrera with Quattro-like AWD (to my understainding, though it may just be full time AWD) and back then it was also the only one to have Porsche Stability Managment instead of just traction control. But that's also standard now.

 

Not at all. The 3.6l ended in 98 with the 993's then they brought it back now water cooled. His is the first water cooled which they increased the power in 02.



Carlos

 

Oh ok. Thats what i thought (with the exception of the 3.4). Still very nice though. Always been impressed with porsche build quality.

 

Thanks for the even further clear up and the history lesson! Not being sarcastic BTW i love automotive history.

 

It is the same system from the first 1989' 911 chasi code (964). I had a 91 Carrera 4 and they did not change the system. It is a switchable traction AWD system with a 50/50 and a 30/70 .

Be very very carefull about upgrading tires, do not just do the front or the rear, they must all 4 be equally increase or decrease in size otherwise the car will not run properly. The ECU picks up the diameter of the tires based on the rotation then when it notice a difference in circunference it will throw a CEL signal to the ECU.

Carlos

 

No problem at all. When you have a Porsche you learn stuff about Porsche and so on.

Carlos

 

Well thanks for clearing that up Carlos.

And I had an Evo, I'm not going to be buying single tires ever. They'll be the same size as the current ones unless I can't help it.

So the ECU auto switches between 50/50 and 30/70?

 

Yes indeed however the first year of the 911(996) was the worst modern made 911 in terms of interior quality. I am not trying to be a dik about it but I am sure he already knows. That is one of the reasons why the first year 996's are relatively cheap in the used market.

The 993 are keeping their values better than the 996s but again, I am sure this is not new to him(the owner). It is still a heck of a car.

Carlos

 

At leat mine had the rotary switch in the center console that would allow you to switch the pattern of traction, kind of similar of what the Evo and the STI has. What I do recal is that the AWD system operatates at above 2000psi hydraulic pressure and that if you have a leak or pressure drop you would be screwed.

Also the old model(964 and 993) had a twin/identical rotaryu switch so that you could manually raise or lower the rear spoiler. Does your have it?

Carlos

 

UT Evo, your Porsche must be a newer 99' model, the first year 911(996s) were easily spotted by their turn signal below the headlight being amber. Are you sure the headlight hasn't been replaced for cosmethic reasons?

Just as you can spot a 1Gen DSM being a 90-91 because the pop up head lights you can also tell the same on the 996 Porsche, specially on the 99.

Carlos

 

It isn't rotary (assuming rotary means it rotates...) but it does have a switch for the spoiler (and for some odd reason, auto goes up at 50 and down at 20 instead of 75 and 50 or whatever, but no big)... The AWD system does not have a switch, but I would guess it would be matched with the PSM switch if it was switch based.

And yes, the owner before me replaced a few things. The headlights being one, the center console being another (which now has a built in cup holder) and likely whatever is going on with the spoiler. He never drove it... but obviously liked changing things he didn't like about it.

 

Mostlikely your car has an automatic angagement. The stwich was there for whenever you had a total lost of traction or if you got stuck in snow or mud. You can do a quick search on google and you will see what I mean. It has been five and a half years since I test drove a 2002 Carrera in Cambrigdeshare,UK courtesy of Lancaster Porsche so forgive me if I don't recall every single detail..

Now it makes sense, my car did not have traction control, yours probably is more advance. Did you get the tiptronic of the 6 speed?

Carlos

 

6 speed for sure,the tiptronic was the first one I test drove... I hated it more than anything in the world (but it was an old style tiptronic... an '00)