AS YOU MIGHT HAVE ASCERTAINED from reading my sporadic reports on my 996 Carrera over recent years, I’ve struggled to feel satisfied with the way it drives, felt underwhelmed with the modifications I’ve carried out to it, and then generally moaned about it afterwards. It has given me more satisfaction through knowing I own a 911 than I’ve gained from actually driving it – and that’s an approach I can’t abide.
To briefly recap, I purchased my 2002 second-generation 996 back in 2016, and after