My son, age 30, had a 99 Boxster, and currently has a 2001 Carrera 2. I contemplated getting an older Carrera over the Z, but with my experience in helping him maintain the Porsches over the past few years shied me away.
His Porsches handle amazing, and if you haven't driven one, the feedback you experience from driving one is hard to describe. You get a feeling of being part of the road...quite an unusual experience.
The Carrera is 300bhp, but feels as fast as my Nismo probably due to it being several hundred pounds lighter making it feel very nimble compared to the Z. Actual 0-60 times are pretty close as well.
However, I don't regret my decision on going with the Z over an older 911 one bit. My son loves the Z as well, and is seriously thinking of trading the Porsche.
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