1999 Porsche Carrera

John was a pleasure to interact with and chat cars. He showed me around his 356 replica shop which was an unexpected bonus. As an fyi, rental was a little short notice on my part, inquired about it two days before the date I was looking at, which I did appreciate. Unfortunately the car wasn't quite 100%. Check engine light was on (didn't seem to affect the drivability too much, but did notice a stumble at one point), but the bigger issue was the car got quite hot and we had to pull over to let the car cool down two times (this was while going up Palomar mountain, it was fine on flat roads\freeway) There was a smell of coolant while topping off at the gas station. I had a limited window for the drive so the down time cut the trip a little short. Other than the cooling issue, the car shifted well, brakes felt solid, etc. Slight rubbing from the rear tires on bigger compression/bumps. This isn't an immaculate example (interior has some wear) , but this rental was more of an extended test drive for me to see if a 996 would be a good purchase and it did that just fine. Will be looking for one of my own now.