Because you re not a getaway driver, but you d sure as Hell like to be.

Once you get on the 911 ownership express, you can t get off. Don t get me wrong: sexually, you re still good. I mean there s nothing else on four-wheels worth buying — except more expensive variants: C4S, Turbo, Turbo S. And then they re-engineer the model and it starts all over again. The C4 may not be dangerous, but it s a dangerous addiction.

· Speed Merchants:

· Fashion Victims:

· Treehuggers: No

· Mack Daddies: No

· Tuner Crowd: No

· Hairdressers: No

· Penny Pinchers: No

· Euro Snobs:

· Working Stiffs: No

· Technogeeks:

· Poseurs:

· Soccer Moms: No

· Nascar Dads:

· Golfing Grandparents: No

· Manufacturer: Porsche

· Model tested: 911 C4 (997)

· Model year: 2006

· Price as Tested: $77,100

· Engine type: 3.6-liter DOHC 24-valve flat-6

· Horsepower: 325 hp @ 6100rpm

· Torque: 273 ft.-lbs. @ 2750 rpm

· Redline: NA

· Wheels and Tires: Pirelli 295/35ZR-18

· Drive type: all-wheel-drive

· 0 - 60: 5.2 secs.

· 1/4 mile: 12.9 secs

· Top speed: 174 mph

· Fuel economy city/highway: 13/27

· NHTSA crash test rating front/side/rollover: Not tested

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