brill dave. i rember back in foggy . and scot russel days we went to donny to watch . it ****ed down ,fog was crap scot was awsome. the first time i heard a 916 on full chat boooooming. i had to own one, eighit years later, after jap revy things. am 49 i have my own 996. yes if i could get up the stairs would sleep with it, maybe and its true about the carbon fetish.