Drifting

My car is finally in my hands. It was torture to wait 3 extra days for the entire front end to be wrapped in Xpel, the windshield in Clearplex, and the windows tinted.

I've had her for 3 days and already put 500 miles on the car. So my break-in is over, starting tomorrow. However, the only thing I did on the break in was let it warm up, vary my speed and revs, and not exceed 7000. You can still do a lot with the car under 7000.

Impressions so far:

1-shifting gears is pure lightening. Shifts just as fast as a 458. Light-years ahead of regular PDK. Very happy with transmission. They need a new name for it. Whatever is German for lightspeed.

2-incredible agility. Turn in is so quick and natural. It feels more like a Cayman/Boxster than a 911 on tight corners.

3-great stability. Harder to get the back end to break loose than I expected. So composed on transitions. Very stable at speed, 130 mph feels like 80.

4-jimmy D said it, Porsche just nailed it with the exterior of the car. It looks so much better than an a 996, 997 GT3 or RS, I've never been one for spoilers on a car, but the wing and everything else just works on the 991 GT3.

5- The car looks great in guards red. If I had a PTS slot, I would have gone for carmine red, but I'm very happy with the look of GR. Also glad I went with red stitching and full leather. Only interior regret is not getting the extended dash in leather. It would've looked so good! But overall quite happy with interior.

6-The engine just asked to be revved, I'm not worried about it at all for 100,000 miles.

7-ride is a bit harsher than I expected. Everyone has said this is the car you can daily drive. Daily drive sure, however I'm a little less confident about long road trips now. It could just be our crap highways in the northeast.

8-I feel less secure driving in traffic with the wing blocking my rear view. I also don't feel I can spot cops coming up from the rear, which has saved me in the past from tickets. None in 10 years! I know I'm jinxing myself.......

9- I'm not sure if my PSE is working. I can barely tell a difference with the button on or off, and that at 7,000 RPM.
Anyone else have a problem with their PSE? How big a difference do you guys notice when you turn on PSE??(over 4000 RPM)


Pics to follow in a minute.

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mdrums

That's awesome....red is one of my favorite colors! Love the lines of this car.

FORENN

Beautiful ... and far, far better than a red viper.

mooty

like I said, those who live H Pattern haven't driven one of these.

KEEPUP

Beautiful!

Nemesis07r

Congratulations on the beauty. Enjoy it in good health!

Drifting

True. Probably not a good term on a car forum.

It's a reference to a very charismatic and agile fighter on GOT.

Lodi

Awesome! Love the black headlights and tinted glass with the red. You guys with the Guards Red are starting to get to me. My build locks next week and I am waffling....

silverrules

Sweet. Congrats Drift. Love the BLK headlight on red. Enjoy.

Zucc

Looks amazing!

Drifting

A more in focus shot of the black headlights and tinted windows.

My car is motivating me to buy a real camera again. The iPhone has limits.

timothymoffat

With all the talk of Vettes and Camaros in the last year I thought somebody was throwing a Viper into the ring this time. Phew.

Gorgeous car. Happy 9K!

Macca

Great stuff Drifting. Good to have you in the camp finally.

The PSE in my opinion is not cut and dry - in that it cuts in when the button is on at different places on the rev band dependant on engine temp, load, throttle position etc. I believe its part of teh ECU programming and was done for noise emissions in Europe. Mine seems in consistent. Try turning it on at constant speed around 4000 rpm+ with partial throttle and you should hear the sound deepen - if not worth having checked out as may be a sticky valve. Im sure it was more consistent with the old engine so I suspect it has something to do with the new software but I will try it unplugged soon and see if I prefer that...