[Harry's Garage] Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0. Is this the greatest Boxster ever?
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I could watch that guy review cars all day.
Further to above, wheel gap at 13 seconds:
Wheel gap at 3:29
Wheel gap at 0:00
The ones in Spain all seem lower than the UK variants.
Further to above, wheel gap at 13 seconds:
Wheel gap at 3:29
Wheel gap at 0:00
The ones in Spain all seem lower than the UK variants.
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Starting around 4:20 in the video... Why does Porsche spec 1400kg weight for this car when Harry weighs it at 1280kg(!?) with sofas, irons, and half a tank of gas -- full 180kg (400lb) less than the 992 he had weighed? I thought Porsche doesn't play games with kg and HP specs.
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Another point regarding wheel gap that is worth mentioning. The gap on the GTS would be visually additionally larger than the specc'd 10mm/20mm (SPASM/PASM) diff vs the GT4/Spyder due to its rear tires being more stretched over its rims than the GT4/Spyder. IIRC, the GTS rear wheels are only 0.5" narrower than the GT4/Spyder wheels but GTS tires are 30mm (1.20") narrower. So its tires are relatively narrower than its wheels vs the GT4/Spyder. Too lazy now to check/compare the wheel diameters of GTS and GT4/Spyder.
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Posted curb weight of the manual is 3166 lbs.
The weight measured by Harry was 2821 lbs.
Curb weight is measured with 90% of fuel.
Harry said the car had half a tank of gas.
But the diff is a whopping 345 lbs!
In my head I'm thinking either his scale is off or Porsche is doing this to create a targeted power to weight ratio that they deem fit within the entire model range.
The weight measured by Harry was 2821 lbs.
Curb weight is measured with 90% of fuel.
Harry said the car had half a tank of gas.
But the diff is a whopping 345 lbs!
In my head I'm thinking either his scale is off or Porsche is doing this to create a targeted power to weight ratio that they deem fit within the entire model range.
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For me, the 2820lb weigh-in with sofas, irons, half-tank of gas, and in full driving condition is THE biggest positive surprise about the GTS 4.0 -- second only to Dundon's dyno charts showing the oem 718 4.0 outpowering the 991.1. GT3 3.8 at every rpm (!?). The latter is literally unbelievable and while everyone is convinced that Porsche doesn't play games with their weight and HP specs I have yet to see it retracted or proven wrong.
I owned a 981 Spyder and I’ve driven both .1 and .2 GT3s. There is no way my new GT4 has more power than a GT3. Not even close.
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Posted curb weight of the manual is 3166 lbs.
The weight measured by Harry was 2821 lbs.
Curb weight is measured with 90% of fuel.
Harry said the car had half a tank of gas.
But the diff is a whopping 345 lbs!
In my head I'm thinking either his scale is off or Porsche is doing this to create a targeted power to weight ratio that they deem fit within the entire model range.
The weight measured by Harry was 2821 lbs.
Curb weight is measured with 90% of fuel.
Harry said the car had half a tank of gas.
But the diff is a whopping 345 lbs!
In my head I'm thinking either his scale is off or Porsche is doing this to create a targeted power to weight ratio that they deem fit within the entire model range.
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https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/
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So if it weighs 2820lb with sofas and iron brakes, then would lwbs, pccb, and lightweight battery make this a 2700lb car?
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As another reference, with full tanks of gas, Car and Driver weighed a (manual) Boxster GTS 4.0 at 3125 lbs, and a (PDK) 992 Carrara S Cabriolet at 3566 lbs.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/
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Criminy!
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So, how would he know that this is the Greatest Boxster Ever when he freely admits that he never drove the T4 version because he "heard it sounded bad" - an approximate quote. That's about the lamest comment I've heard in a while. Makes him appear to be just more fluff like all the other internet reviewers, despite him trying to appear as an expert.
Criminy!
Criminy!
Harry Metcalfe bankrolled / set up Evo car magazine.
He owned one of the first Pagani Zonda’s -which he regularly featured in Evo magazine.
Currently on his farm he has a large barn full of exotic cars that he owns from classic Rolls Royce (which he drove to the Arctic) to a Ferrari Testarossa (which he drove to Marrakesh).....
along with a Lamborghini Countach, Lotus Espirit, Lotus Elan, Lamborghini Espada etc etc etc
He also has possibly one of the worlds best collections of Paris-Dakar motorcycles....
I think, maybe, he isn’t as you purport’ ‘just more fluff like all the internet reviewers’