View Poll Results: How does the new 718 GTS make you feel?

I own a 718 and I am intrigued!

2.50%

I own a 981 or 987 and I’m intrigued!

17.50%

I own a 718 and this car doesn’t excite me

1.25%

I own a 981 or 987 and this car doesn’t excite me

53.75%

When’s the GT4 coming out?

35.00%

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Does the 718 GTS interest you?

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11-28-2017, 11:49 AM

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CaymanSinAR

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Originally Posted by elp_jc

I, for one, don't understand why Porsche didn't make the 718 sound like a true flat-4, even if it sounded like a Subaru. Subarus with their STi performance exhaust sound really good; not 981 good, but the heck of a lot better than a 718. And Porsche first came out with a flat-4, so they wouldn't really be copying anybody. Oh well; their loss. The 718 doesn't sound terrible, but definitely not inspiring at all IMO.

I agree wholeheartedly. Spent a year or so listening to people complain about the sound of the 718. Then I heard my first performance Subarus earlier this year when I started doing autocross in my Miata. I thought the Subarus had a unique sound and I found it quite pleasing. Made me even more confused as to the rabid hatred of the sound of the 718. Then I rented a 718 Boxster S for a weekend. Didn't sound like those Subarus at all. It was quite different. I didn't like it at all. So I bought a 981 Boxster GTS*.

*Crapsnacks. I need to change my username. Had planned to buy a Cayman S but once I heard the 981 exhaust note I knew I had to have a Boxster so I could hear it in all its glory with the top down.

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