Terrence

As you guys know, I got a Touring back in March. So now I have had the wing for about half a year and the Touring for about two months.

Here are some observations:

Wing car has Carbon wing, lid and hinges. As far as I can tell, T doesn’t have any carbon pieces in the back.

Wing has dual air filters and ram air from the two ducts. T has a cone filter and sucks air from the top through the the vents. I feel like the Wing car must get more cold air at any speed than the T due to surface area fed by the ducts. T will also be sucking half the air from underneath the cone filter which would mean hot air from the engine compartment which is probably not that good.

i feel like the doors are lighter on the Wing car, just from the effort it takes to swing them. Perhaps leather is heavier than alcantara? Or maybe more carbon fiber parts are omitted in the T?

Total 911 mentioned that the T has less sound deadening. Mine is definitely louder inside than the wing car, but I always have thought it was because of a different brand of center muffler-delete pipe. Maybe not? They also mentioned that the suspension is softer which I do not find to be the case at all as the ride is about the same if not worse.

The T has been slower than the Wing from day one, and still is, although it does have adaptive sport vs my buckets in the wing, and from my research, that is about a 70+ pound difference total.

My T has always sat quite a bit lower than the Wing whether raised or not. At first, I thought it was a different suspension tuning. Now I think maybe it is because the T is heavier than the Wing?

Food for thought. I am lucky to have both and be able to even make such comparisons.

Palting

Thanks for the review. Nice to hear from someone who has both, loves both.

Porsche911GTS'16

...and for those of you wondering, he has manual transmission in the winged GT3. I know because I have seen them both up close and personal. Lucky man, Terrence!

-eztrader-

Thanks for write up -

How do you know the T is slower than wing?

Chris88

Good write up. It would be very interesting if you weigh both the cars.

993RR

Terrence

Trying to do so this week or next.

Terrence

That never even crossed my mind, but it does have more noise reminiscent of single mass flywheel clatter.

Terrence

Just from driving both under same conditions for 2 months now. If anything, the T should feel faster because it is louder, but it does not.

jackmac

Terrence,
Thanks for the review. Tough question for you.....since you have both, do you feel you want to drive the T more than the wing or vise versa?
Jack

Brian Himmelman

Terrence

For fun, the Wing car because at least in my case, it is quicker and feels lighter. I also like the alcantara inside. Feels more race-car like. More sense of occasion.

For actually using the car running errands or going on short trips, the T because:

a) it draws less unwanted attention and has better visibility because of no wing
b) it is more comfortable because it doesn't have bucket seats. Ingress and Egtress is also so much better because of that.

neurotic

Terrence

TorqueChap

Great review. Thank you.

Interesting that the T hasn't been designed to breathe as well as the Wing. Then again, it's not about driving 9/10ths at the track.