0Q991

Fantastic! Did they offer any specific details on what the reprogrammed ECU, gearbox, and Rws include?

SamFromTX

So happy to see this as I was regularly adding oil with track use and was getting concerned, even though my mechanic re-assured me it was normal.

996FLT6

^you have to add .5l of oil each trackday? Does it have some kinda warning or something or u check manually(electronically). Does it mean it burns oil? Mike

SamFromTX

I didn't add that much but I would add about 0.4 L (2 bars on the e-gauge) every 1-2 track days. I always check oil levels after track days (so I don't risk being too low the next time). It don't know what it means that oil drops, I gues it's burning it. My mechanic said the seals are still new and oil use would decrease with time. That's one thing I'm eager to see if it gets duplicated with the new engine.

Edit: I only did an equivelant of 5 track days before the stop drive.

Jimmy-D

mqandil - Awesome information regarding the Michelin Cup tires vs the Super Sport.

I did not buy the GT3 to be a peach on the road. I have a company car for smooth driving. From every thing I heard the car is fine for street driving. Now, there have been a few reports that some find it harsh but I also think that comes down to expectations and other car experiences. I do not want it to be unbearable but a little raw is not a problem. But, if it ends up being too harsh I will switch to the Michelin Super Sports.
How much do they cost, plus or minus, for a set of four?
Will they be an exact fit to the current Cup tires?
Will it be that noticeably different in terms of the ride?
Since I do not track this car what will I lose or gain be switching tires?

Jimmy-D

My experience with every new Porsche I have owned is that it burned more oil for the first ~4000 miles. Even if you are street driving it I have had to add after about 1200 miles some. But after about 4000 miles it never really burned anything more than normal

markow

i had an afternoon with the speciale yesterday. the car is a masterpiece but i was rather shocked about the harsh ride it delivers. the soft damper setting is still less compliant than the normal setting on my 458. if, as igiri says, the GT3 is even less forgiving on the cup tyres then it is not for me (and the RS even less so). maybe changing over the MPS tyres helps but....
i had only a very short drive in a GT3 991 and do not remember it too well.
oh well, choices...
p

igirl

Unfortunately, no details...

0Q991

Thanks anyway!

Mike in CA

Curious. Not having driven any 458, and from igirl's comments, I assumed the Speciale must just be more compliant than the GT3 although I would never call the GT3's ride harsh based on my experience driving it. But now your impression is that the Speciale delivers a really harsh ride. It goes to show that it's difficult to compare subjective impressions from different sources. I'll just say that every journalistic review I've read on the GT3 remarks that it's ride is civilized enough to be a daily driver. On reasonable pavement, I have to agree.

markow

agreed, all this is very subjective. what i can say is that i drove my 458 italia to where i took over the 458S and drove the latter over some rather bumpy roads, in and out of the city. it felt rather harsh and i put the bumpy road mode on (almost) all the time, something that i do very rarely in my italia. nevertheless, the 458S is the greatest car i have ever driven. tom-tom says the GT3 beats it out price-wise, but the speciale is an epic achievement for ferrari, money put aside for the moment.
i had only 30min-1hour seat time in a GT3 991 and i do not remember very well but the roads i went on were very good (frankfurt area), so i cannot compare really.
anyway, for me this will get me to cancel my GT3 RS preorder (anyone interested in it, vienna porsche dealership) and go for the 458 successor in 2016 instead (turbo, i know....). unless the 'want speciale' becomes overwhelming.
p

Jimmy-D

Oh no!!! I must stay away from any Ferrari dealership.

I love the style of Ferraris and highly respect the car but I need some thing that I feel I can drive when I want; where I want. I even got sick of all the attention my Audi R8 V10 Spyder brought with people following me with their I-phones making videos. I never liked the attention but I have a feeling the GT3 may bring more than I thought. But for the price, I really do not get too concerned if I beat the car up a bit.

Nick

Jimmy, fear not; attention will not be a problem. I am driving around in a C2S and if you want to talk lack of attention that is the car to have. It may be I have a distorted view coming from Ferrari's and TT Cab but the loaner I am driving is invisible on the street.

Jimmy-D

Funny, I can not disagree with you at all that with the Loaners you get no love. But how sick is it that people dream of owning a Porsche and here we sit crying about our GT3s being delayed. Hey, I am not going to apologize for hard work and some luck but now you know why the public could careless about our Action Group plea.

rsdarcan

Ditto on the R8... I received much more attention than I ever though. I got rid of of it because of that. I don't think the attention will be that bad on the GT3 because it looks like a regular 991 for the most part.