991 GT3 or GT4 decision
06-11-2015, 12:04 PM
#62
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I agree. Take the GT3. More car than the GT4=>more money=>no annoying manual=>and more performance that can't be exploited 90% of the time. Yeah take the GT3.
06-14-2015, 12:20 PM
#63
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Glad you are coming around. 
06-14-2015, 12:37 PM
#64
Currently no.1 on wait list for 2016 GT3 and GT4. Assuming I am able to get both I am trying to decide which to get. My main criteria is a car which is really fun to drive and which feels very connected and involving. Will also use as weekend drive and around 8 track days with an occasional drive to work. I think given the power of the GT3 having PDK actually lets you get more from the car, having less power in the GT4 with a manual means more involvement but at the substitute of the sheer power of the GT3. First world problems. Appreciate folks thoughts.
Personally I would never choose a gt4 over a gt3 but I would love to have both.
06-14-2015, 10:30 PM
#65
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This is the preferred solution, Macca did it, I did it. I will have had the GT3 a year when the GT4 delivers; my plan [which is fluid] is to sell the GT3 and keep the GT4 .... but without a year in the Gt3, , my decision might be different.
I disagree with the philosophy espoused by some -- more car = more better. Most modern sports cars have too much - too much weight, not enough tossability, far from the 72 s concept, and the Gt4 returns there to some degree. I cant use more than 4 gears [to redline] most of the time on the road in the GT3 [unless I'm soft pedalling]. While i like the lower [than past gt3s] gear set in the GT3 and Im very concerned about the high gears in the gt4 - even thogh my friends who have taken delivery say its not an issue -, the manual and the lugged wheels are pluses. I hate centre locks and the risk it exposes me to 200-300 miles from a dealer, and having to carry a big torque wrench to offset that.
And a GT3 is a "hotrodded 911" isn't it
objectively, both have lovely ricer ridiculous wings! That we can agree on.
I disagree with the philosophy espoused by some -- more car = more better. Most modern sports cars have too much - too much weight, not enough tossability, far from the 72 s concept, and the Gt4 returns there to some degree. I cant use more than 4 gears [to redline] most of the time on the road in the GT3 [unless I'm soft pedalling]. While i like the lower [than past gt3s] gear set in the GT3 and Im very concerned about the high gears in the gt4 - even thogh my friends who have taken delivery say its not an issue -, the manual and the lugged wheels are pluses. I hate centre locks and the risk it exposes me to 200-300 miles from a dealer, and having to carry a big torque wrench to offset that.
And a GT3 is a "hotrodded 911" isn't it
objectively, both have lovely ricer ridiculous wings! That we can agree on.
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06-15-2015, 04:30 AM
#67
I have a 15 GT3 and saw the GT4 in the flesh for the first time last night. Co-incidentally, it was the same colour and inside spec as my GT3. It looks really great, but I think the GT3 edges it on looks.
Prior to the GT3, I was a loyal manual gearbox fan, can heel and toe, etc. I now have to embarrassingly admit that I prefer the PDK. I would like to drive the GT4 before commenting on which one it better etc, however, I do suspect that it will be more useable in day to day driving, but this does not necessarily mean I would choose it over the GT3.
Its pretty tough for any car to be better me thinks...
Prior to the GT3, I was a loyal manual gearbox fan, can heel and toe, etc. I now have to embarrassingly admit that I prefer the PDK. I would like to drive the GT4 before commenting on which one it better etc, however, I do suspect that it will be more useable in day to day driving, but this does not necessarily mean I would choose it over the GT3.
Its pretty tough for any car to be better me thinks...
06-15-2015, 01:30 PM
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I have a 15 GT3 and saw the GT4 in the flesh for the first time last night. Co-incidentally, it was the same colour and inside spec as my GT3. It looks really great, but I think the GT3 edges it on looks.
Prior to the GT3, I was a loyal manual gearbox fan, can heel and toe, etc. I now have to embarrassingly admit that I prefer the PDK. I would like to drive the GT4 before commenting on which one it better etc, however, I do suspect that it will be more useable in day to day driving, but this does not necessarily mean I would choose it over the GT3.
Its pretty tough for any car to be better me thinks...
Prior to the GT3, I was a loyal manual gearbox fan, can heel and toe, etc. I now have to embarrassingly admit that I prefer the PDK. I would like to drive the GT4 before commenting on which one it better etc, however, I do suspect that it will be more useable in day to day driving, but this does not necessarily mean I would choose it over the GT3.
Its pretty tough for any car to be better me thinks...
06-19-2015, 06:04 PM
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tested gt4
GT4 is a toy
GT3 is a world apart much much better
Hey what you were expecting for? GT3 costs +50k more
and only in this specific case for good reasons
tested gt4
GT4 is a toy
GT3 is a world apart much much better
Hey what you were expecting for? GT3 costs +50k more
and only in this specific case for good reasons
06-19-2015, 07:47 PM
#71
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Just get both, drive 'em for a while and decide which to keep. It's not like either will depreciate much. I'll have a GT3, GT4 and GT3RS at the same and I'll make some sort of decision based on my impression of all three.
06-19-2015, 07:52 PM
#72
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I'll have an RS and GT4.
But a GT3 and RS wouldn't work. I'd never use the GT3..
Unless you mean a manual GT3 but that's to close to GT4.
A GT4 too close to old 911 so I'm sticking to RS.
If old 911's would go I'd have the GT4 maxed out cheater level 11.
But a GT3 and RS wouldn't work. I'd never use the GT3..
Unless you mean a manual GT3 but that's to close to GT4.
A GT4 too close to old 911 so I'm sticking to RS.
If old 911's would go I'd have the GT4 maxed out cheater level 11.
