Originally Posted by hayn911gt3

Thanks for the great review Chris. Do you think the exhaust on the .2 sounds just as good if not better than a .1 with the center bypass? I really can't wait to see and hear one in person. Also, any info on the 4.0 lettering? Thanks again.

Originally Posted by Chris3963

My fantastic dealer got a professional photographer to come in and take some photos of my car.

IMHO, they are possibly the best photos I have yet seen taken of the new model. Indeed, so good that I thought I would post them in their own thread. This is just a small sample of the over 130 photos I got.

Originally Posted by Chris3963

Two sets of impressions - on track and on road

On track.

I spent a some time in one on track at Spa (not my car, a factory car) during the Masters course last month where:

• it was faster, pulling almost 10kph more by the time you hit the end of Kemmel straight as the rate of acceleration does not taper off like the .2
• it felt stiffer, grippier and sat flatter in the corners possibly due to next gen Cup 2 tires.
• turn in is definitely better and the car rotates a lot easier. Any sniff of understeer that the .1 might have had is gooooone.

On Road

Did a small 200km road trip in my car on the weekend

• rides amazing well. much better than .1
• noisier than .1 due to less sound deadening material
• exhaust is louder, deeper, angrier. No need for aftermarket pipes anymore!
• nice loud induction noise on initial throttle like it's taking a big, deep breath
• much torquier. pulls lower gears much easier and stays in 7th in situations where it would normally have kicked down to 6th
• noticed that the doors now close with a deeper more satisfying thunk.
• turns in better. it just goes where you point it
• it definitely feels quicker at lower revs. no need to rev it as high to get some serious mumbo
• satnav etc muuuch better. At last real time traffic!
• was a bit worried about the folding bucket seats but they are more comfy than the 8way sofas I have in the .1
• i need to check but 7th gear felt shorter. it seems to be reving a bit higher for any given speed than I remembered in my .1 and I just got out of it the day before

And lastly, man o man, the number of looks I got and photos taken. I had 4 carspotters jump out in front of the car to take photos.....nearly knocked one over. They definitely knew it was 4.0. Got the imperession that there is high level of interest/excitement about this car out there.

In short, it's sensational!

Originally Posted by spydersmiley

Thanks, Chris, for the great photos and the review. I took the liberty to re-post your great photos on the German Porsche Forum pff.de in a GT3 colour thread, of course with reference to you as the originator. Hope that's OK with you.


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Tobias