Are the standard brakes up for light track duty (10-20 events per year)?

 

Light duty for sure, though harder pads and more resistant brake fluid recommended. 10/20 events per year does not sound like 'light' track duty though..

 

Watch this 992 shaped space......

 

We seem to be a little less precious about 911T in the UK. I’ve taken 3 orders over the last 24 hrs from guys that are coming out of boring stuff like M4’s etc and want to jump into something a bit more special that they can just drive and enjoy...But also leave at the station or the shops and not worry about it.
With the cease of production of Carrera and Carrera S models early next year, the ‘T’ makes perfect sense as an entry level swan song for 991.2, and gives back an element of what most purists have been squealing about for the last few years...
Of course there are those people that you will never satisfy, but ask yourself this...which would you rather drive...This or an M4, etc, etc...

Incidentally, My build is going to be a White manual, PCCB, buckets, PCM delete and rear steer...perfect!

 

Wasn't the GT3 Touring the Smart man's 911R?

sorry couldn't resist..

 

Not if you're smart enough to get the R at MRSP

 

Not sure about U.K. , but in US not sure how you can compare an M4 to the T? Fully loaded m4 in the US is $75k, I played with the configuration with the 911 t and spec a few options (plus the requisite buckets) and you are $115k+. I dig the T but feel they missed the mark on price/value, car with buckets should have priced @ $100k mark. What do I know though, sure they'll sell a bunch of them and sounds like you're already getting orders

 

The perfect spec well done sir. Although that launch yellow looks good. Even with the white, are you going to get the yellow T interior to match your brakes?

 

Yes totally, price points are far apart.

 

Just curious but what’s the massive appeal of RWS in a supposedly back to basics purist(ish) car?

 

These standard steel brakes are not the same standard kit that's on GT cars or the GTS? Just curious if this car will require PCCBs for 20 events a year, not that I'd prefer the PCCBs due to running costs.

 

I don't see the wisdom of adding RWS or buckets to this car (in the US, anyway, where folding buckets are unavailable). You're carrying the weight of the rear seats without the ability to use them. Worse you're now in direct competition with the Spyder and GT4 below, cars that are roughly 25% cheaper.

The biggest remaining advantage Carrera T has vs its mid-engined siblings is that it drives like a 911, and the RWS is dialing that out.

I can see the buyer of a base Carrera T pretty clearly- someone who'd like to get a GT4 or Sypder but needs rear seats, PDK and/ or loves the rear engine experience. I can similarly see why many in that camp couldn't get a GT3T.

I have a lot more trouble understanding the buyer of a 111k+ manual Carrera T w/ buckets and RWS (availability of the alternatives excepted). I'd go for a lightly optioned Sypder/ GT4 or GT3T any day of the week.

 

I thought the rear seats were deleted if you specc'd LWBs, no?

Longer driving video here. Looks cool, but man that sound is bloody awful. I just couldn't drive around in a car that sounded like that.

 

You, me and most everyone else. If only you/we could get one...

 

I think as the modern 911's have gotten longer and longer they have become more stable but have lost some of that nimbleness of a smaller car. The RWS gives an effective shorter wheel base which makes the car really wrap around the corners. I wouldn't blame someone for wanting it to be simpler without it. One could argue similar things with locking diffs. Unfortunately we don't live in the world of 2000lb short wheel base cars anymore. No one could afford the legal defense costs.