Had to get back in 991...bummer
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Sell your current 991 and get a 991 Carrera T with the base seats and relatively few options. Problem solved.
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Sounds like a call to Singer is in order.
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Sell the 991 and buy a Caterham Seven 620. You obviously are troubled by contemporary features. Why not go all the way? You should be happy with side curtains, instead of overly complicated roll-up windows. (It does have 0-60 times less than 3.0 seconds)
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@911mhawk, I'm curious, 991.1 or .2? Not that it's terribly relevant to the simplicity vs. engineered solutions theme of your first post.
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I usually have very different 991 experience, however there are days (in traffic or whatever) when I feel I miss some down to road *** roughness..then it is when I take out my 22+ y.o. NA miata
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LWBs and rear seat delete —>100lbs
lithium battery—> 40lbs
titanium exhaust—>20-50lbs
magnesium wheels—>30lbs
PCCB—>30lbs
sunroof delete—>??
AC delete—>30lbs
Radio delete—>15lbs
carbon fiber hood, fenders etc.
airbags delete
cup door panels
Carpet delete
soundproofing delete
How far do you want to go?
Trade it in on a stripper GT3 no FAL and start at the top of the list above.
As as former lotus owner, I love lightweight cars. Caterham was fun, but calling one a car is a stretch.
And if your 996 turbo is not stripped out and running 2wd, it’s not exactly a lightweight.
lithium battery—> 40lbs
titanium exhaust—>20-50lbs
magnesium wheels—>30lbs
PCCB—>30lbs
sunroof delete—>??
AC delete—>30lbs
Radio delete—>15lbs
carbon fiber hood, fenders etc.
airbags delete
cup door panels
Carpet delete
soundproofing delete
How far do you want to go?
Trade it in on a stripper GT3 no FAL and start at the top of the list above.
As as former lotus owner, I love lightweight cars. Caterham was fun, but calling one a car is a stretch.
And if your 996 turbo is not stripped out and running 2wd, it’s not exactly a lightweight.
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Took it to the track twice, one wet/one dry, to see where it's limits are and had a blast playing with the PDK.
I think the 991.1 when in manual mode, sport plus, and shocks on stiff gives plenty of roughness/raw feel with the benefit of being able to go through 3 or 4 gears before you get too out of hand. Sound at redline is awesome with PSE on.
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LWBs and rear seat delete —>100lbs
lithium battery—> 40lbs
titanium exhaust—>20-50lbs
magnesium wheels—>30lbs
PCCB—>30lbs
sunroof delete—>??
AC delete—>30lbs
Radio delete—>15lbs
carbon fiber hood, fenders etc.
airbags delete
cup door panels
Carpet delete
soundproofing delete
How far do you want to go?
Trade it in on a stripper GT3 no FAL and start at the top of the list above.
As as former lotus owner, I love lightweight cars. Caterham was fun, but calling one a car is a stretch.
And if your 996 turbo is not stripped out and running 2wd, it’s not exactly a lightweight.
lithium battery—> 40lbs
titanium exhaust—>20-50lbs
magnesium wheels—>30lbs
PCCB—>30lbs
sunroof delete—>??
AC delete—>30lbs
Radio delete—>15lbs
carbon fiber hood, fenders etc.
airbags delete
cup door panels
Carpet delete
soundproofing delete
How far do you want to go?
Trade it in on a stripper GT3 no FAL and start at the top of the list above.
As as former lotus owner, I love lightweight cars. Caterham was fun, but calling one a car is a stretch.
And if your 996 turbo is not stripped out and running 2wd, it’s not exactly a lightweight.
I also picked up some black carpet to swap out the grey and since I'll have the seats out and my daughter is too tall to use the back seats I can take it for a drive with a little over 100# out of it.
My 996t has full interior still as I've resisted making it track only as I like driving it regularly on the street, but I did GT3 uprights when I ditched the AWD, put in LSD, 2 way JRZs, etc. I do however have a lexan CUP rear window and solid roof panel in case I decide to go there...
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Originally Posted by 911mhawk
Perhaps I should have left off "bummer" in the title, I enjoy driving the 991, just was thinking about all the extras that don't necessarily contribute to driving pleasure/enjoyment for me as much as some others.The sound at 7500rpm makes me happy and I take this road to work many days for the sheer reason it exists and only takes a few extra minutes
It works great when warm or hot, even better when cold, just doesn't like the rain when on NT-01's with the PSM unplugged at the ABS pump.
It works great when warm or hot, even better when cold, just doesn't like the rain when on NT-01's with the PSM unplugged at the ABS pump.
Guys he's just being funny. Even in Seattle with little sunshine we all still have a sense of humor. I hope! Ha ha.
964-993-996 up to the fat pig 991 it's still a PCar.
Man, I'm with you. Maybe I'll go buy the cheapest 991 C2S I can find this summer and strip the hell out of it within an inch of its life and see what we got! Great idea!!