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10-06-2010, 02:36 PM

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Are you sure?... Could be the new Passat!

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10-06-2010, 02:40 PM

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You guys are being too pessimistic. Take Mooty's and Mike's approach: Think of all the weight savings when you turn your new 991 into a stripper!

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10-06-2010, 02:45 PM

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In fairness, you could also argue that the new console is the fat grandkid of the CGT's. No?

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10-06-2010, 03:05 PM

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My next car will be at least 100lbs lighter, I don't see the next GT3 being lighter.
Part of why the GT3 holds up on track is the lightness. If a car is too heavy it will be no good, no matter what the HP is.

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10-06-2010, 03:26 PM

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Sorry - that is just too busy. Way too much corporate part sharing!

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10-06-2010, 03:43 PM

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I guess "form follows function" is out the window...that's a pointless center console for a rear-engined (or mid-engined) vehicle. Wasted space; wasted weight.

Makes sense in the Panamera and Cayenne...but not here.

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10-06-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Leigh2

No handbrake...it probably has the new electric hand brake...I have one in my 2010 S4 it's a PITA.

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You guys are being too pessimistic. Take Mooty's and Mike's approach: Think of all the weight savings when you turn your new 991 into a stripper!

Can even imagine trying to take that new center console out. So many buttons so many wires. Your gauge cluster will lite up like las Vegas. Mike

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10-06-2010, 04:56 PM

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and people loathe the 996 interior...

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10-06-2010, 06:28 PM

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I like it. Sorry.

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10-06-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cscrogham

Nice to know they smoke Camels and use the cupholders over there, it is our fault for "Americanizing" them and now we have the switches and ***** to prove it!

Good eye!

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10-06-2010, 07:09 PM

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get used to it - the big wheels are in motion for mediocrity and steve-jobs-like corporate branding. individuality is out, and hoi pollei are being fed what they want. the world needs a re-boot....

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10-07-2010, 12:41 AM

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The older designs had problems too in the center console area. And many complained about the luck of cup holders.

1:12 to 2:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0FrZ...eature=related