Entatlrg

Hi, my first post here.

I'm thinking on ordering a 911 Carrera S or 4S. I'm having a hard time deciding on rear wheel drive or all wheel drive.

I'm in Ontario Canada, I own a Cayenne so it's not like I need awd in the 911 for winter. I'm looking for something that's the most fun to drive and handles well.

In the 4S model when the traction control is disengaged can you still do burn outs and have some fun on the track or is the rwd the way to go?

What would you buy?

Thanks.

911SLOW

Welcome to Rennlist.

I will move this thread to the 991 forum for a better response.

Best,

chuck911

I've been fortunate in having been able to drive many 2 & 4wd Porsches on the track. Until the 997 there never was a 4 I would consider for myself. The 4's (including twin turbo) always gave this rather obvious sense of the car working its thing, and this while giving less of that wonderful 911 feeling of ultra-responsive steering. The 997 C4S though, while it did indeed give away a bit of steering feel, as for the rest it feels to me simply sublime, like a more tractable and stable C2, just the kind of car the average guy would want. Safe to assume I think the 991 C4S will be even closer to the C2 in terms of feel, and in fact given the sophistication of electric steering tweaking may be virtually the same in steering feel. It will still be heavier up front.

That's the long answer. What I almost said was: burnouts???

fester

For burnouts c2s is the way to go .. IMO...for unflappable traction c4s

clembo

Burnouts = C2S or '71 Chevelle SS

frayed

Rwd. No doubt whatsoever.

LastMezger

RWD but burnouts aren't really feasible in a 911.

simsgw

Well, they work well for the first fifty feet. Uses a lot of rubber though.

Gary

mrm 930

I had a 993 C4S - the pull on corners that you get on AWD compared to just rear wheel, isn't close. I am ordering a 991 within a year and I am ordering the C4S. The all wheel drive handles and corners better.

rpilot

IMO, a 993 is a different beast from the 991. You should at least test drive both back to back before you make your decision with the 991. You may yet prefer the C4S, but you may also realize how much better the 991 C2S is compared to a 993 C2S in terms of handling.

DrJay

I chose the C4S simply because I plan on using the car a lot, including wintertime in Minnesota. That's how I use the 997 C4S...

Dr.Bill

For me, that would be the C2S. However, it only snows here once a decade or so. (i.e. AWD adds nothing for me) You will need to drive both and decide.

solomonschris

My guess, and it is just that, is that if the badges were covered on each 991 in such a way that you didn't know which was which, you couldn't tell the difference. You certainly are not going to find the limits of a RWD 991 on a test drive and shouldn't ever on public roads. For me the advantage of AWD is better traction in snow, sleet and other slippery conditions, but around these parts snow or sleet means salt on the road and I don't like exposing all that alloy to road salt. So for me it makes no sense to spend that much more money so I can drive faster in the rain. If I lived in the Pacific NW I might feel differently.
You certainly can't go wrong with either car.

SiNi

As the 991 has superior handling, balance and stability compared with previous generations, I cannot really see the point of getting AWD unless you are going to be driving in a lot of icy, sleet or snowy conditions.

Had I bought a 997 or earlier I probably would have gone for a 4S.

sfo

C4S has the noticeable wider rear end, which C2S no longer has due to the significantly increased front track