Here is a very recent article from R&T about the Turbo S and Launch Control and the reliability of the car being used hard. What do you think?

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-revi...s-65-7-roa0314

Be safe and enjoy.
Patty

P.S. - This is an x post in the 991 Turbo section as well...

 

Looks like it mangled the URL:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-revi...s-65-7-roa0314

 

Thanks for the catch. I seem to have messed up on the x posting.

Pretty amazing the amount of launches. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall of the tech lab if they were to tear it down and inspect for wear.

Be safe
Patty

 

During the release of the 991 PDK cars, Porsche claimed to have run over 1000 launches on a box without failure. I would still love the opportunity to tear one down after some serious use.

Ryan

 

A couple contradictory statements:

"Like its base turbocharged sibling, the Turbo S isn't sold with a manual transmission. You can lament that fact, but it's hard to fault Porsche's PDK dual-clutch auto 'box"

"Maybe what we really crave is more of an emotional connection. By that measure, the Turbo is a little wanting. It's clinical, simply asking what sort of speed is desired, then providing it while the driver steps aside."

The exact reason I fault Porsche's PDK as the ONLY option is because it takes away the emotional connection that comes with the manual. If you want the PDK automatic in a sports car for whatever reason go ahead, but the manual should really be an option for people that want the emotional connection.

The other point of the article about pure speed vs. driving yourself is my fear with sports cars now. Sure, they're getting faster, but at least for me a sports car is about the car-driver connection more than statistics and if a computer does everything I think you're losing sight that these cars are primarily supposed to be fun to drive.

 

...and here we go again!!!

 

@2:30, launch control with no hands! "…truly mind-boggling."

 

The Turbo has always been intended as something like a Gulfstream jet on four wheels. Whatever you may think about manual transmissions, they don't belong in turbocharged cars that do 0-60 in less than three seconds, and which are meant to cover distances measured in "Countries per Day."

Excellence manifests itself in many ways, among them the lack of inappropriate engineering decisions like offering a manual in a modern 911 Turbo.

 

See this car soon, CPO'd at a dealer near you!

 

Totally. And I'm sure it was properly "broken in"

That said, proper German (over)engineering can overcome all of our old fairy tail paradigm sacred cows, as hard as they may be (for me especially) to let go of.