Thinking of a GT3
07-10-2014, 01:45 PM
#46
Burning Brakes
07-10-2014, 01:49 PM
#48
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07-10-2014, 02:12 PM
#49
Burning Brakes
Then all of Porsche engineering, marketing, design and sales are trolls too.
Manuals used to be the superior gearbox from a performance perspective. That's no longer true. The 991S PDK is equally as fast on the track as the 997 GT3. MT's from now on are for novelty, nostalgia and emotional satisfaction, and that's cool. Really. But their days at the upper end of the line up are over. I'll miss elements of them as well. As for hydraulic power steering though, good riddance to bad rubbish there.
Some of the coolest cars to drive ever are the older SC's. I couldn't imagine them with an automatic. Likewise, I think today's 991/991S are the top of, and end of, the line for MT's. And that's perfectly OK.
Manuals used to be the superior gearbox from a performance perspective. That's no longer true. The 991S PDK is equally as fast on the track as the 997 GT3. MT's from now on are for novelty, nostalgia and emotional satisfaction, and that's cool. Really. But their days at the upper end of the line up are over. I'll miss elements of them as well. As for hydraulic power steering though, good riddance to bad rubbish there.
Some of the coolest cars to drive ever are the older SC's. I couldn't imagine them with an automatic. Likewise, I think today's 991/991S are the top of, and end of, the line for MT's. And that's perfectly OK.
07-10-2014, 02:36 PM
#50
True. But I'm not a race car driver, nor race car fan boy If I was, the PDK is a better choice, hand down. Having had several Ferraris with both the paddles and manuals, I can only tell you the driving satisfaction of urban driving FOR ME was more engaging and fun with the third pedal. And agreed MT's are aching of the past and those who have them will see (I believe). a greater appreciation and value as time goes on.
07-10-2014, 02:37 PM
#51
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Then all of Porsche engineering, marketing, design and sales are trolls too.
Manuals used to be the superior gearbox from a performance perspective. That's no longer true. The 991S PDK is equally as fast on the track as the 997 GT3. MT's from now on are for novelty, nostalgia and emotional satisfaction, and that's cool. Really. But their days at the upper end of the line up are over. I'll miss elements of them as well. As for hydraulic power steering though, good riddance to bad rubbish there.
Some of the coolest cars to drive ever are the older SC's. I couldn't imagine them with an automatic. Likewise, I think today's 991/991S are the top of, and end of, the line for MT's. And that's perfectly OK.
Manuals used to be the superior gearbox from a performance perspective. That's no longer true. The 991S PDK is equally as fast on the track as the 997 GT3. MT's from now on are for novelty, nostalgia and emotional satisfaction, and that's cool. Really. But their days at the upper end of the line up are over. I'll miss elements of them as well. As for hydraulic power steering though, good riddance to bad rubbish there.
Some of the coolest cars to drive ever are the older SC's. I couldn't imagine them with an automatic. Likewise, I think today's 991/991S are the top of, and end of, the line for MT's. And that's perfectly OK.
07-10-2014, 03:04 PM
#52
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See this is what gets me. By the time I'm finished configuring any S model 911 I'm always hovering around $125 - $130. For just about $10K more I can go just a little more spartan and get a GT3, granted 2015.
07-10-2014, 03:08 PM
#53
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*IF* you can find an allocation that is... and we appear to be in that void between the 2014s, the engine replacements and the fallout from that, and the 2015 allocations ...
07-10-2014, 09:17 PM
#58
Three Wheelin'
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07-10-2014, 09:52 PM
#60
Burning Brakes
Wrong thread as noted, but short answer is sport plus mode (even more agressive throttle mapping) rev matching on downshift in sport plus and variable drivetrain mounts to make the car a little more rigid in sport and sport plus.