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Drove a 991.2 carrera s convertible MT, and WOW!

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Old 08-30-2016, 10:23 PM
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Wow. Not sure what I was expecting, but this car is really fast, agile, refined and the low end torque was amazing. This was my dads car with 147miles on the clock. I currently own a 997.2 gts coupe pdk, and have been in love with it for the 18 months I have had it. I thought there would be no way a 2017 991.2 s could impress me that much. I thought how could a regular "s" be special like my gts. I could of not been more wrong. It was not "too big" or "disconnected". It actually felt like a super car. There is a clear difference between the 997.2 and 991.2, love them both for different reasons.
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Is that a typo? 991.2 I don't believe has a GTS yet.
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Originally Posted by Bradley Scott
Is that a typo? 991.2 I don't believe has a GTS yet.


His GTS is a 997.2 according to his post.
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if I had to pick between these, I would definitely take your GTS. Think hard before you ever get rid of that car!
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Agreed. When you look at value, the 991.2 s optioned out was over $140k. It's not quite twice the car mine is. Overall I'm not sure Porsche could have evolved the "911" brand any better. Love the turbos, they make the car feel very powerful throughout the band.
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Originally Posted by Fasttr
His GTS is a 997.2 according to his post.
Ooops. My eyes totally misread that.
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Drive a 991.1 GTS, you'll be even more impressed

(At least most guys on here)
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I'm afraid to. Don't want to be enticed into making a bad decision.
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Originally Posted by STG
Drive a 991.1 GTS, you'll be even more impressed

(At least most guys on here)
The 991.1 GTS is a great car. That being said, a base 991.2 will outperform it. That is what progress does. The next generation always outperforms the old. The .2 still has a year or so left in the lime light before it's blown away by the upcoming .2 GTS. And so it goes.
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Originally Posted by petee1997
The 991.1 GTS is a great car. That being said, a base 991.2 will outperform it. That is what progress does. The next generation always outperforms the old. The .2 still has a year or so left in the lime light before it's blown away by the upcoming .2 GTS. And so it goes.
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Originally Posted by petee1997
The 991.1 GTS is a great car. That being said, a base 991.2 will outperform it. That is what progress does. The next generation always outperforms the old. The .2 still has a year or so left in the lime light before it's blown away by the upcoming .2 GTS. And so it goes.
not so fast. It's the same 3.0 engine in base, S and GTS. Only bigger turbos differentiate. A quick tune on the base turbo could easily bring it up to the 450hp GTS power. I'd go base with a tune and save lots of k's.



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