It’s sort of like asking why people who can eat anywhere sometimes go to Outback or Red Lobster?

 

I like BBQ...

 

People i know with special editions drive them and really enjoy them, so not sure what knowledge base you are operating from. I was fortunate to get the sport classic and drive it plenty. I will do the same with the ST. The car may turn out to be one of the great 911’s. Your comment that it is barely more than a touring by with a $2 gold badge, is simplistic and underscores the point that we just dont know yet how it will drive. We will see when it lands and is enjoyed and tested. I’ll let you know. Speaking as if you really know is hubris

 

People lust after them, so these guys get to flex they have what others can’t. “Because I can” is a reason. Plus, these cars drive better than most of the fluff in their garage. A lot of big turbo dual clutch cars. If I had infinite money, I might replace a TTS with a Bugatti but you can’t get the same driving experience as a gt3. Maybe replace a gt3 with a T.33 ? Anyway, different stuff.

From PCNA’s perspective, these guys do drive demand and influence people. Most influencers are fancy named unemployed, but not people like Manny. You may not like them, but they are serious about their media presence.

 

One of a Very few new cars I’d take over a GT3 or S/T, price independent.

 

Except Manny has already said he doesn’t drive the cars, and doesn’t enjoy them like others. So it’s like going to Red Lobster, ordering and not eating.

 

Nah. I drive my cars. And am getting an S/T. Ain’t just a badge. To say it again, like with my R, folks with tourings think it’s the same but when they drive my R they are “whoa”. The whole is indeed more than the sum of its parts. Losing dozens of pounds up high translates into lower COG and that matters. In that way, S/T speaks to me. Again, losing 70 pounds matters. And then there is the lack of rear steer. As analog as can be these days. When I launched out of the Karussell in my R on the ‘Ring the day after collecting her, I had a smile that still comes
back when I think about it . My TWO Tourings, GT2RS and 3RS and even my 918 did not evoke that sense of satisfaction. THATS what I want and see the S/T delivering.

I have a CGT with well over 100,000 miles and another with over 50,000. Put 3,500 miles on my R in two weeks and similar for my other cars. Folks I know do the same. If only a fraction drive their S/T. But drive them we will. And a plastic surgeon won’t be able to
wipe the smile from my face.

 

There's BBQ and then there's Texas BBQ.

 

Can you sell me one of those CGTs when you are done with them?

 

Keep using the 993TT, it's a better car.

 

Not quite. but yes, low. PCNA numbers were around 950 for the 991.2 T, which is less than 1/3 of the 991.2 GT3s sold in NA. 991.2 RS were about 1,400.

I love mine and it's the only Carrera that speaks to me. It feels less comfort than the S and GTS. It's more raw, reminiscent of old Carreras that beg to be wrung out.

 

I was talking about the Gordon Murray T.33


https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...-t33-revealed/

 

Haha. That's a tad different.

 

Playing around with the configuration and question whether it’s “worth” the extra $20k to get a different color (versus a mere $4k for silver) and then another $20k to go for the gorgeous heritage interior. $40k seems a lot against an already expensive base price. Seems hard to justify. Do most on these cars go for special colors which could help or hurt if ever resold?

 

That only applies to most, not all. There will be select few that has the privilege.

I have a guaranteed car, yet I am not taking it.

Me? You talking about me?

I will probably get a 993TT, a 930 turbo, a narrow body 89 Speedster, a wide body 89 Speedster, a 73 RS, a 356 Speedster, a 3.0 SC, a 912E, a 964RS, a 911 Carrera GT or a CGT, in that order, before I will consider a S/T.

A modern Porsche manual does not excite me. They are too sterile, too precise. There is no challenge at all rowing your own gear in a modern Porsche manual, it's like clicking the shift pedals, short, precise. The charm in driving a manual car is that one needs skills, modern Porsche manuals do not need any skill, if you have 2 arms and 2 legs intact you can do it. You can't miss a shift, you know absolutely sure which gear you in whenever you touches the gear ****, the guessing game is gone. The fun of guessing is that 4th or 2nd is no more, which means the clutch pedal is now just a switch, there is no more slowing feeling if that's the wrong gear with your left leg and kick it in again to try again. Without that challenge, one might as well drive a PDK and use the shift pedals as they works exactly the same now.