rk-d

I’m at 1200 miles and went for a nice long drive today. It feels like a different car than what I drove off the lot.

The car just has power all over the place now. Just brutal coming off on-ramps.

It also feels like a smaller car. Even though it’s bigger and heavier and AWD - the TTS feels like even more of a sports car than the C2S that it replaced. It’s not just big dumb power - it has real finesse and feel.

I swear this car breaks in. I’m not sure what happens - maybe there is break in programming after all. I remember posts by one member on here complaining the car was slow when he first bought it. Patience is needed. The break in with this car seems really pronounced.

For people on the list or waiting for their build — it’s worth it. Porsche did so much right on this one. It’s awfully close to perfect.

911dude41

Color is stunning. Enjoy in good health! The 992 TTS is an absolute monster.

Steve 96C4S

Agreed, finally got to drive mine today for the first time ever. It's ridiculous, and I was only doing errands around town.

Pad Bender

Glad tats a different impression than you had when you first drove one on the porsche corporate track...seemed to recall it felt underpowered.

GoBlue!

Congrats. I scrolled down your post to the picture and that color simply stopped my breath.

rk-d

Yep - very much so. That’s partly why I wanted to post this - to give a longer term impression.

This car is properly fast. It’s more visceral than the C2S, which is exactly what I was looking for.

Domer911

@rk-d I really love the color of your car!

HappyHades

Thanks for the awesome post. needed that boost as while waiting for the call. cheers.

wotaskd

Same here. This is a stunner, amazing choice of color. Congrats!

feron315

Rk-d, what mod have you done with the car so far?

rk-d

Right now just coilovers. I thought about an exhaust before I took delivery, but honestly the PSE sounds pretty good stock.

I have a set of HRE P101SC in frozen polished dark clear coming in, but COVID delays have dragged out delivery.

vcp13

I only have 600 miles but I agree it is fantastic.

much more emotive than expected
sound is just fantastic
the boost is fun and the torque makes ripping around at legal speeds more fun than a high revving engine
Thrilled with mine

However i can’t completely comment on handing yet because I’ve only driven on winters

i am trying to figure out in my mind what the sport classic is going to be like. When you step on it, the tts, it’s engine, the pdk… everything just explodes and it happens so fast. I can’t shift that fast, not even close

(ps please message me if you ever decide to sell the oak green car, which I suspect you won’t)

rk-d

Yeah, if they make the Sport Classic with a full blown 3.8TT/S engine - I have no idea how that would feel, especially RWD. I’ve never driven a manual car with this much torque. Managing tire and clutch slip would be tricky. I think PDK/AWD is a natural fit for this car.

ONEOFNONE

Nice ride rk-d! Mine is in currently getting PPF. Should be done next week. I haven't had a chance to drive her yet and I can't wait. Be safe and Enjoy

AtTheGlen

I want to join the chorus of people saying how terrific your car looks: great color, great spec.

With everything going on with the move from VA to CA, I'm still early in the break-in period on my '21 TTS, but I am totally amazed by what a complete sports car this is. Thanks for your comments about the car coming alive. The Normal mode feels as if it is geared for economy so it's exciting to know that performance might improve with more miles because it's feeling really good already! I typically drive in manual mode, so at least I can protect the car from lugging during break-in when in Normal mode.

In another post, I mentioned that I had to get the mileage on our TTS to a few hundred miles before it could be smog tested as required for cars coming into the state. On two tries, the techs didn't even write up a ticket. They plugged in the OBD reader and said: It's not ready. It hasn't reset. Go put some miles on it. So, I did a couple Porsche drive cycles that I found on Google which cleared the codes and it passed. I wonder if this engine reset after a few hundred miles of variable driving is a fuel richness or ignition setting thing that helps the break-in process, and once the reset occurs, the car's performance opens up.