Hate the 992??! OFFICIAL VENTING THREAD # Ultimate bashing allowed. Step in the ring.
10-24-2018, 05:00 PM
#92
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Originally Posted by STG
R_Rated was before his time 
https://www.motor1.com/news/273209/d...car-singapore/
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10-24-2018, 07:11 PM
#93
While we are taking this thread all over the place I have a confession: the R8 facelift looks great to me and I’m starting to feel the need for 10 cylinders while a car exists that you can buy with that many. Pricing on the 992 will be interesting.
10-24-2018, 07:37 PM
#94
Racer
Plus likely last R8 and most likely last NA 10 cylinder engine!
10-24-2018, 08:42 PM
#97
I kinda like it. Truly a head turner and an exotic look. More so than the 911.
MSRP's for 992 looking to be over +10% increase.
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10-24-2018, 08:47 PM
#98
10-24-2018, 08:54 PM
#99
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Originally Posted by slc4s
not sure if pics are working or not
go here: https://www.autoblog.com/2018/10/24/...#slide-7452757
go here: https://www.autoblog.com/2018/10/24/...#slide-7452757
Got it! Thanks. Nice.
10-24-2018, 11:05 PM
#100
Drifting
The Porsche advertising slogans seen in the above ads are about as dull and lame as the Norelco nubbin that has been spied in the 992 test mules. Some have said that the newest model will be better because it always is. I just don't buy that. I don't doubt it will be across the board faster and have other "upgrades" (some will consider them downgrades) compared to the outgoing 991. But I have not imbibed so much Porsche Kool-aid that I believe everything they touch turns to gold. Look at another pillar of technology - Apple - as another example of a very successful company that has its missteps. Nowadays, you need adapters to plug your earphones into the phone, adapters to plug USB cables into the new laptops. So much for simplicity and elegance. Steve Jobs would probably roll in his grave. I know this is not an Apple forum but the point being that the latest is not always a positive technological step forward and/or an improvement on the outgoing model. I will reserve final judgement until I see and drive the 992 but so far, from an interior and exterior design standpoint, I am disappointed with what I have seen in the 992. #nubbin
10-24-2018, 11:31 PM
#101
The Porsche advertising slogans seen in the above ads are about as dull and lame as the Norelco nubbin that has been spied in the 992 test mules. Some have said that the newest model will be better because it always is. I just don't buy that. I don't doubt it will be across the board faster and have other "upgrades" (some will consider them downgrades) compared to the outgoing 991. But I have not imbibed so much Porsche Kool-aid that I believe everything they touch turns to gold. Look at another pillar of technology - Apple - as another example of a very successful company that has its missteps. Nowadays, you need adapters to plug your earphones into the phone, adapters to plug USB cables into the new laptops. So much for simplicity and elegance. Steve Jobs would probably roll in his grave. I know this is not an Apple forum but the point being that the latest is not always a positive technological step forward and/or an improvement on the outgoing model. I will reserve final judgement until I see and drive the 992 but so far, from an interior and exterior design standpoint, I am disappointed with what I have seen in the 992. #nubbin
Perhaps the nubbin is a glorious conspiracy to push buyers in the direction of a manual.
10-25-2018, 12:13 AM
#102
Drifting
Argon - Done and done. I think I have the best of both worlds. An "out of date" 991.2 GT3T being built in late December. Couldn't be happier having the outgoing model. I agree with you - perhaps the nubbin will have the unintended and unexpected effect of pushing would-be PDK customers into the manual.
10-25-2018, 12:47 AM
#103
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I'm getting the sense that the nubbin is real. I can't have a manual as a daily driver (knees can't take it) so I'm PDK for my DD. Maybe I could kick another car out of the garage if I want a second 911 and then I suppose I could get a 992 with a manual for just for weekends - but that's pretty darned unlikely unless there is a 992 GT3 touring edition or 992 911 T or a 992 all-electric 911 that doesn't have gears at all. I actually like most of what I see in the 992, even the big gulp holder. I'm hoping that the overly bulbous tail end might turn out to be okay when we really get to see the whole picture - my 991 doesn't always look so hot either depending on the angle - 911's do have a bit of a weird shape. Anyway, we'll all find out soon enough.
If the nubbin was a deliberate trick to keep the 991.2 sales numbers steady right up until the 992 cutover, then it worked - my order is in for a last-run 991.2 w/PDK.
Oh, and #nubbin - is that a thing I should do now?
If the nubbin was a deliberate trick to keep the 991.2 sales numbers steady right up until the 992 cutover, then it worked - my order is in for a last-run 991.2 w/PDK.
Oh, and #nubbin - is that a thing I should do now?
10-25-2018, 01:18 AM
#104
Argon - Done and done. I think I have the best of both worlds. An "out of date" 991.2 GT3T being built in late December. Couldn't be happier having the outgoing model. I agree with you - perhaps the nubbin will have the unintended and unexpected effect of pushing would-be PDK customers into the manual.
As for outdated, I drove a 69T this past weekend. You feel and respond, instead of just controlling. Those cars are the most fun you'll ever have with 130 horsepower, in addition to sounding like sex.
Keep that GT3T around. Maybe in fifty years there will be a young man waxing poetically about it, in the same way as I.
10-25-2018, 01:42 AM
#105
Drifting
Argon - That is the plan. I was able to secure the CA special edition (black and yellow) license plates with "2019 GT3." A tag which will have a lot more meaning and pack more of a punch 20 or 30 years from now when I am taking her out for a Sunday spin. Those in the Porsche know will probably be like, wow, look how classic that looks and that sound, holy smokes!