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What car is your 992 replacing? What car did it replace?
My very adult looking 992 C4S replaced my utterly juvenile, wickedly overpowered, fully built Subaru STI. It was a "Porsche-money" Subie with forged engine internals, cams, machined heads, driveline upgrades, different suspension arms, carbon fiber, and a huge list of nerdy modifications. This car was a teenage fantasy brought to life with middle-aged man money. :P Importantly, it was not a style exercise. It was very much a performance build -- handling and power. So, what are we talking about here? 453WHP/419 ft-lbs (about 570HP at crank) on 93 octane pump gas, oh, and the kicker, under 3,000lbs with a full tank. True supercar acceleration and third gear wheel spins at highway speed on Michelin Pilot 4S tires. I went with a factory team 24h Nurburgring livery, because a car like this deserved more than being a sleeper. It was loud, obnoxious, glorious -- and a grand embarrassment to my daughters, LOL. My wife would just laugh at how fast this thing could go. It was literally like driving a racecar everywhere. I owned the STI since new, but sold it to make room for the arrival of my Porsche. Do I miss it? It was entertaining, but it was time to move on.
My very adult looking 992 C4S replaced my utterly juvenile, wickedly overpowered, fully built Subaru STI. It was a "Porsche-money" Subie with forged engine internals, cams, machined heads, driveline upgrades, different suspension arms, carbon fiber, and a huge list of nerdy modifications. This car was a teenage fantasy brought to life with middle-aged man money. :P Importantly, it was not a style exercise. It was very much a performance build -- handling and power with a 24h Nurburgring factory team tribute livery. So, what are we talking about here? 453WHP/419 ft-lbs (about 570HP at crank) on 93 octane pump gas, oh, and the kicker, under 3,000lbs with a full tank. True supercar acceleration and third gear wheel spins at highway speed on Michelin Pilot 4S tires. It was loud, obnoxious, glorious -- and a grand embarrassment to my daughters, LOL. My wife would just laugh at how fast this thing could go. It was literally like driving a racecar everywhere. I owned the STI since new, but sold it to make room for the arrival of my Porsche. Do I miss it? It was entertaining, but it was time to move on.
NIce car...I like it a lot. Got an RS3 because of my relationship with the Audi dealer but I really would have liked to have an STI for a change as I never have owned one...
Our C4 will replace two cars: a 2012 Cayman S and a 2019 C43. Our pickup date is April 22 in Zuffenhausen, and once we get back from the three-week romp around Europe I'll put the C43 up for sale (the Cayman was sold last week). I thought an AWD C43 might provide 80 percent of the entertainment and utility of a C4 at about half the cost. I was wrong. Turns out (IMHO) a C43 is half the car at half the cost.
NIce car...I like it a lot. Got an RS3 because of my relationship with the Audi dealer but I really would have liked to have an STI for a change as I never have owned one...
Thanks! I have an employee with an Audi RS3. He let me drive it around the Bay Area -- they're a lot of fun.
Our C4 will replace two cars: a 2012 Cayman S and a 2019 C43. Our pickup date is April 22 in Zuffenhausen, and once we get back from the three-week romp around Europe I'll put the C43 up for sale (the Cayman was sold last week). I thought an AWD C43 might provide 80 percent of the entertainment and utility of a C4 at about half the cost. I was wrong. Turns out (IMHO) a C43 is half the car at half the cost.
Cool. Interesting, in that you're basically consolidating the two cars into one that serves both purposes.
Cool. Interesting, in that you're basically consolidating the two cars into one that serves both purposes.
Yep. And a 365-day-a-year-driver. Decided to forego SD front end (which my wife and I both really liked) to maximize winter utility. Had a 911 GTS for 4 years with Aerokit Cup (a 350-day-a-year-driver) and got tired of replacing the painted front lip every spring, and having it mostly look like c**p the rest of the year from scraping. Could have done SD and FAL but decided spending 9 grand $Can. and still having to worry about the nose of the car everywhere we go didn't add up.
I'll be replacing this '16 AMG C63s with a 992 Carrera S. Order is in, and will have in a few months. The AMG has been (and still is) great, but decided t'was time to step up to a Porsche. So the AMG will go up on the market in the new year, and it's full speed ahead with the 911...
I'm going the opposite direction. A couple of years ago when I found out my wife was pregnant I decided to be a grown up and get a four door practical car but it turns out I just can't deal with the automatic (PDK) and it's driving me crazy. So the Macan GTS is being replaced by a 992 C2S.
Not sure it is the most rational thing to have 4 two door sports cars with two little kids but I think we can handle it since my wife has a practical Cayenne... Besides, my daughter loves riding in the sports cars a lot more than the SUVs...
12-04-2019, 07:13 PM
What car is your 992 replacing? What car did it replace?
