C/D 992 GTS Road Test
01-06-2022 | 11:06 PM
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01-06-2022 | 11:59 PM
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The price is very impressive as well. On performance numbers alone, ther're cheaper cars that can get those numbers.
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01-07-2022 | 12:38 AM
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01-07-2022 | 12:40 AM
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01-07-2022 | 07:51 AM
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Apart from the brake upgrade here I still struggle with the GTS in 911’s. Saying they get ‘close to a GT3’ as a car, not price, only comes from someone who has not spent time in a GT3. Or is drinking the kool-aid in buckets.
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01-07-2022 | 08:03 AM
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It is a Carrera GTS. Nothing to do with the GT3 cars.
01-07-2022 | 08:43 AM
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The comparison to the GT3, and "sweet spot" is why literally every review of the GTS is the same.
Thing is, you can't fault non-Porsche people for doing it. The price, on-paper, makes it an unarguably logical comparison.
What often gets overlooked in these comparisons is when you start ticking the options boxes on the GT3... and the fact that you can't actually get a GT3 for anywhere close to $160k.
So the argument for the GTS remains the same; if you like the 992, but just want a little bit more of everything, get a GTS.
As an aside, for me personally? The standard front brakes on the base/S cars are pitifully undersized visually. The only way to fix that is get the $10k PCCBs... which severely cuts into the delta of a GTS. Combine that with the fact the GTS seems to unanimously sound better and come with the sportkit that I would option anyway? No-brainer.
Thing is, you can't fault non-Porsche people for doing it. The price, on-paper, makes it an unarguably logical comparison.
What often gets overlooked in these comparisons is when you start ticking the options boxes on the GT3... and the fact that you can't actually get a GT3 for anywhere close to $160k.
So the argument for the GTS remains the same; if you like the 992, but just want a little bit more of everything, get a GTS.
As an aside, for me personally? The standard front brakes on the base/S cars are pitifully undersized visually. The only way to fix that is get the $10k PCCBs... which severely cuts into the delta of a GTS. Combine that with the fact the GTS seems to unanimously sound better and come with the sportkit that I would option anyway? No-brainer.
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01-07-2022 | 10:03 AM
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The comparison to the GT3, and "sweet spot" is why literally every review of the GTS is the same.
Thing is, you can't fault non-Porsche people for doing it. The price, on-paper, makes it an unarguably logical comparison.
What often gets overlooked in these comparisons is when you start ticking the options boxes on the GT3... and the fact that you can't actually get a GT3 for anywhere close to $160k.
So the argument for the GTS remains the same; if you like the 992, but just want a little bit more of everything, get a GTS.
As an aside, for me personally? The standard front brakes on the base/S cars are pitifully undersized visually. The only way to fix that is get the $10k PCCBs... which severely cuts into the delta of a GTS. Combine that with the fact the GTS seems to unanimously sound better and come with the sportkit that I would option anyway? No-brainer.
Thing is, you can't fault non-Porsche people for doing it. The price, on-paper, makes it an unarguably logical comparison.
What often gets overlooked in these comparisons is when you start ticking the options boxes on the GT3... and the fact that you can't actually get a GT3 for anywhere close to $160k.
So the argument for the GTS remains the same; if you like the 992, but just want a little bit more of everything, get a GTS.
As an aside, for me personally? The standard front brakes on the base/S cars are pitifully undersized visually. The only way to fix that is get the $10k PCCBs... which severely cuts into the delta of a GTS. Combine that with the fact the GTS seems to unanimously sound better and come with the sportkit that I would option anyway? No-brainer.
Owning a 992 C4S, I wouldn't characterize the brakes as "pitifully undersized visually". The bigger steel brakes weigh considerably more than the PCCBs.
As for the rest of the GTS package, the Sport Design Kit, Centerlocks, and RaceTex are all things that I don't want. More power is fine.
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01-07-2022 | 10:06 AM
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01-07-2022 | 10:07 AM
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If I was buying a 992 today, I'd probably go for a Turbo, because it doesn't get the GTS ADM and the Turbo is considerably more beasty.
Owning a 992 C4S, I wouldn't characterize the brakes as "pitifully undersized visually". The bigger steel brakes weigh considerably more than the PCCBs.
As for the rest of the GTS package, the Sport Design Kit, Centerlocks, and RaceTex are all things that I don't want. More power is fine.
Owning a 992 C4S, I wouldn't characterize the brakes as "pitifully undersized visually". The bigger steel brakes weigh considerably more than the PCCBs.
As for the rest of the GTS package, the Sport Design Kit, Centerlocks, and RaceTex are all things that I don't want. More power is fine.
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01-07-2022 | 10:08 AM
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If I was buying a 992 today, I'd probably go for a Turbo, because it doesn't get the GTS ADM and the Turbo is considerably more beasty.
Owning a 992 C4S, I wouldn't characterize the brakes as "pitifully undersized visually". The bigger steel brakes weigh considerably more than the PCCBs.
As for the rest of the GTS package, the Sport Design Kit, Centerlocks, and RaceTex are all things that I don't want. More power is fine.
Owning a 992 C4S, I wouldn't characterize the brakes as "pitifully undersized visually". The bigger steel brakes weigh considerably more than the PCCBs.
As for the rest of the GTS package, the Sport Design Kit, Centerlocks, and RaceTex are all things that I don't want. More power is fine.