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Old 03-25-2010, 09:18 PM
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Congratulations on your new Porsche. The color is fantastic. I have owned mine less than two months and the mods just keep going. Enjoy.
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Originally Posted by LVDell
Great look pic! I love it. Autumn is the best time of year

By the way, what color are your wheels? They look fantastic. Not too dark, not to silver
I believe they're called gun metal, and were the standard with the Turbo S. They're technology wheels (hollow spoke). I made the Dealer repaint the rears due to curb rash and this set of four are now my race rubber mounts. I have a set of 'brights" for dress.

The picture showing grey and silver side-by-side seem darker than mine. Of course, it's hard to tell for sure on a computer screen. Someone had touched up a spot on one of my front wheels with a discernably darker grey paint. I'm guessing that's the dark set in the picture of grey and silver.
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Dell, I've had a chance to "live with" the new Xcellerator system from Speedtech (63MM version) for going on a month now and I can tell you that it's well worth the money and on par in sound with the EP stage2 quiet at less than 1/3rd the cost. I've got over 1000Miles on it and I'm loving it. The more I drive it, the less I think I need to do anything else exhaust system wise...This is, by the way, the fifth exhaust I've had on mine.

Quality, fit and finish is top shelf too!

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Old 03-31-2010, 09:00 AM
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Awesome Mike! That's great news. We'll hook up at the FSR event and you can see my new Turbo and I can drool on yours
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Sounds like a plan... We're staying at the VIllas again...See you there!!

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Old 03-31-2010, 09:21 AM
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We have 2 villas and a couple Lodge rooms for the group of us heading up. Just stay away from the fence!
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Dell, so how do you compare the TT to the GT3?
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Totally different animals. The Turbo has an immense amount of torque and mind numbing power when the turbos spool up. The GT3 just screams all the way past 8K rpms which I totally miss hearing

I'll have a better feel when I take her to the track at the end of May.

I can say this. She's much better on the city streets than the 3!
Old 04-01-2010, 11:38 AM
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Congrats on the 6tt. What car seats are you using for the kids?
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Graco snugride for the rear facing and Britax Roundabout for the forward facing.
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Originally Posted by LVDell
Totally different animals. The Turbo has an immense amount of torque and mind numbing power when the turbos spool up. The GT3 just screams all the way past 8K rpms which I totally miss hearing
The power becomes mind blowing after exhaust and ECU flash...

While not a GT3, I had an E46 M3 that rev'd up to 8k. I like revs, but I also like the rush of power. It would be a hard call for me to choose just one.

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If the GT3 had back seats (gasp!) then I'd choose the GT3 every day of the way and twice on Sunday!



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