The 997 is an engineering marvel in many ways. But most of us are oblivious to what's going on under the hood. Share a 997 engineering marvel that you know about in the comments below!! I'd like to learn more about this incredible car!

I'll go first. When I did my brake job, I noticed there were ducts under the car that channeled air right onto the rotors. Brilliant. Then when I installed the rotors, I learned they were directional, because the rotors essentially have fan blades inside of them that channel air. This is my first Porsche and I'd never seen anything like that!!

I have a question too! Is the 9A1 dry sump? What about the M96/7?

 

I am a simpleton but the cup holders get me every time.

 

I love them and hate them, lol, but much prefer them to the 992. Yuck. Do your drinks move in the corners, mine gently glides toward the passenger side and I have to reach over and bring it back. I'm guessing mine are broken or something, haha!!

 

(*deleted comment as it offended some*).

Cheap shot I know, but a pretty major screw up. I do marvel at how they finally tamed the back end handling issues. Us long time 911 owners certainly remember the dreaded "lift throttle oversteer" of the earlier cars.

 

You can still get a lot of that if you have a sport button to press, which deactivates the delayed throttle closure.

 

Nice, literally 3 posts then “that guy” chimes in. The guy was trying to create a positive thread, which for this forum is refreshing.

I personally have tons to love about the car. The feel
of how connected everything is, how tight the doors close, how the engine revs effortlessly. I really like the overall shape and curves. I have owned quite a few different cars and this is easily the best to this point.

 

Close the middle door on the cup holder assembly and the cup holders won’t move around.

 

Mine still move 😂

 

Yeah people are so obsessed with trolling and being mean that they’ll put down their own cars 😕

 

Lighten up, Francis.

 

No one was trying to be mean or trolling, good grief you guys are sensitive. I added my positive experience and I love 911's, have owned them for 29 years now, but it aint all unicorns and rainbows. Seriously, you guys need thicker skins and need to lighten up a little. No one took a shot at you or questioned your judgement.

I'm a Boeing engineer for crying out loud, trust me that we know painfully well about high profile engineering screw ups.

 

LOL. I definitely would not want to be a Boeing engineer right now.

 

A Toyota consultant never would have put a sealed IMS bearing in a Yugo. Toyota just happens to make the most reliable cars on earth. I'm very happy with the Toyota 6 sp. in my 997.2.

 

Ignition switch is still in the dash. Read where the key switch was designed originally to be located on the left side of the dash so the right hand was free to engage the shifter making for a quicker start on race day. And works equally well for the DD to work

 

closing the middle works for me but I just put cans in it. I will also put coffee cups in there but only the smaller sized ones. No spills yet ::knock on wood::
I just like that someone thought that out, including the middle part closing and all that. It reminds me of the stuff my neighbor's 928 had back in ye olden days.