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Old 04-14-2007, 12:47 PM
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Talking Now Driving .... Atlas Grey 997 GT3

It finally arrived on Thursday evening!!

Atlas Grey, black leather interior, red seat belts + red stitching on the steering wheel, carbon package, central console in leather.

Already drove it 850 km in less than two days! A few first impressions:

- what a sound!!!!!!!!!!
- engine was rough at first but is getting smoother as I go
- phenomenal grip (it came with Pirellis)
- hard to keep a conversation when that throttle valve opens at 4,000 rpm!
- very easy to cruise around in, but, man, does it show its teeth as soon as you press that pedal!!!
- PASM in normal mode was jarring for the first 150 to 200 km, but is noticeably smoother as I go. Or maybe I am just getting used to it!
- terrific feedback from the road, but still very easy to forget how fast it goes, until you look down at the speedometer.

It's everything I was hoping for and I am still discovering it.

WOW!!!!!

Sorry for the bad quality pics. Will post much better ones later...
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Enjoy! It gets better!
Old 04-14-2007, 01:13 PM
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That looks fantastic. Congrats. Man I wish we could get those rear bumbers in the states as opposed to those god awful bumperettes.
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Cool new ride, have fun and be safe...can't wait to open up the full revs?
Old 04-14-2007, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Schmidts Cat
Cool new ride, have fun and be safe...can't wait to open up the full revs?
Thanks Guys

I have actually been driving it 'normally', meaning no redline but some nice 7500 rpm shifts. It keeps getting smoother and smoother!!!
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Congratulations! So finally it arrives.
Enjoy it.
Old 04-14-2007, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 03-turbo911
Congratulations! So finally it arrives.
Enjoy it.
Thanks Khalid.

It was a long wait, but it's all about having fun now!!
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Enjoy! These cars are the best. Atlas is a great color.
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Thanks for the photos. I love it. That's my color setup right down to the belts, too. My build date is May 30th so I've got a long wait ahead of me. Dying to see more shots.

Congratulations!

More sunlight pics!
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That is stunning. I was so close to that color I could see it in my thoughts. But alas I went to the white side. Drive in good health.

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Congrats,

Nice color and glad to see you are keeping it below 4K!

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Originally Posted by supercup
Congrats,

Nice color and glad to see you are keeping it below 4K!

JCM
Impossible to keep it below 4k! It just revs up soooooo fast

I had 3M tint and paint protection done today. Man, it looked gorgeous after that. Will take high res pics next weekend and post them as soon as I can.

The engine is getting better and better and the sound .... I am addicted
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Amazing in Atlas, big congrats
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Many congratulations CorsicanBB!

The GT3 looks great in Atlas Grey!

...look forward to seeing more pics of the Altas GT3's!


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