Another GTR love letter
#196
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Cass from the Porsche Driving School brought a 09 C2 with PDK and launched it 30x consecutively at a recent track event, on a car that was hot lapped for almost 6 hours continuously. While it is a series of one, I don't think that PDK is going to have nearly the same concerns as the GR6.
#197
Here's a FWIW from a GT3 RS owner. The GTR is one heck of a car for the money. In stock form with the same driver the GTR will show its heels to a 997GT3 in equally stock form including the OEM tires.
I don't know if the transmission failures are quite as represented here. Were the cars "chipped" (flashed really)? It seems to be the popular thing with turbo cars. Were instructions on how to use launch Control followed? I don't know the answers to those questions, but it would not surprise me that GTR owners crying "foul" had either modified the car, or ignored explicit instructions, or both.
In the meantime, I hope that the performance of the GTR causes Porsche to raise the performance bar. Oh, and yes I have driven them both, on the track too. Would I buy a GTR? No. Then again I wouldn't buy a Z06 either, but won't deny the bang-for-the-buck factor.
As to bashing the GTR, I'd like to think we Porsche owners are above that sort of thing.
Best to all,
I don't know if the transmission failures are quite as represented here. Were the cars "chipped" (flashed really)? It seems to be the popular thing with turbo cars. Were instructions on how to use launch Control followed? I don't know the answers to those questions, but it would not surprise me that GTR owners crying "foul" had either modified the car, or ignored explicit instructions, or both.
In the meantime, I hope that the performance of the GTR causes Porsche to raise the performance bar. Oh, and yes I have driven them both, on the track too. Would I buy a GTR? No. Then again I wouldn't buy a Z06 either, but won't deny the bang-for-the-buck factor.
As to bashing the GTR, I'd like to think we Porsche owners are above that sort of thing.
Best to all,
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i just wish it was only a two seater. that way it may have a shorter wheelbase and weigh less. have seen them in the street, and i have to be honest that i like the look especially the rear. the simple round tail lights with the dual exhaust looks ferrari like. would love to drive one..
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