rtc113

I've been in the process of buying a 2011 RS.

The PPI came back clean (35 over revs in range 1, none in 2-6) and I flew down to Newport Beach to drive the car back today.

I took the long way back to the bay area and hit CA-33 through Ojai. I have to say, I'm absolutely floored by this car.

I've been fortunate to drive a lot of different cars over the past several years and I can say without hesitation that this is the most alive car I've ever driven. I turn cars over fairly quickly but I think this is a long term keeper.

Thanks to everyone who offered advice on the purchase.

The car has 8500 miles.

Here is this spec (pics coming) -

09991 Excl Options Dev Stitching
24901 Dashboard Stitching Dev. Color
24902 Door Stitching in Dev. Color
24904 Dev.Stitching Side Centr Cnsl
24905 Rear Side Panel Dev.Stitching
25851 Seat Stitching Deviating Color
26391 Stitchng Door Pull Handles Dev
450 Ceramic Composite Brakes-PCCB
474 Front Axle Lifting System
490 Sound Package Plus
511 Contrast - White Gold Metallic
585 Cupholders
603 Dynamic Cornering Lights
619 Bluetooth Phone Interface
640 Sport Chrono Package Plus
686 XM
78 Black Full Leather
810 Floor Mats in Interior Color
870 Universal Audio Interface
B4 Carrara White
CGJ SportChronTmrDspl-CarraraWhite
P23 PCM 3.0 w/ Extended Navigation
XFJ Instrument Dials Carrara White
XLG Alcantara Storage Lid w Logo
XSC Porsche Crest on Headrests
XSY Seat Belts - Speed Yellow
XXG Clear Tail Lights
ZLR Lightweight Battery

The only thing I want to change in the short term is making the exhaust louder.

Can anyone comment on whether a center bypass (SW or GMG) will make things louder or just change the tone?

Bigfra32

Glad you like it, sounds like a lovely car. I have the sharwerks bypass and it is fantastic. Certainly makes the car sound much better that's for sure. I've ordered the track pipe but that might be a bit much, only time will tell

NAM VET

An exhaust will dramatically change the "tone" to a much more aggressive, even hostile sound, in addition to making it louder. Our GT3 has the full Sharky track exhaust and pops and crackles on deceleration and howls and shrieks at high RPM. Our car has a lot of modifications but the one thing we would never give up is the exhaust we have. I wear ear plugs in the car and stay away from police.

All the best...

NV

sin911

Congrats on the new car! Let's see some pics!

The Center Muffler Bypass does change the tone a bit, but not much. It does make the car louder, but nothing that would bother you as long as you can still keep the valves closed. When opened it does sound orgasmic! I bought Carnewal's PSE control module so I can choose to keep it open or closed the whole time.

I had Sharkwerks CMB on my previous .1 GT3, had RSS CMB on my .2 then upgraded to Akrapovic CMB (so I can drive Laguna Seca). Both sound great, but I honestly liked the RSS one a tad more because of the crossover design it sounded a bit different.

NJRickD

Congrats! Let's see some pics

MrEd

Congrats on the car and the road trip home. Sounds like a blast. Looking forward to some pics.

audipwr1

What did you get it for?

T2weighted

Thank you for asking this on behalf of all of us in the market currently ;-)

rtc113

It's not a straightforward answer because it was tangled up in the process of unloading my 12c (which dropped like a stone, even after I bought it for 30% off...)

I would say the net was about 190k. Which was probably 5-10k too high but I'm a sucker for yellow stitching.

FJSeattle

No such thing as $10K high for a white RS that you consider the best car you've owned so far.

Congrats, love to see some pics of the yellow stitching.

audipwr1

Thanks and congrats

997rs4.0

Congrats, big fan of white RS so really looking forward to the pictures>

madmurdock

Esp white with yellow stitching. Congrats!

HRE Wheels

Sounds like a beauty. Congrats!

Runner

Congratulations! These cars will not get any less; so you did good. So many shoppers out there hoping for "price bubble" to pop, but it ain't happening. Those folks will be waiting forever.