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Old 10-29-2018, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
Agreed. The taillights, lightbar/spoiler design on the 718 is just awful IMO. The tails just look like squares slapped on as an afterthought.
Funny. I remember reading a few similar comments about the 981 when it came out. "Rear end looks too busy" and "rear looks like it was abruptly chopped off" came to mind. I think they both look great.
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Old 10-29-2018, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Diablo Dude
Sounds awfully quiet.
Maybe he forgot to push the sport exhaust button.
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Old 10-29-2018, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Diablo Dude
Sounds awfully quiet.
Originally Posted by Knutsm01
Maybe he forgot to push the sport exhaust button.
Yeah, quiet is right. If you watch the pace, he/she was just cruising and short-shifting. Around 3 minutes or so, you could hear the roar from downshift blipping. That's a sign of what to expect from high RPM soundtrack. Due to Euro 5 regs on noise levels, I believe, they can't have PSE button; or something like that. So, I'm hoping RoW cars would sound better than euro version. I still think that they are holding back on the sound thing!

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Old 10-29-2018, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by the_rider
Yeah, quiet is right. If you watch the pace, he/she was just cruising and short-shifting. Around 3 minutes or so, you could hear the roar from downshift blipping. That's a sign of what to expect from high RPM soundtrack. Due to Euro 5 regs on noise levels, I believe, they can't have PSE button; or something like that. So, I'm hoping RoW cars would sound better than euro version. I still think that they are holding back on the sound thing!
I noticed the downshift blip also, was hoping to hear it again but it was only once. That sounded good.
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Old 10-30-2018, 12:09 AM
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The Dude would not abide the mess they’ve made with the 718. Between it and the 992, I’m beginning to think Porsche has hired Chris Bangle.
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Old 10-30-2018, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Archimedes


The Dude would not abide the mess they’ve made with the 718. Between it and the 992, I’m beginning to think Porsche has hired Chris Bangle.
I will reserve judgment on the 992 until we see an actual reveal, but I am with you on the 718.

And I know that Bangle comment is a joke.... But don't put that nonsense out in the world. Someone might read it and think "there's an idea" and I don't want any generation of P-car defiled by his design.
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Old 10-30-2018, 05:40 AM
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Old 10-30-2018, 08:35 AM
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Sounds identical to the 3.0 S engine. call me crazy. shares no soundtrack with the gt3 engine whatsoever, which all of these places keep claiming.
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Old 10-30-2018, 10:51 AM
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Old 10-30-2018, 11:24 AM
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Did someone say Chris Bangle?


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Old 10-30-2018, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by joemelsha
Sounds identical to the 3.0 S engine. call me crazy. shares no soundtrack with the gt3 engine whatsoever, which all of these places keep claiming.
Agreed. Sounds turbo to me. Also makes sense why the driver didn't need to ring out the engine. He's pushing the car hard, but the engine has plenty of low end torque.
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Old 10-30-2018, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by joemelsha
Sounds identical to the 3.0 S engine. call me crazy. shares no soundtrack with the gt3 engine whatsoever, which all of these places keep claiming.
crazy.
the 3.8L GT4 engine is not supposed to sound like the GT3 engine. They only share the same case.
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Old 10-30-2018, 01:39 PM
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I like the rear lights on the 718. I think it looks more futuristic. That black line I am on the fence. Overall I think it's a more modern looking rear. But yeah that's my opinion and for me that's a good thing as I am ready to swap my Spyder out for the next gen version. It's good a lot of people don't like it which means they already got the car that they wanted!
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Old 10-30-2018, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by tcsracing1
crazy.
the 3.8L GT4 engine is not supposed to sound like the GT3 engine. They only share the same case.
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Old 10-30-2018, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by digitalrurouni
I like the rear lights on the 718. I think it looks more futuristic. That black line I am on the fence. Overall I think it's a more modern looking rear. But yeah that's my opinion and for me that's a good thing as I am ready to swap my Spyder out for the next gen version. It's good a lot of people don't like it which means they already got the car that they wanted!
Taillights shouldn't say `hey look at me' when they're not lit IMO.
In order to design the taillights to draw attention to them, they needed to move the reflective part into a separate piece, making the rear end unnecessarily busy.
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