When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
I haven't been in the middie camp since selling my 2004 986 Boxster 550SE years ago and moving into 911 Turbos. Looking forward to the GT4 experience.
I gave PDK a fair shake -- two years this April. It is a fantastic, unbelievable, game-changing transmission. I literally have nothing bad to say about it. And I'm very glad I owned one long enough to truly know it. I used it in manual Sport or Sport+ mode 99% or more of the time, so I got to choose my gears and the computer didn't override or bother me about it. Learning the new trans was fun and a nice experience for this decades-long clutched-manual user.
But I'm ready to go back. I ordered my GTS (GT Silver over Garnet Red and Black) and got exactly what I wanted at the time. But I just keep having this nagging "wish it was a 6M" voice in the back of my head. And over the past week it's moved to the front of my head.
I've been perusing the forum for a little while; not interested in making more power right now. Read about the transmission failure issues (first I'd heard of that.) Anything else in particular I might need to know? Picking it up Wednesday 3.5 hours away, so a nice little bonding time on the way home.
Actually need to worry about speeding tickets as it seems the wing draws the PO like moths to light...I swear my silver 997 S barely got attention from them.
I would say take a week or two before you pass judgement. Some people just "get it" and others just do not give themselves enough time to understand this model. The GT4 is a very interesting car in my opinion. So far it is the only car that the more I drive it the more I like it. After 6 months I usually grow bored but has been over a year now and still grinning. I've had Turbos, R8 V10, C2S, 991 GT3 - and so far this is my favorite. The 6-speed is just sublime and the car is just the right size and really fun to chuck around. Now that i think about it- this car is just "hooligan" type of fun and makes you feel like a teenager again.
I would say take a week or two before you pass judgement. Some people just "get it" and others just do not give themselves enough time to understand this model. The GT4 is a very interesting car in my opinion. So far it is the only car that the more I drive it the more I like it. After 6 months I usually grow bored but has been over a year now and still grinning. I've had Turbos, R8 V10, C2S, 991 GT3 - and so far this is my favorite. The 6-speed is just sublime and the car is just the right size and really fun to chuck around. Now that i think about it- this car is just "hooligan" type of fun and makes you feel like a teenager again.
^ You definitely shouldn't sell, then, my friend.
Congrats, NoGaBiker! That was a fine looking GTS, and please post pics of your GT4 when you can!
I would say take a week or two before you pass judgement. Some people just "get it" and others just do not give themselves enough time to understand this model. The GT4 is a very interesting car in my opinion. So far it is the only car that the more I drive it the more I like it. After 6 months I usually grow bored but has been over a year now and still grinning. I've had Turbos, R8 V10, C2S, 991 GT3 - and so far this is my favorite. The 6-speed is just sublime and the car is just the right size and really fun to chuck around. Now that i think about it- this car is just "hooligan" type of fun and makes you feel like a teenager again.
Thanks for the encouragement. Good to hear it's a car that grows on you as you plumb its depths. I've been running Carreras and Turbos for years now, but spent time in 986s earlier, as I alluded to. Which is not to say this experience will be equivalent, but I'm really enjoying the idea of admitting I no longer need the extra sophistication of the 911 platform, and just giving back in to my inner hooligan feels good.
My other daily driver is a nicely built 2-door Wrangler that I drive probably 4 out of 7 days on average. So the "rawness" of the GT4 platform shouldn't be off-putting to me.
And laugh all you want, but one of my all-time favorite cars was my 94 Miata that I turbo'd in '96. Hoping to reclaim some of that wild abandon but with a healthy dose of NVH reduction!
I would say take a week or two before you pass judgement. Some people just "get it" and others just do not give themselves enough time to understand this model. The GT4 is a very interesting car in my opinion. So far it is the only car that the more I drive it the more I like it. After 6 months I usually grow bored but has been over a year now and still grinning. I've had Turbos, R8 V10, C2S, 991 GT3 - and so far this is my favorite. The 6-speed is just sublime and the car is just the right size and really fun to chuck around. Now that i think about it- this car is just "hooligan" type of fun and makes you feel like a teenager again.
Have to agree with you Jimmy, l have driven lots of different cars and can't remember having this much fun as l do with my GT4. It really is a brilliant car.
You don't think you'll miss it when the 991.2 GT3 arrives ?
06-05-2017, 08:49 PM
Just traded '15 911 GTS2 for 16 GT4...
