RE: Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 Revealed

RE: Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 Revealed

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zakelwe

4,449 posts

199 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Great stats, no doubt drives well, but that rear wing is too much and the colour scheme is not very good.

I'd rather have the boring 997 Turbo S with PDK.

Andy

spurs-442

2,750 posts

185 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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My God that is a gorgeous car cloud9

Asterix

24,438 posts

229 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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mat205125 said:
RenesisEvo said:
PH said:
...there are lateral front air deflection vanes, or 'flics'
These are called 'diveplanes' by most motorsport people AFAIK.
I thought they were canards.

confused

robinessex

11,065 posts

182 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Oh look, another 911 variant!! Lets see, that makes, oh.............. Zillions of them. Spot the differences! Wouldn't mind one tho'.

TomTVR500

254 posts

162 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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mat205125 said:
As close to perfection as a modern car car be cloud9
Agreed! Just perfection.

dele

1,270 posts

195 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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mat205125 said:
RenesisEvo said:
PH said:
...there are lateral front air deflection vanes, or 'flics'
These are called 'diveplanes' by most motorsport people AFAIK.
I thought they were canards.
I thought they were illegal on road going cars?

Mermaid

21,492 posts

172 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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It will make the lower rank of GT3's more affordable so I am happy.

soad

32,907 posts

177 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Lovely looking thing, all four litres too! Want!!!

johnycarrera

1,935 posts

231 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Just spunked my load !

KrissJ

202 posts

184 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxQmVOpMvy8&fea...

This only lasts for a few seconds and shows virtually nothing of the car but I thought I't post the link anyway. biggrin

peterpeter

6,437 posts

258 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Tankman said:
I don't think Porsche hate Nissan at all. Do you think there might be some GTR Owners that possibly hate Nissan? I have heard of some scarily expensive gearbox stories attached to driving a GTR for extended periods on track. How does that saying go? "Buy cheap, buy twice"?
Please please please stop talking ste- not a single Uk owner who has tracked their car has had a problem with the gearbox that nissan has then refused- In fact the number of UK owners who have even had gearbox problems is negligible. Lots of owners track their cars all day long with no problems- especially if you change the tranny oil to pentosil- which is inexpensive-
But lets also get something else straight- its not a track car surprise surprise- and the fact that you can take such a large road car on track and still have great fun is testament in itself.
Plus now servicing is free for 3 years- there are quite a few other tyre and brake options which are far cheaper than OEM and don't invalidate the warranty.

And just to qualify this- Ive owned one for 2 years done 4 track days- still on first set of dunlops - first set of disks and pads (all looking good because I treat them correctly - will go for aftermarket APs next)
4 services- total cost about £2.3 k so far-
Also had loads of porsches- love gt3s and would love this one especially but as Im doing less track days now- just cannot justify it at the moment.
Why you cannot like or own both marques is strange-they are both fabulous cars and we are lucky they are available to us!

After 2 years on UK roads its becoming clear that the GTR is very solid and extremely reliable- yes OEM equipment is expensive- but you are not tied to it and yes
servicing for pre-11 cars at 6 months is a pain but for a car with immense performance (that crushes nearly everything on the road with ease) so what!!!

As for this 911- wow

vinnie83

3,367 posts

194 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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robinessex said:
Oh look, another 911 variant!! Lets see, that makes, oh.............. Zillions of them. Spot the differences! Wouldn't mind one tho'.
Oh look, another one of those comments! wink

Maldini35

2,913 posts

189 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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A great bit of kit and no doubt wonderful to drive but kind of pointless.

If you're that serious about your tracktime buy one of these.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2725099.htm

This car is the product of the marketing department.

Only those obsessed with Porsche one-upmanship should apply.

Rumblestripe

2,956 posts

163 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Just needs to be painted red to be perfect...


KrissJ

202 posts

184 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Maldini35 said:
A great bit of kit and no doubt wonderful to drive but kind of pointless.

If you're that serious about your tracktime buy one of these.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2725099.htm

This car is the product of the marketing department.

Only those obsessed with Porsche one-upmanship should apply.
£69,000 + trailer + vehicle to pull trailer. Surely it's acceptable to want a car that's brilliant on track but also incredible on the road? Think how much more fun you'd have with it as you'd get far more use from it.

Murcielago_Boy

1,996 posts

240 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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I guarantee you that this car will be ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL to drive.

And therefore a hell of lot more exciting than the (anodyne) 458.

Trommel

19,144 posts

260 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Murcielago_Boy said:
I guarantee you that this car will be ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL to drive
I bet it will be a proper pain in the arse on the average UK road.

Lawrence5

1,253 posts

236 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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tomirk

304 posts

206 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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This my dream carcloud9, off to buy some lottery tickets.

minipower

897 posts

220 months

Thursday 28th April 2011
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Edited by minipower on Thursday 28th April 12:07