Gen II GT3: pdk or manual

Gen II GT3: pdk or manual

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av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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RSVP911 said:
Thanks av - not the 1000's and 1000's some said : do you know when the final quarters figures are published ?

Cheers smile
Those will be the worldwide numbers I guess.

Should know final numbers by early April.....same with GT4 and Spyder.

Are you hoping to keep the RS or would you change for the new GT3?

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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braddo said:
I wish you would stop writing that. hehe Why do you do it?

The play on the 'manuel' typo is to call it a Spanish box. Not sure what other reference makes sense...
I'm glad someone else has noticed that - it's been doing my head in!

RSVP911

8,192 posts

132 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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av185 said:
Those will be the worldwide numbers I guess.

Should know final numbers by early April.....same with GT4 and Spyder.

Are you hoping to keep the RS or would you change for the new GT3?
Thanks , very simple this - if there is a new GT3 or R lite manual (not interested if just an upspecced/up powered S) then I'm in (assuming OPC think I'm worthy) - if it's just a more powerful .2 GT3 PDK S then its absolutely not for me . Seems to be lots of conflicting views, I guess we'll all be a bit clearer in March.

mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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braddo said:
av185 said:
... 'manuel' ...
I wish you would stop writing that. hehe Why do you do it?

The play on the 'manuel' typo is to call it a Spanish box. Not sure what other reference makes sense...
Perhaps we should call it a Sachs box? A fitting tribute to the gearbox and the man!

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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av185 said:
Actually prefer the front of the 991.1 GT3 to the 2....imho the slanted indicator lenses look better than the horizontal ones. The better looking (imo) darker headlamps on the gen 2 could well be standard as per the GT4 whereas with the 991.1 they only came with the light package option.

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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mollytherocker said:
Perhaps we should call it a Sachs box? A fitting tribute to the gearbox and the man!
Bit too much like "sex box" unfortunately, which doesn't sound good!

sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Saturday 7th January 2017
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av185 said:
Actually prefer the front of the 991.1 GT3 to the 2....imho the slanted indicator lenses look better than the horizontal ones. The better looking (imo) darker headlamps on the gen 2 could well be standard as per the GT4 whereas with the 991.1 they only came with the light package option.
I thought the same thing, but wondered if it was purely familiarity with the GT3.1 front end compared to the GT4.

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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GT4.

Always thought the outer rad vent openings looked a touch cheap and err, placcy, compared to the 991.1 GT3.

Interesting that Porsche seem to be moving towards a plainer and less 'aggressive' front appearance in contrast to other manufacturers recent trends.

footsoldier

2,251 posts

191 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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av185 said:


Wonder if this is PDK S?
As posted on Rennlist by a Michael Chang:

"Sorry, first post in the Rennlist forums. I saw someone else had posted these images already, but I am the creator of these photos, and I just wanted to make clear these aren't Porsche official photos, The car in the images is based on the 2017 GT3 cup car"

sidicks

25,218 posts

220 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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av185 said:


GT4.

Always thought the outer rad vent openings looked a touch cheap and err, placcy, compared to the 991.1 GT3.

Interesting that Porsche seem to be moving towards a plainer and less 'aggressive' front appearance in contrast to other manufacturers recent trends.
I look at the front end and instantly think GT4 not GT3. That's not to say the GT4 isn't a good looking car!

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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In fact the front of the 991.2 is reverting back to the 997.2 in many ways...confused

v8ksn

4,711 posts

183 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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Slickhillsy said:
God I wish they'd just launch the thing so we can stop all this oooooooooo no it hasn't oooooooooo yes it has bolix lol
.... but then what would everyone talk about? hehe

BubblesNW

1,710 posts

182 months

Sunday 8th January 2017
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v8ksn said:
Slickhillsy said:
God I wish they'd just launch the thing so we can stop all this oooooooooo no it hasn't oooooooooo yes it has bolix lol
.... but then what would everyone talk about? hehe
The next one wobble

nbetts

1,455 posts

228 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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mollytherocker said:
braddo said:
av185 said:
... 'manuel' ...
I wish you would stop writing that. hehe Why do you do it?

The play on the 'manuel' typo is to call it a Spanish box. Not sure what other reference makes sense...
Perhaps we should call it a Sachs box? A fitting tribute to the gearbox and the man!
And here I was thinking the reason people quote Manuel is because on the early 996's air con and Boxster's for that matter when you selected manual it was spelt Manuel... smile

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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nbetts said:
mollytherocker said:
braddo said:
av185 said:
... 'manuel' ...
I wish you would stop writing that. hehe Why do you do it?

The play on the 'manuel' typo is to call it a Spanish box. Not sure what other reference makes sense...
Perhaps we should call it a Sachs box? A fitting tribute to the gearbox and the man!
And here I was thinking the reason people quote Manuel is because on the early 996's air con and Boxster's for that matter when you selected manual it was spelt Manuel... smile
Maybe the cars you refer to were French where 'Manuel' means of course, 'Manual'.

Edited by av185 on Monday 9th January 19:29

nbetts

1,455 posts

228 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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av185 said:
Maybe the cars you reger to were French where 'Manuel' means of course, 'Manual'.
Nope. All early Boxster's and 996's had the word Manuell when 'Auto' was deselected from the air conditioning.



av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Monday 9th January 2017
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clap

Thats definitely worth a premium! biggrin:

BubblesNW

1,710 posts

182 months

Saturday 14th January 2017
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Just received my copy of Car Magazine and there are some details on the 991.2 GT3. Pure speculation but worth sharing non the less...

GT3 will be unveiled at Geneva in March, 3.8 litres and just under 500 bhp. GT3 RS will be 4.0 and 525 bhp for a 2018 launch. PDK is standard but manual from the R is an option.

So it isn't just a cheaper R but subtly different with a smaller, more highly tuned engine and the option of either gearbox.

Exciting times ahead, just hope my OPC gets plenty...

Fokker

3,460 posts

221 months

Sunday 15th January 2017
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BubblesNW said:
Just received my copy of Car Magazine and there are some details on the 991.2 GT3. Pure speculation but worth sharing non the less...

GT3 will be unveiled at Geneva in March, 3.8 litres and just under 500 bhp. GT3 RS will be 4.0 and 525 bhp for a 2018 launch. PDK is standard but manual from the R is an option.

So it isn't just a cheaper R but subtly different with a smaller, more highly tuned engine and the option of either gearbox.

Exciting times ahead, just hope my OPC gets plenty...
Yes agree, I don't think they'll be making a wingless option which is a shame. They'll just offer the usual car with a choice of gearbox. There's no way that they won't offer the 6 speed manual after spending all that money developing it to only stick it in 991 cars as in the 911R.

Interestingly I've been told that the manual will also be offered in the next GT3RS too. Apparently there isn't much more power or tech to be added to the next gen so the main addition / differentiator will be a manual gearbox. We will see!

GT4P

5,188 posts

184 months

Sunday 15th January 2017
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Would love a manual 991.2gt3 but with cost of circa £120-130k with carefully chosen extras I'm out!frown