Driving SlippyDiff's tweaked 996.1 GT3
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Fantastic write-up of a lovely car.
Particularly enjoyed this bit:
"Likewise the cabin quality. Actually, there are aspects of the cabin I think easily trump the 987/997 cars. For starters, there's a compactness and intimacy that makes the new models feel rather generic, too much like a “normal” car to simply sit in. The 996 has a cockpit. That's especially true when you're locked in with bucket seats. The 997 has a conventional car cabin. That's the difference."
Totally spot-on. Not just saying that because I have a narrow-body 996 with Aerokit......okay maybe I am.
Excellent writing, by they way - would love to see more.
Particularly enjoyed this bit:
"Likewise the cabin quality. Actually, there are aspects of the cabin I think easily trump the 987/997 cars. For starters, there's a compactness and intimacy that makes the new models feel rather generic, too much like a “normal” car to simply sit in. The 996 has a cockpit. That's especially true when you're locked in with bucket seats. The 997 has a conventional car cabin. That's the difference."
Totally spot-on. Not just saying that because I have a narrow-body 996 with Aerokit......okay maybe I am.
Excellent writing, by they way - would love to see more.
Well as a 987.1 S owner myself and having never driven one of these mythical beasts I've always wondered whether they are as good as everyone says. Time to book me into PEC to find out i think. So the million dollar question, considering the price differential, is the red gt3 really four times better than the red cayman?
Well, it is a Clubsport, so single mass fly-wheel and the last road car to be built at Weissach ... Mezger engine and we know the start of something really special, if not hugely powerful now that the latest GT3 has almost 40% more power and a Cayman R is only around 10% less.
As for 650S --- in my mind it's no help to try to compare incomparables. It's quite enough to enjoy what is fantastic in each
One thing is for sure, as the past owner of a 996 GT3 MkI C/S in Zanzibar Red, I NEVER felt that it was in any way less exciting than the much more expensive and modern machinery around me.
The only thing that did irritate me was the lack of brakes --- which was attended to in the MkII.
As for 650S --- in my mind it's no help to try to compare incomparables. It's quite enough to enjoy what is fantastic in each
One thing is for sure, as the past owner of a 996 GT3 MkI C/S in Zanzibar Red, I NEVER felt that it was in any way less exciting than the much more expensive and modern machinery around me.
The only thing that did irritate me was the lack of brakes --- which was attended to in the MkII.
anonymous said:
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how come ?you try to make your car feel like a 911 and want your cayman to fee like a 911, you bomb all the Cayman Modding threads saying the Cayman and sus is s
t, (because it does not feel like a 911) every one says ps off on the Cayman threads as you are the only person saying you want a Cayman to handle like a 911, when we all bought a Cayman because of the way it drives and mid engine platform.you have NEVER driven a Cayman with a GT3 MC, just agree or disagree
it seems you are the idiot for buying a mid engine car or in fact a load of mid engine cars when you want the 911 feel !
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have you driven a Cayman with a GT3 MC ?You Of anybody I have ever come across, you probably have the worst, most pathologically befuddled non-understanding of car dynamics.
people can make a choice as always who they thing is posting crap and who is not.
As I said the only idiot here is some one who buys a mid engine platform car and tries to make it drive like a 911 lol
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