test drove a 997 tt.. some views over my gt2

test drove a 997 tt.. some views over my gt2

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kleonard

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767 posts

225 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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Just a few points on what i thought of car...
1: steering is very vague and not as direct as my gt2
2: the car is quite soft even with the harder setting, dont think its as stiff as a 997 s to drive.
3: turbo lag is were the car showed best... not that much compared to my gt2
4: car felt a bit tight as its new but im not sure if its as quick as a gt2.. certainly very close
5: serious grip compared to a rwd gt2... think this could be a bit boring after a while.
In all a serious good car but in my mind not worth a extra 50k over a second hand gt2...cant wait to drive 997 gt2....!! What u think on my comments(people who have driven both 997tt and 996 gt2s)..???

rumplestiltskin

1,084 posts

223 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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Not driven either, but several reviews now have mentioned the steering doesn't feel as direct as other 997's or indeed the 996 TT. Autocar mentioned this in their review too, saying the 996TT had better steering feel.
Performance wise I am sure there isn't much in it, power/weight ratio's are pretty similar.

Not a lot has changed I feel from the 996TT in that its an awesme car that does the hard work for you, meaning its not so much of a challenge to drive as the C2 versions of the model and therefore isn't perhaps the "drivers choice" of the range, but still an awesome car.

R.

DanH

12,287 posts

261 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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0-100 time in this weeks autocar is 8.0 dead. That's faster than they benchmarked the GT2! It was on the sticky tyres though so that would help.

DeltaHedge

558 posts

214 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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I like the 997TT steering. Its my third 997, and maybe its me getting more used to it, but the TT feels the best of the lot. And INHO definitely better than any 996 steering.

sleep envy

62,260 posts

250 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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Delta - nice stable you have there.

Any pics?

DeltaHedge

558 posts

214 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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Sorry, should have made it clear, only have one 997 at the moment, the 2S went for the 4S, then the 4 went and Turbo came. Promised Bund I'd dig out a photo before...and will do.

simonharrod911

6,792 posts

233 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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GT2 196mph
997TT 193mph

No competition.

rich1231

17,331 posts

261 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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simonharrod911 said:
GT2 196mph
997TT 193mph

No competition.



TT 198mph i believe is more accurate.

simonharrod911

6,792 posts

233 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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rich1231 said:
simonharrod911 said:
GT2 196mph
997TT 193mph

No competition.



TT 198mph i believe is more accurate.


Porsche quote 196 and 193 respectively. I'm sure they both do more than that.

paulburrell

648 posts

234 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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simonharrod911 said:
GT2 196mph
997TT 193mph

No competition.



So whereabouts in the good old UK do you ever get the chance to see these exotic speed levels?? Top speed is almost an irrelevance unless blasting up and down Bruntingthorpe is what what floats your boat

simonharrod911

6,792 posts

233 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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paulburrell said:
simonharrod911 said:
GT2 196mph
997TT 193mph

No competition.



So whereabouts in the good old UK do you ever get the chance to see these exotic speed levels?? Top speed is almost an irrelevance unless blasting up and down Bruntingthorpe is what what floats your boat


Lincolnshire.

bund

2,623 posts

222 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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DeltaHedge said:
Sorry, should have made it clear, only have one 997 at the moment, the 2S went for the 4S, then the 4 went and Turbo came. Promised Bund I'd dig out a photo before...and will do.


Sorry Delta i cant remember asking but photos would be good all the same. Have you had a CGT as well?

sleep envy

62,260 posts

250 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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*cough*

DeltaHedge

558 posts

214 months

Friday 21st July 2006
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Bund yeah, diff login name as changed email address so decided to rebrand myself from Darren49! My CGT was the car Clarkson used on Top Gear the day they have the F40, F1, Enzo, Zonda etc etc shootout.....

bund

2,623 posts

222 months

Monday 24th July 2006
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DeltaHedge said:
Bund yeah, diff login name as changed email address so decided to rebrand myself from Darren49! My CGT was the car Clarkson used on Top Gear the day they have the F40, F1, Enzo, Zonda etc etc shootout.....


Its all come back to me now.

Sleepy, what connection are you to defected?

Edited by bund on Monday 24th July 20:46