997.2 GTS vs 997.1 GTS ride quality

[c4sman]

Firstly, this isn't meant to be a which is the best car thread. I know there would be strong feelings in one direction. Just an honest question, so I will give some background.

I have a lot of ownership seat time in various 997s but very limited short test drives a couple of GT3s. The stars have never quite aligned for me to purchase a GT3 but I was out in my 997GTS over the weekend on a spirited drive with the other half on average British roads (dual carriageways, and A roads) and concluded that the GTS seemed the perfect balance for a road car on average bumpy roads. In fact occasional it verged on being too harsh on the standard PASM (non sport) setting.

It then got me thinking about whether a GT3 would actually be too hard for my tastes and road only usage (i.e. no track days).

Does anyone who has decent seat time in a GT3 and a GTS have a view as to whether the GT3 is a little harder or a lot harder on road than a GTS. I'm just thinking that if it is, the GT3 really just isn't for me, although I won't stop dreaming that it is for other reasons (looks, Mezger, 8.5k red line etc.)!

Edited by c4sman on Monday 1st September 22:34

[c4sman]

I should have said, I know it would be harder, but really a lot harder?

[c4sman]

Thanks for the feedback. It seems the reality of a GT3 is not ideal for me. My concern was to some extent about comfort at low speed in particular (there is only so much jiggling about I can tolerate before I'm embarrassed by my car), but also about grip at higher speeds, as if your car is spending a lot of time airborne, cornering is not going to be great.

I think I have chosen the perfect car for my needs. I will just press the PASM button now and again to remind me to stop my GT3 thoughts!

[c4sman]

Thanks for the responses. Very useful to know that I wasnt deluding myself! May favorite roundabouts where I lean on the car tend to be very bumpy and I just couldnt imagine anything stiffer being of use in these situations.

Cheers!

[c4sman]

hondansx said:

Ride height is an issue too. My C4S is on H&Rs and it has roughly the same ride height as a GT3. As a result, living in London i have to crawl over speedbumps and inevitably i will occasionally scrape over some of them. Also, i'm a little concious of peeing off people behind me who will happily take the same bumps at 30mph+!

Our Turbo S rides quite hard whereas the C4S is cosseting in comparison; i couldn't live with the Turbo using it every day. The GT3 is a bit harder still, but the Gen 2 is an improvement over the Gen 1.

Of course, some fancy aftermarket suspension could perhaps improve things.

I often have traverse mountains around my home also known as traffic calming measures and the GTS handles this fine as it is relatively lofty. I wouldn't go down modded route as I have done this with previous cars and never really been 100% happy with results, plus the dilemmas at sale time about whether to return to standard or not.