997 naff options

[bennno]

need to finalise the spec today, are the following naff...

sports chrono - ??

Colour coded wheels - Black centres to match car with polished rims ??

bennno

[ettore]

yes.

[Hammerhead]

No.

[domster]

I'd leave the wheels and go for the chrono. And that's from someone who used to hate the chrono... on closer inspection it doesn't seem quite as tragic or as misplaced.

If the wheels were black all over, fine, but polished rims is just sooooo pimp my ride.

[Sarbs]

Spend the money on don palmers driving lessons!
Naf options!

[AlexHancock]

Didn't I read somewhere that the Crono added some worthwhile features even though the clock is ugly?

Edited to say...

Check out this link

http://content3.eu.porsche.com/prod/911/911_common.nsf/gbrenglish/c_chassis_aero_sport_chrono?OpenDocument&sc=carrera.nsf

>> Edited by AlexHancock on Tuesday 21st September 16:46

[williamp]

Does it matter what other people think? Its your car, you deicde what you want.

Unless of course you are choosing with one eye to the future value of the car...

[johnny senna]

domster said:

I'd leave the wheels and go for the chrono. And that's from someone who used to hate the chrono... on closer inspection it doesn't seem quite as tragic or as misplaced. If the wheels were black all over, fine, but polished rims is just sooooo pimp my ride.

I wouldn't mind the painted wheels, but only on a black or grey car. If you go for painted wheels I think you have to have poilshed rims otherwise they look like a set of cheap track wheels. Yeah they look PIMP, but pimp is fashionable right now. I know, I have to watch Newcastle United players drive around my "hood" in their Cadillac Escalades and Hummers with chrome rims/spinners. Oh boy.

[pesty]

no as in not naff IMO.

I Speced a 997 on the configurator(just to see) gets quite expensive when you tick all the boxes

>> Edited by pesty on Tuesday 21st September 20:39

[dealmaker]

Think that the sport chrono pack is a must have because of the extra control it gives you over the PASM (albeit not in YOUR case!) and the throttle body potentiometers/accelorometers.

.....and I'm guesssing it's impossible to retrofit (unlike the SatNav and Phone packages!).

Oh and by the way - interesting titbit heard today ....the great man himself, Mr Walter Rohl was consistently two to three seconds a lap faster round the ring with the PASM than he was on the "-20mm sports suspension"

[jjr1]

Interesting titbit I heard, was that his fastest times were on 20mm drop and LSD

Check rennteam for more info

[Harris_I]

jjr1 said:

Interesting titbit I heard, was that his fastest times were on 20mm drop and LSD Check rennteam for more info

Based on my drive of the Carrera S a few days ago (I posted a review on here somewhere), I would say the car definitely needs 20mm drop plus lsd. (Overall I found the new porker disappointing. In particular, I didn't think much of the sport mode.)

[dazren]

jjr1 said:

Interesting titbit I heard, was that his fastest times were on 20mm drop and LSD Check rennteam for more info

This thread seems to agree with what you've heard:

www.stuttgartnines.co.uk/upload/showthread.php?t=780

DAZ

[cho]

Re: PASM, if the sport mode setting is too much i.e car bouncing around too much, how will getting the LSD option help as the suspension will be even stiffer due to being lower? Test drove the Carrera S on Tuesday and having tried the sport mode briefly(only on slightly imperfect roads)doing about 60 odd,don't think it any worse than the Noble I am driving at the moment. Any thoughts?

[dealmaker]

Guys,

Having owned and driven (on real roads) two 964's, a 964 RS Lightweight, 993 RS Clubsport, 996, 996 GT3, and a 996 Facelift on Sports -20mm - I feel qualified to state that the Porsche "sports" suspension options are absoloutley fantastic - on the track or on billiard table smooth roads.

However on give and take A and B roads (especially the unevenly surfaced ones I drive on each day to and from work) the standard suspension cars are just as quick and a lot easier to control. Yes I enjoyed the RS an GT derivatives immensley (and would defend them rigorously) but to be honest you spend a lot of time with the front wheels in the air and no control over your direction (the 964 RS and the 996 -20mm were the worst at this - talk about bump steer!)

One day when the -20mm 996 car was in for service the OPC lent me a bog standard car on 18's - next day I used it for work - honestly the car was MUCH quicker.

So I'm curious to see what PASM is like - for me, in my circumstances, and the commute that I have (I use my cars every day) then the non-sports suspended cars will be quicker and more enjoyable.

If your car is an occasional use vehicle, is driven on smooth roads the majority of the time, and you do a lot of track days then be sure to go for the -20mm sports suspension.

Horses for courses