997 GT3RS Driven.......
997 GT3RS Driven.......
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melv

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4,708 posts

296 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Feck me!! Had an opportunity to drive one last night -that car is an ANIMAL.

If you've got one, you lucky beggar!! (But no, I won't be tempted to the dark side......)

Pleasantly surprised that even with suspension in STIFF mode it didn't seem too bad on Surrey roads.

Brakes? Far Kinnell!

Sounds nice in SPORT too!!

Agent Orange

2,078 posts

271 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Pity they dont make them in a proper orange colour ..........suit ur eyes !

AdamT

2,825 posts

283 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Did 1200kms on monday in the RS, munich to frankfurt autoshow, then the ring and then back to munich.

Crunched the autobahn kms with consumate ease, was only slower than one car at the ring during the evening session (Horst Von Saurma and walter Röhrl were testing 2 997 Gt2s...) and the car didnt even try and kill me once on the drive back to munich (500kms) in torrential rain the whole way.


BEST car ever. Smitten....all it needed was a half litre top up of oil.



clubsport

7,420 posts

289 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Melv,,,,sometimes mate rolleyes....I do worry about you smile

Glenn McMenamin

2,305 posts

269 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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AdamT said:
Did 1200kms on monday in the RS, munich to frankfurt autoshow, then the ring and then back to munich.

Crunched the autobahn kms with consumate ease, was only slower than one car at the ring during the evening session (Horst Von Saurma and walter Röhrl were testing 2 997 Gt2s...) and the car didnt even try and kill me once on the drive back to munich (500kms) in torrential rain the whole way.


BEST car ever. Smitten....all it needed was a half litre top up of oil.
All because of that one innocent lap biggrin



Glenn McMenamin

2,305 posts

269 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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melv said:
Feck me!! Had an opportunity to drive one last night -that car is an ANIMAL.

If you've got one, you lucky beggar!! (But no, I won't be tempted to the dark side......)

Pleasantly surprised that even with suspension in STIFF mode it didn't seem too bad on Surrey roads.

Brakes? Far Kinnell!

Sounds nice in SPORT too!!
Would you buy one if you had the dosh Melv ???

(p.s. not that i know whether you have the dosh or not wink)

sambaman

3,991 posts

255 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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not bad are they melv...........

timmo

1,788 posts

265 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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I got taken around the ring last week in a white 997 RS

as Ron Simmonds from Alfa 75 said

"the car is too perfect for the ring !"....

kind words from Ron !


AdamT

2,825 posts

283 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Glenn McMenamin said:
AdamT said:
Did 1200kms on monday in the RS, munich to frankfurt autoshow, then the ring and then back to munich.

Crunched the autobahn kms with consumate ease, was only slower than one car at the ring during the evening session (Horst Von Saurma and walter Röhrl were testing 2 997 Gt2s...) and the car didnt even try and kill me once on the drive back to munich (500kms) in torrential rain the whole way.


BEST car ever. Smitten....all it needed was a half litre top up of oil.
All because of that one innocent lap biggrin
"innocent"!!!! laughsmile

SidewaysSid

523 posts

289 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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timmo said:
I got taken around the ring last week in a white 997 RS

as Ron Simmonds from Alfa 75 said

"the car is too perfect for the ring !"....

kind words from Ron !
Fluent in gobbledeegook then.

How can something be too perfect.

Terribly nice of him!

vpr

3,935 posts

269 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Well Melv....I'm shocked but pleased your man enough to see the light and come clean about you desires.......Unlike Desmond.

You can't take anything away from the 64RS but thing have moved on and we have proof that it's still fun in a water cooled car all beit at a higher rate of knotts.

64RS pleasure is just different in an oldy worldy kind of way....much more nimble and seriously lightweight in comparison.

Clubsport.......you too will see the light......soon as you get rid of those 70's flares and collars.

clubsport

7,420 posts

289 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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What are you talking about, it's the likes of me who keep Leo Gemelli in business wink

anonymous-user

85 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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AdamT said:
BEST car ever. Smitten....all it needed was a half litre top up of oil.
if you want to out the crappy old yellow car... i'll find a home for it

Kurgen

1,447 posts

265 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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As a fast road/trackday package, they are fairly untouchable!

If I did not own one, but won the lottery.. would be my first purchase! biggrin

melv

Original Poster:

4,708 posts

296 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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clubsport said:
Melv,,,,sometimes mate rolleyes....I do worry about you smile
I worry about me too!!wink

Glen, I'd actually rather spend it on one of these!:-




Edited by melv on Wednesday 19th September 19:04

Glenn McMenamin

2,305 posts

269 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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melv said:
clubsport said:
Melv,,,,sometimes mate rolleyes....I do worry about you smile
Glen, I'd actually rather spend it on one of these!:-




It would look better in Orange, with a Black propeller biggrin

melv

Original Poster:

4,708 posts

296 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Glenn McMenamin said:
It would look better in Orange, with a Black propeller biggrin
Natch!! Anything but Viper green........vomit

Which, incidentally, was the colour of the one I drove, but in the dark, it didn't matter!!!

anonymous-user

85 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Kurgen said:
As a fast road/trackday package, they are fairly untouchable!

If I did not own one, but won the lottery.. would be my first purchase! biggrin
i assumed you did

chumley-warner

310 posts

288 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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Glenn McMenamin said:
It would look better in Orange, with a Black propeller biggrin
That did make me LOL - nice one Glenn smile

DanH

12,287 posts

291 months

Wednesday 19th September 2007
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melv said:
Glenn McMenamin said:
It would look better in Orange, with a Black propeller biggrin
Natch!! Anything but Viper green........vomit

Which, incidentally, was the colour of the one I drove, but in the dark, it didn't matter!!!
Funnily enough I saw one in viper green in Walton-On-Thames on the weekend. Same car?