GT3 Touring

[Robbo66]

Great you’re getting one, Silver would be my choice. Any colour bar Council Bin Blue, think it’s called Miami. Awful.

[seawise]

I'm getting quite grey myself so I think i'll go full stealth with GT silver metallic. Part of the appeal of the touring is that it is quite subtle, so as per normal i'll shy away from the brighter colour options. Thanks for all the comments / advice.

[Koln-RS]

I'm just an observer, but I think the Touring can take bolder paints, in the same way that the early '70s 911 looked so good in striking colours.

I do think any silver, grey or black, and SBM will look too 'run of the mill'. I did think GBM would be popular on the GT3s, but it's been really disappointingly flat - almost battleship grey.

Obviously PTS would be the best option, if available, but failing that I'd be tempted by Crayon or Carmine

[blackmamba]

Having seen some pictures of 911Rs in bold colours, I think you can get away with most colours on the GT3T. Depends if you want stealth or to make a statement.

I was up at Reading on the weekend and saw quite a few cars in the workshop and parking lot with most of the GT3 colours available to view. They all looked good but the bolder colours worked surprisingly well.

Robbo66 - There was a car in Miami and it looked superb. Have you seen one in the metal?

I wonder what the final build numbers will be for the GT3 and GT3T? The guys at Reading seemed to think the Touring was making a late surge in terms of orders. I wonder if this is due to late availability or recent allocations going to normal / road users rather than PHs / Track users?

[seawise]

blackmamba said:

I wonder what the final build numbers will be for the GT3 and GT3T? The guys at Reading seemed to think the Touring was making a late surge in terms of orders. I wonder if this is due to late availability or recent allocations going to normal / road users rather than PHs / Track users?

only 1 touring ordered via my OPC (mid-Sussex), of course the first batch of cars were ordered prior to the announcement of touring option, but for the 2nd batch only 1 person went for a 'touring', me.

Koln-RS - sadly PTS is not available for rhd UK orders

[breadvan]

blackmamba said:

Having seen some pictures of 911Rs in bold colours, I think you can get away with most colours on the GT3T. Depends if you want stealth or to make a statement.

I was up at Reading on the weekend and saw quite a few cars in the workshop and parking lot with most of the GT3 colours available to view. They all looked good but the bolder colours worked surprisingly well.

Robbo66 - There was a car in Miami and it looked superb. Have you seen one in the metal?

I wonder what the final build numbers will be for the GT3 and GT3T? The guys at Reading seemed to think the Touring was making a late surge in terms of orders. I wonder if this is due to late availability or recent allocations going to normal / road users rather than PHs / Track users?

I agree with a previous discussion - bolder colours like Miami are better suited to the winged GT3. I think the Touring suits more subtle colours.

[v8ksn]

Please excuse me for my ignormace but is the touring spec manual only?

Is there anyone here ordering a touring with PDK?

[TDT]

v8ksn said:

Please excuse me for my ignormace but is the touring spec manual only?

Is there anyone here ordering a touring with PDK?

Manual only

[v8ksn]

TDT said:

Manual only

Cool! Nice one.

So there will be three variants of the 991.2 GT3 available in the future....

• 991.2 GT3 with wing and PDK gearbox
• 991.2 GT3 with wing and manual gearbox
• 991.2 GT3 with touring pack and manual gearbox

That makes it slightly easier for me when i'm searching for a manual GT3 in a few years

[TDT]

v8ksn said:

TDT said:

Manual only

Cool! Nice one.

So there will be three variants of the 991.2 GT3 available in the future....

• 991.2 GT3 with wing and PDK gearbox
• 991.2 GT3 with wing and manual gearbox
• 991.2 GT3 with touring pack and manual gearbox

That makes it slightly easier for me when i'm searching for a manual GT3 in a few years

Yep - you can also add Clubsport or comfort as derivatives of the be-winged options.

So 5 options in total.

For me, it'd be..... 991.2 GT3 with Touring Pack and Manual Gearbox.

[Dr S]

TDT said:

v8ksn said:

TDT said:

Manual only

Cool! Nice one.

So there will be three variants of the 991.2 GT3 available in the future....

• 991.2 GT3 with wing and PDK gearbox
• 991.2 GT3 with wing and manual gearbox
• 991.2 GT3 with touring pack and manual gearbox

That makes it slightly easier for me when i'm searching for a manual GT3 in a few years

Yep - you can also add Clubsport or comfort as derivatives of the be-winged options.

So 5 options in total.

For me, it'd be..... 991.2 GT3 with Touring Pack and Manual Gearbox.

Another Touring here

[Robbo66]

blackmamba said:

Robbo66 - There was a car in Miami and it looked superb. Have you seen one in the metal?

Yes, several times, only on the winged version. Has an added green hue in some light to further cheapen the overall look. There are several blues that work, but this simply does nothing for the car IMV...🚙

[Cheib]

Robbo66 said:

blackmamba said:

Robbo66 - There was a car in Miami and it looked superb. Have you seen one in the metal?

Yes, several times, only on the winged version. Has an added green hue in some light to further cheapen the overall look. There are several blues that work, but this simply does nothing for the car IMV...??

I walk past a Miami Turbo S pretty much every morning....does nothing for me at all...on a standard Carrera it really doesn’t work at all. I think the only car it works on is the GT3 but I am not a fan. It’s really, really close to being Turquoise in my book.

[TDT]

Anybody speccing a touring with comfort seats?

[throt]

Think a couple on here was. Not sure of alias..

[Robograd]

TDT said:

Anybody speccing a touring with comfort seats?

Me - but only if 18-ways are considered comfort seats?

[TDT]

Robograd said:

Me - but only if 18-ways are considered comfort seats?

Yep, basically any non-bucket

[throt]

Robograd said:

TDT said:

Anybody speccing a touring with comfort seats?

Me - but only if 18-ways are considered comfort seats?

18 ways are great. You can get the exact seating position. And for width grip too..

Edited by throt on Wednesday 10th January 17:17

[Robograd]

throt said:

Robograd said:

TDT said:

Anybody speccing a touring with comfort seats?

Me - but only if 18-ways are considered comfort seats?

18 ways are great. You can get the exact seating position. And for width grip too..

Edited by throt on Wednesday 10th January 17:17

Hi Throt,
Hopefully you’re right. OPC kindly organised a half day at PEC to try all seat options prior to my car locking: to be fair I still wasn’t sure, even after trying seats on the road & track. So, as I’d had 4-ways twice before I thought “better the devil I half know”.
As the helpful PEC guy said “exiting the car in car parks can be a nightmare with LWB & folders; plus it’s nice to be able to recline the seats, now & again”
Cheers.

[TDT]

Robograd said:

throt said:

Robograd said:

TDT said:

Anybody speccing a touring with comfort seats?

Me - but only if 18-ways are considered comfort seats?

18 ways are great. You can get the exact seating position. And for width grip too..

Edited by throt on Wednesday 10th January 17:17

Hi Throt,
Hopefully you’re right. OPC kindly organised a half day at PEC to try all seat options prior to my car locking: to be fair I still wasn’t sure, even after trying seats on the road & track. So, as I’d had 4-ways twice before I thought “better the devil I half know”.
As the helpful PEC guy said “exiting a car parks can be a nightmare with LWB & folders; plus it’s nice to be able to recline the seats, now & again”
Cheers.

I think that whilst the buckets are cool,(i have 918 LWB in my GT4) if you plan on using the Touring a lot and primarily on the road, you've got to take a look at the comfort seat options. I had 4-ways in my 997 GTS and 18-way in my 981 GTS - both of those were daily drivers - 18-ways were perfect for that job.
Comfort Seats and Lift will make the Touring the ultimate daily. Buckets and a Suit are a bit cringe IMO, as this would be my one car to do it all...mostly. (run another 4/5 seat car for family duties)

Edited by TDT on Wednesday 10th January 18:43