Manual 991.2 GT3's - owners views

[Double gauche]

Porsche911R said:

Fokker said:

My brother is going to spec a Touring I think. He's considering black which would suit it well with pccb's and platinum alloys.

A thing of beauty

Blacks a poor seller and not many people want to look after the colour, it's a rare choice these days, it's ni on a dead duck on the Cayman R.
Not for me.

Cayman R has a totally different aesthetic.smaller, more compact, black is less suited.
I'm going to spec black on my gt3 and if its worth 10 k less come resale,( I'm assuming that's what you mean by 'poor seller' and 'dead duck') so be it. It looks the nuts

[Fokker]

Double gauche said:

Porsche911R said:

Fokker said:

My brother is going to spec a Touring I think. He's considering black which would suit it well with pccb's and platinum alloys.

A thing of beauty

Blacks a poor seller and not many people want to look after the colour, it's a rare choice these days, it's ni on a dead duck on the Cayman R.
Not for me.

Cayman R has a totally different aesthetic.smaller, more compact, black is less suited.
I'm going to spec black on my gt3 and if its worth 10 k less come resale,( I'm assuming that's what you mean by 'poor seller' and 'dead duck') so be it. It looks the nuts

I really wouldn't worry. Black on a gt3 has always been desirable. A black 997 gt3 is always in demand so will be the same for the 991

[Scott Parker]

Watching someone drive the manual GT3 at PEC. Been half hour on the low friction track and he’s managed 12 spins, 1 half drift, and 10 minutes standing still

[Digga]

Scott Parker said:

Watching someone drive the manual GT3 at PEC. Been half hour on the low friction track and he’s managed 12 spins, 1 half drift, and 10 minutes standing still

TBF, I confess I found that really difficult to get right. I could generally get the thing drifting, but always, somewhere from 180 to 270 degrees, some bit in the back of my brain would say "we must need to exit the bend now" and I'd either ease throttle or wind on a little more opposite lock, almost involuntarily. It's much, much harder than doing donuts!

[Double gauche]

Scott Parker said:

Watching someone drive the manual GT3 at PEC. Been half hour on the low friction track and he’s managed 12 spins, 1 half drift, and 10 minutes standing still

If i wasn't sat at my desk, i would say that was definitely me.
minus the half drift!!

[Scott Parker]

I was linking the 3 turns and then the top 2 corners and into the circle. I was in a PDK though, I was having more fun even though I was in the *boring* box though #justsaying

[Fokker]

PDK is great on track but bloody boring on the road unless you're really going for it...

[Cheib]

Digga said:

Scott Parker said:

Watching someone drive the manual GT3 at PEC. Been half hour on the low friction track and he’s managed 12 spins, 1 half drift, and 10 minutes standing still

TBF, I confess I found that really difficult to get right. I could generally get the thing drifting, but always, somewhere from 180 to 270 degrees, some bit in the back of my brain would say "we must need to exit the bend now" and I'd either ease throttle or wind on a little more opposite lock, almost involuntarily. It's much, much harder than doing donuts!

Has he put it on the grass yet ? When I was there a few months ago there was someone having an absolute shocker in a Macan on the Ice Hill....he went right off the track to the right onto the grass bank on the right a couple of times.

[Cheib]

Double gauche said:

Porsche911R said:

Fokker said:

My brother is going to spec a Touring I think. He's considering black which would suit it well with pccb's and platinum alloys.

A thing of beauty

Blacks a poor seller and not many people want to look after the colour, it's a rare choice these days, it's ni on a dead duck on the Cayman R.
Not for me.

Cayman R has a totally different aesthetic.smaller, more compact, black is less suited.
I'm going to spec black on my gt3 and if its worth 10 k less come resale,( I'm assuming that's what you mean by 'poor seller' and 'dead duck') so be it. It looks the nuts

I think it looks great in Black!

[Fokker]

Cheib said:

I think it looks great in Black!

One for my favourite colours for the GT3. It was a strong second to white.

[Scott Parker]

Ok so I was there today doing my drive day in a manual Carrera GTS............ Shock horror, I quite liked it ........still wouldn't spec it on a GT3 though

[v8ksn]

Scott Parker said:

Ok so I was there today doing my drive day in a manual Carrera GTS............ Shock horror, I quite liked it ........still wouldn't spec it on a GT3 though

Correct me if I am wrong but I think the GTS is a seven speed manual but the GT3 is a six speeder.

[Digga]

Cheib said:

Digga said:

Scott Parker said:

Watching someone drive the manual GT3 at PEC. Been half hour on the low friction track and he’s managed 12 spins, 1 half drift, and 10 minutes standing still

TBF, I confess I found that really difficult to get right. I could generally get the thing drifting, but always, somewhere from 180 to 270 degrees, some bit in the back of my brain would say "we must need to exit the bend now" and I'd either ease throttle or wind on a little more opposite lock, almost involuntarily. It's much, much harder than doing donuts!

Has he put it on the grass yet ? When I was there a few months ago there was someone having an absolute shocker in a Macan on the Ice Hill....he went right off the track to the right onto the grass bank on the right a couple of times.

Now even I never did that.

On the kick plate, I felt the GT3/RS the quickest and easiest to correct and control really.

[Fokker]

Digga said:

Now even I never did that.

On the kick plate, I felt the GT3/RS the quickest and easiest to correct and control really.

The kick plate can be a b*astard!

[Taffy66]

Digga said:

Now even I never did that.

On the kick plate, I felt the GT3/RS the quickest and easiest to correct and control really.

I agree with this totally..When i did my GT3 day at the PEC i found the kickplate easy in the gen 2 GT3..In fact it never caught me out once even with all the nannies off..I think this is more a reflection of the GT3s reaction speed rather than my quick reflexes..
However my instructor did comment on my reflexes, perhaps a welcome trait from being constantly nervous and on edge..

[Fokker]

Taffy66 said:

I agree with this totally..When i did my GT3 day at the PEC i found the kickplate easy in the gen 2 GT3..In fact it never caught me out once even with all the nannies off..I think this is more a reflection of the GT3s reaction speed rather than my quick reflexes..
However my instructor did comment on my reflexes, perhaps a welcome trait from being constantly nervous and on edge..

Quick reactions and handsome looks are a common combination... apparently!
I obviously have extremely quick reactions.

[Scott Parker]

v8ksn said:

Scott Parker said:

Ok so I was there today doing my drive day in a manual Carrera GTS............ Shock horror, I quite liked it ........still wouldn't spec it on a GT3 though

Correct me if I am wrong but I think the GTS is a seven speed manual but the GT3 is a six speeder.

Yep that's correct, the 7 speeder not six.

My 991.2 GT3 is PDK, My 991.2 GTS will be manual. Best of both I hope

[Taffy66]

Fokker said:

Quick reactions and handsome looks are a common combination... apparently!
I obviously have extremely quick reactions.

Lets not go there again..!.

[Fokker]

Taffy66 said:

Lets not go there again..!.

[smoores]

evodarren said:

Definately go manual San, but would you still keep the 997.2 RS

Would be very difficult. Would run both side by side and make a decision.