Anyone for ‘T’
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FrankCayman said:
Lovely car, Rob. Chester have a yellow manual for £90k. Quite tempted to be honest....
Thanks, that’s kind. The Chester car looks very nice and has an attractive spec. I won’t pretend mine is like a Caterham but I can genuinely say in all honesty that it is my favourite Porsche to date that I have owned and that I prefer it to my 997GTS that it replaced.
There is just a feeling of “more than the sum of its parts” which other owners in here all seem to share. The only two pals I let drive it both went straight out and bought one too!
Am now 4200 miles in... what I particularly like is being able to enjoy it without the fear of consequences - it’s not a GT car appreciating like a Faberge egg, it gets used, I have fun. Win win!
rob.kellock said:
Thanks, that’s kind. The Chester car looks very nice and has an attractive spec.
I won’t pretend mine is like a Caterham but I can genuinely say in all honesty that it is my favourite Porsche to date that I have owned and that I prefer it to my 997GTS that it replaced.
There is just a feeling of “more than the sum of its parts” which other owners in here all seem to share. The only two pals I let drive it both went straight out and bought one too!
Am now 4200 miles in... what I particularly like is being able to enjoy it without the fear of consequences - it’s not a GT car appreciating like a Faberge egg, it gets used, I have fun. Win win!
As one of the aforesaidmentioned pals I concur 100% with rob, its a wonderful piece of kit and probably the best porsche i've had to date......and there's been one or two ! I won’t pretend mine is like a Caterham but I can genuinely say in all honesty that it is my favourite Porsche to date that I have owned and that I prefer it to my 997GTS that it replaced.
There is just a feeling of “more than the sum of its parts” which other owners in here all seem to share. The only two pals I let drive it both went straight out and bought one too!
Am now 4200 miles in... what I particularly like is being able to enjoy it without the fear of consequences - it’s not a GT car appreciating like a Faberge egg, it gets used, I have fun. Win win!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxgeDXgjiMw
Nick Murray's latest review of the T. He say's it's the most fun 911 out of the turbo range to drive and who would argue with that... S and GTS owners probably!
Nick Murray's latest review of the T. He say's it's the most fun 911 out of the turbo range to drive and who would argue with that... S and GTS owners probably!
CocoUK said:
Porsche911R said:
SidewaysSi said:
Appreciate you love your car and love can be blind but directness of a Caterham? Really?
LolDon't get me wrong, I really like the T but to compare it to a Caterham is a little daft. Next we will be saying it has better steering than an Elise S1...
Great to see people use and enjoy their new 911s but think we need to temper some fantasy
v8ksn said:
Subjective reviews of the car need to be put in context. Some owners have changed from a 997 S to a 991T, another changed from a 997 GT3 to a 991T.
I fear both would give a very different reviews.
like they drive like a " Caterham " lol....I fear both would give a very different reviews.
loving PH atm every day is a lol moment.
Can sort of understand where he’s coming from .
Had two caterhams and they really are great involving drivers cars but have there limitations and visibility issues for other road users seeing you .
Had my T for 3 months now having traded in my Gt4 and I’m loving it .
Better than the Gt4 in every way . Find myself wanting to drive it .
Gt4 not so I left it in the garage as it gave me a bad back . Previous car to this was 997.1 turbo manual which the T feels quicker .
Had two caterhams and they really are great involving drivers cars but have there limitations and visibility issues for other road users seeing you .
Had my T for 3 months now having traded in my Gt4 and I’m loving it .
Better than the Gt4 in every way . Find myself wanting to drive it .
Gt4 not so I left it in the garage as it gave me a bad back . Previous car to this was 997.1 turbo manual which the T feels quicker .
cslwtfatboy said:
Better than the Gt4 in every way . Find myself wanting to drive it .
Gt4 not so I left it in the garage as it gave me a bad back .
That has every thing to do with the seats and nothing to do with a Gt4 esp as most people went for the fixed back buckets in the T anyway !Gt4 not so I left it in the garage as it gave me a bad back .
rgbower said:
Anyone happen to know how many T’s were delivered in the uk??
I’m collecting mine in 3 weeks ... first porsche ... very exciting !!
Exciting stuff, I'm hoping you'll love it. Great choice for first Porsche I’m collecting mine in 3 weeks ... first porsche ... very exciting !!
Not sure how you find out about how many are in UK - there are 68 listed on 'howmanyleft.co.uk' but if they've not got 'Carrera T' on the V5 they won't show on there, so it's not reliable. There are 21 in the OPC network but most will be already registered. From reading on here I'd gues around 2-4 for each OPC so maybe as many as 200+
I am happy to see a few about and have met up with 3-4 North west owners already via Porsche Club GB and Tipec. Keep posting when it comes, with photos of course.
There's a UK facebook owners group. If you're on FB and pm me here with your profile, I can add you.
Beaver said:
sounds about right.anyone know how much Porsche would charge for the thinner glass if you wanted to put it on your standard 911? would be easy to remove the rear seats/stereo and sound deadening to do a 't' conversion yourself
WCZ said:
sounds about right.
anyone know how much Porsche would charge for the thinner glass if you wanted to put it on your standard 911? would be easy to remove the rear seats/stereo and sound deadening to do a 't' conversion yourself
I read this somewhere and was shocked...was thinking about this for my GT3. I was so shocked I didn't even consider it and have forgotten how much it was! anyone know how much Porsche would charge for the thinner glass if you wanted to put it on your standard 911? would be easy to remove the rear seats/stereo and sound deadening to do a 't' conversion yourself
v8ksn said:
Subjective reviews of the car need to be put in context. Some owners have changed from a 997 S to a 991T, another changed from a 997 GT3 to a 991T.
I fear both would give a very different reviews.
I was tempted to change to a Carrera T from my 997.1GT3. It was a lovely light blue ay Colchester OPC. £100K at the time. Would have had to put in another 25-30K. Im sure I would have loved a TI fear both would give a very different reviews.
evodarren said:
I was tempted to change to a Carrera T from my 997.1GT3. It was a lovely light blue ay Colchester OPC. £100K at the time. Would have had to put in another 25-30K. Im sure I would have loved a T
you could just buy an ordinary used carrera with a couple of thousand miles on it and save £23,000 from the used premium you'd pay on a Thttps://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
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