Anyone for ‘T’

[Slippydiff]

GT3ZZZ said:

I've driven a few hundred miles in this one which resulted in me buying a T. It was Silverstone's demo but everyone enjoyed driving it so much they kept it far longer than usual, I think it had 11k miles last time I borrowed it.

Looks a stunning demo car.
Congratulations on your purchase, look forward to some updates, running reports and a review

[Designer Slave]

detee said:

Thank you for your advice. I bought the GT silver Perth car with 200 miles on. Full buckets and a nice alcantara multi function wheel. It has the dab as well. The spec was pretty much what I wanted, there is always a compromise if your not speccing yourself of course.

Cannot wait!

Fantastic! Multi function steering wheel gets a thumbs up too. Please post how you get on with it.

[Lungauer]

av185 said:

My wife's red 1k mile 18 plate T will shortly be for sale btw to make way for her new car pm me if interested. As new, not been used in the wet, dry use only in dry storage garage since end of last summer.

PM sent

[Designer Slave]

An excellent comparison between the 991.2 Carrera T vs 992.s. Worth watching just to hear the start up sound of the 992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO6IlaWTiNM

[Taffy66]

Designer Slave said:

An excellent comparison between the 991.2 Carrera T vs 992.s. Worth watching just to hear the start up sound of the 992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO6IlaWTiNM

Janko Lind is always good IMO. Interesting that despite feeling that RAS was a must have on the 991.2 he feels the 992 handles brilliantly without it..I was also a big fan of RAS on the 991.2 but went without it on my 992 as i thought the changes made to the steering rack would suffice.

[Cheib]

Designer Slave said:

An excellent comparison between the 991.2 Carrera T vs 992.s. Worth watching just to hear the start up sound of the 992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO6IlaWTiNM

That start up confirms what I heard when my OPC started one of their cars up before it had been PDI’d....it’s pretty quiet.

[RSVP911]

Designer Slave said:

An excellent comparison between the 991.2 Carrera T vs 992.s. Worth watching just to hear the start up sound of the 992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO6IlaWTiNM

Can't quite get over the sound on start up - that really is not good !

[pnin]

Everybody tells me to get a 992; yet my heart still goes to the T. Cant explain why.

[IREvans]

I like the quiter start up - surely a vociferous start up map is the domain of a Ferrari or Lamborghini....?

Cheib said:

That start up confirms what I heard when my OPC started one of their cars up before it had been PDI’d....it’s pretty quiet.

[IREvans]

I feel your dilemma. I had a T (basic spec with cloth and RWS) and absolutely loved it. Despite it being down on power compared to a 991.2 GTS, I much preferred it....and I'd agree that on paper, that makes no sense

pnin said:

Everybody tells me to get a 992; yet my heart still goes to the T. Cant explain why.

[ags11]

Janko definitely seemed to enjoy the T as much as the 992. They're very much the same but totally different. Either could mean the same thing to different buyers.

[Taffy66]

IREvans said:

IIRC your GTS was PDK and your T was a Manual..Could this be the reason you preferred the T.?
.I went down to my OPC this time last year intent on buying a T..As the only Manual they had was not fitted with RAS i testdrove a 981 Spyder instead and i bought it..I love my Spyder and i feel its a very long term keeper.
I've never owned any 911 where i feel could be long term keepers even my current 991.2 GT3.

[detee]

IREvans said:

I feel your dilemma. I had a T (basic spec with cloth and RWS) and absolutely loved it. Despite it being down on power compared to a 991.2 GTS, I much preferred it....and I'd agree that on paper, that makes no sense

pnin said:

Everybody tells me to get a 992; yet my heart still goes to the T. Cant explain why.

I have owned a manual GTS and recently a manual T. I agree totally with this, I loved my GTS I really did, but there is something about the T. It doesn't feel any slower, and who knows why.

I like the bucket seats a lot more, I have a much better position than the 18 way ones.

The narrow body is a real winner for me. I had a 993 and it reminds me of that for some reason.

All subjective of course, but that's why they make so many variants.

[av185]

IREvans said:

I feel your dilemma. I had a T (basic spec with cloth and RWS) and absolutely loved it. Despite it being down on power compared to a 991.2 GTS, I much preferred it....and I'd agree that on paper, that makes no sense

pnin said:

Everybody tells me to get a 992; yet my heart still goes to the T. Cant explain why.

Ive mentioned this before but the 'manuel' T in many ways including sound (with pse on 997.1) is very similar to the 997.1 Carrera S and in some ways more akin to the 997 GTS in terms of character.

There is certainly something about the T that well exceeds the sum of its parts.

[Tforme]

Using the How Many Left search there are 151 manual Ts in the U.K. and 86 with PDK. Rarer than a GT3...although not an R for sure.

Edited by Tforme on Monday 29th April 18:35

[Designer Slave]

Matches with the dealer allocations and presumably the factory shutdown kept the numbers down too?? Another reason to buy/keep a T.

[CarHabit]

This one looks like a great spec T
- Manual
- RWS
- T interior
- rear seats
- no sunroof
- nice extras

https://rpmtechnik.co.uk/sales/vehicle/991-carrera...

[av185]

Tforme said:

Using the How Many Left search there are 151 manual Ts in the U.K. and 86 with PDK. Rare than a GT3...although not an R for sure.

There are more subsections with the GT3 I.e. clubsport non clubsport far fewer 'manuels' than PDK S and GT3 touring also.

Comfort GT3s and bucket seated non clubsports are quite rare.

[WCZ]

CarHabit said:

This one looks like a great spec T
- Manual
- RWS
- T interior
- rear seats
- no sunroof
- nice extras

https://rpmtechnik.co.uk/sales/vehicle/991-carrera...

heaviest spec possible ?

[av185]

WCZ said:

CarHabit said:

This one looks like a great spec T
- Manual
- RWS
- T interior
- rear seats
- no sunroof
- nice extras

https://rpmtechnik.co.uk/sales/vehicle/991-carrera...

heaviest spec possible ?

Not really.

That would include sunroof, pdk etc.