When is a 911 not a 911?
Discussion
Steve Rance said:
When you have to drive it like a mid engined car, it’s not a 911
That's actually a really good point.Driving a 911 has always been an experience.
For example, I drove a 997 gt3 on the track and while it was more 'comfortable' and faster than my 3.2 carrera, it definatley had the same genes, you had to transfer weight to kill understeer, or to get rear traction to really fire out of a corner. drivie it wrong and they become a poor handling, understeery donkey.
I like that it took some time to really learn the car and that to me is a 911.
But I also like that my cars model number is 911.
Edited by Gary C on Sunday 7th January 10:38
The response was predicatable!
Carrera was used in the mid 1950,s for race cars,shame marketing did not keep the name for special,lightweight race cars only.
The 911badge today is just a marketing tool,look at the r,most fall for it,great cars they are and hopefully i will get to know what the next gt3rs will be like,but the dilema for me will still be do i take the 1973 car out or a more modern version porsche on a nice early road run.
Carrera was used in the mid 1950,s for race cars,shame marketing did not keep the name for special,lightweight race cars only.
The 911badge today is just a marketing tool,look at the r,most fall for it,great cars they are and hopefully i will get to know what the next gt3rs will be like,but the dilema for me will still be do i take the 1973 car out or a more modern version porsche on a nice early road run.
Yellow491 said:
The response was predicatable!
Carrera was used in the mid 1950,s for race cars,shame marketing did not keep the name for special,lightweight race cars only.
The 911badge today is just a marketing tool,look at the r,most fall for it,great cars they are and hopefully i will get to know what the next gt3rs will be like,but the dilema for me will still be do i take the 1973 car out or a more modern version porsche on a nice early road run.
Oh I'm so sorry your lordship.Carrera was used in the mid 1950,s for race cars,shame marketing did not keep the name for special,lightweight race cars only.
The 911badge today is just a marketing tool,look at the r,most fall for it,great cars they are and hopefully i will get to know what the next gt3rs will be like,but the dilema for me will still be do i take the 1973 car out or a more modern version porsche on a nice early road run.
I will immediately remove the carrera name from any of my cars documentation
browngt3 said:
EGTE said:
craigjm said:
My god this is like stepping into the Jaguar forum and hearing the old fossils say the the XJ isn’t an XJ for various rediculous reasons. The most hilarious I heard was that the series 2 was the last XJ as it’s the last one to have the eye of William Lyons cast over it. Lets apply that logic.... which 911 was the last one to have Ferdinand involvement? 
The simple answer is, if the manufacturer calls it a 911 it’s a 911. Any talk of “the last one was the 964” or whatever just makes you sound like the last person people would want to stand next to at a drinks party.
So true. This is just the Illuminati out in force and it's very, very tedious. The simple answer is, if the manufacturer calls it a 911 it’s a 911. Any talk of “the last one was the 964” or whatever just makes you sound like the last person people would want to stand next to at a drinks party. Yellow491 said:
The response was predicatable!
Carrera was used in the mid 1950,s for race cars,shame marketing did not keep the name for special,lightweight race cars only.
The 911badge today is just a marketing tool,look at the r,most fall for it,great cars they are and hopefully i will get to know what the next gt3rs will be like,but the dilema for me will still be do i take the 1973 car out or a more modern version porsche on a nice early road run.
Just for you: https://www.illuminatiofficial.orgCarrera was used in the mid 1950,s for race cars,shame marketing did not keep the name for special,lightweight race cars only.
The 911badge today is just a marketing tool,look at the r,most fall for it,great cars they are and hopefully i will get to know what the next gt3rs will be like,but the dilema for me will still be do i take the 1973 car out or a more modern version porsche on a nice early road run.
I have never worried about this discussion. The 911 has evolved hugely since the first cars and of course my current car has little resemblance to the old 911S of my youth.
So what? Most Porsches are still around and if you want a 911S compared to a new 991GT3, go for it. For me, the continual change has been fascinating. Personally they are still all 911s. Not interested in being frozen in time. Respect that others prefer old cars
Hung onto a 7.1RS from new as it’s nice to keep a manual. I suppose that’s not a real 911 either for many. Fair enough.
So what? Most Porsches are still around and if you want a 911S compared to a new 991GT3, go for it. For me, the continual change has been fascinating. Personally they are still all 911s. Not interested in being frozen in time. Respect that others prefer old cars
Hung onto a 7.1RS from new as it’s nice to keep a manual. I suppose that’s not a real 911 either for many. Fair enough.
RDMcG said:
I have never worried about this discussion. The 911 has evolved hugely since the first cars and of course my current car has little resemblance to the old 911S of my youth.
So what? Most Porsches are still around and if you want a 911S compared to a new 991GT3, go for it. For me, the continual change has been fascinating. Personally they are still all 911s. Not interested in being frozen in time. Respect that others prefer old cars
Hung onto a 7.1RS from new as it’s nice to keep a manual. I suppose that’s not a real 911 either for many. Fair enough.
+1So what? Most Porsches are still around and if you want a 911S compared to a new 991GT3, go for it. For me, the continual change has been fascinating. Personally they are still all 911s. Not interested in being frozen in time. Respect that others prefer old cars
Hung onto a 7.1RS from new as it’s nice to keep a manual. I suppose that’s not a real 911 either for many. Fair enough.
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