CARRERA 3.8 4S convertible

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Some Dutch guy challenged me yesterday...unfortunately he lost ..he flashed me and we had a chat asking me what my car is and was very surprised ..Got to say it was a nice very expensive car.There was not much in it speed wise ..

How fast is the Carrera 3.8 4s convertible ?

[Jammy Dodger]

That's not a bad scalp Daz -

IIRC 385bhp, +/- 1600kgs, 0-60 just sub 5 seconds, 180 or so top. That car was the natural progression from my RS60 spyder, but the fact that Porsche's line up (excepting GT/turbos) are all more or less the same bhp/tonne put me off, hence I got TVR

ETA - actually, looking at those figures, no wonder you beat him, power to weight, although upwards of 100 or so he'd have slaughtered you.

That's where Porsche have gone of the rails - power to weight has barely changed since the 80's. It's a real shame, I love em, but they ain't that quick anymore

Edited by Jammy Dodger on Friday 12th August 21:58

[SILICONEKID340HP]

You should of seen the guys face ,it went from a smirk at the lights to a very red almost lobster in colour..i was chuffed to bits when he was asking questions about my 7k car..Being Dutch i don`t think he had even seen a TVR.. his car looked quality .

Edited by SILICONEKID340HP on Friday 12th August 21:57

[dog man]

I got flashed at by a pretty new 911 on the M11 at 3am a few weeks ago. I had a boot full of gear (used the Chimaera for a gig lol) so didnt take him on but we did blast along for a while. Dont think he was flooring it but he didnt exactly dissapear either.

[jsr]

A few years ago, a 996 C4S thad a go against my Chimaera 400. Acceleration from about 20mph up to about 70 was identical. It was only when we approached a corner did the porsche really prove its worth. It could carry so much more speed than the TVR. Was impressed, but still glad to be in the Chimaera