991 on new Fifth Gear tonight....

[991fan]

8pm on Discovery HD Sky 520.

Thats is all.

[Lordglenmorangie]

991fan said:

8pm on Discovery HD Sky 520.

Thats is all.

Which is great if you have Sky

[DJCeeJay]

Thanks for posting. Look forward to that. Plato is always a 911 nut. I did not even realise they are back on and have moved from channel five. They didn't get much promotion ?

[991fan]

Its been all over Discovery HD for a couple of weeks.

Shame its not on Five anymore, they're saying its exclusive to Discovery.

[Acf69]

Shame it has moved, 5th Gear is still a motoring programme, just like Top Gear used to be..

[anonymous-user]

Should it not now be renamed Discovery Gear?

[healntoe]

And it's an hour long.. Not like the poxy 30 mins (18 mins after ads)... Thanks for posting wouldn't have seen it otherwise...

[Carl_Docklands]

Looks like Tiff is doing the 991 test.

Riviera blue GT3 in the titles :>

[Carl_Docklands]

Its going up against the Gen2 GT3 in a shootout

1min 30.6 secs - GT3 (cup tyres)
1min 33 secs - 991S (manual)

Edited by Carl_Docklands on Monday 3rd September 20:06

[991fan]

Carl_Docklands said:

Its going up against the Gen2 GT3 in a shootout

1min 30.6 secs - GT3 (cup tyres)
1min 33 secs - 991S (manual)

Edited by Carl_Docklands on Monday 3rd September 20:06

and ceramics on the GT3.

[keep it lit]

Tiff... "911's just keep getting better & better.. "

[hugedouche]

Interesting that they choose the test the manual which will be such a small % of sales, pdk would have been faster too. Looked and sounded great, but that GT3...wow!

[healntoe]

991fan said:

Carl_Docklands said:

Its going up against the Gen2 GT3 in a shootout

1min 30.6 secs - GT3 (cup tyres)
1min 33 secs - 991S (manual)

Edited by Carl_Docklands on Monday 3rd September 20:06

and ceramics on the GT3.

Wow didnt expect it to be that close.... Wonder how much time the cups are worth... 1sec,2secs??

[JLJ]

Carl_Docklands said:

Its going up against the Gen2 GT3 in a shootout

1min 30.6 secs - GT3 (cup tyres)
1min 33 secs - 991S (manual)

Edited by Carl_Docklands on Monday 3rd September 20:06

Great, thanks for that! Saves me watching and enjoying it

[Carl_Docklands]

healntoe said:

991fan said:

Carl_Docklands said:

Its going up against the Gen2 GT3 in a shootout

1min 30.6 secs - GT3 (cup tyres)
1min 33 secs - 991S (manual)

Edited by Carl_Docklands on Monday 3rd September 20:06

and ceramics on the GT3.

Wow didnt expect it to be that close.... Wonder how much time the cups are worth... 1sec,2secs??

apparently not worth as much as an hour of track tuition from plato

tiff should get himself booked in sharpish.

[fioran0]

healntoe said:

Wonder how much time the cups are worth... 1sec,2secs??

if the 991 was on super sports, then nothing at all.

[Thom987]

Any idea when this is repeated?

[rosino]

When was the 911 test drive? Missed the first 10 mins and just saw the big truck, beetle and gt-r refuelling and had to go... Recorded it though... So tell me it's at the end... Please please please...

[healntoe]

rosino said:

When was the 911 test drive? Missed the first 10 mins and just saw the big truck, beetle and gt-r refuelling and had to go... Recorded it though... So tell me it's at the end... Please please please...

beginning ...

[Steve Rance]

991fan said:

and ceramics on the GT3.

Actually, ceramics won't make any difference to the lap time. They are no quicker than steels. Maybe a very small advantage (a tenth or so) if the car was fitted with slicks.

Over 2 seconds is a huge difference if there was tyre parity. It will be interesting to establish what tyres were fitted to the 991 although porsche tend to fit the stickiest tyres to press cars for obvious reasons. PDK would be worth a few tenths but over all there would still be a 2 second gap which is a very long time on a circuit. On the road, it really doesn't matter.

With a driver of average ability, the difference will be less I suspect as the 991's performance at the higher end of the envelope will be more accessible than the GT3's. Some drivers will love that and some won't. I think that this aspect (in reality more than the electric steering issue) is what will divide opinion on the 991.

I think that on balance, more will love it than hate it.