997 GTS help
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krallicious

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4,312 posts

235 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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Good afternoon,

I have been looking for my first Porsche for the past couple of weeks and think that I have found the (almost) perfect spec. It's Carraraweiß with the following options:

19 inch RS Spyder wheels
Adaptive Sportseats with driver memory
BOSE® Surround Sound-System including CD-player
Dynamic headlights
Sunroof
Fire extinguisher
Mats
90 l tank
Navigation
PASM (-20mm) with LSD
Park Assistent (hinten)
Tyre pressure system
Short shift
Heated seats
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Sport Chrono Paket Plus
Telefon module
Tempostat
USB/ipob connection
Dials in carraraweiß.

Now I am curious if a couple of options can be retro-fitted such as auto dipping mirrors and a CD player. Is there also the possiblity of fitting a roof rack for those occasions when I need more space? Also, do the adaptive sports seats adjust for lumber and side support?

How does the GTS compare to a Gen 2 GT3? I have stopped lookng at GT3s as it would only be my only car and having the use of two rear seats wold be very useful but I cannot help feeling I may regret not getting a GT3. Unfortunatly running two cars is not possible now but having said that, it's not a bad problem to have I guess.

Thanks,

Pete


krallicious

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Monday 26th November 2012
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Shadow62

1,083 posts

240 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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Massive GTS thread on here is worth reading. Started by JP.

CD player should be standard?

Car Mad Dave

265 posts

206 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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I've run a GTS 4 for 12 months and its a great car as a daily driver. Roof transport system (roof bars to you and me) can be had from an OPC (expensive) or occasionally on ebay s/h. You add roof box/bike or ski rack. I have the latter and its fine. As said, read the massive GTS thread. R, CMD

krallicious

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Monday 26th November 2012
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I had a read through but have not found any information regarding the retrofitting of the CD changer and auto dipping mirrors.

After a long chat with my brother I'm still thinking about GT3s but running one as an only car in a place that generally gets quite a bit of snow is just silly right? I do a few 'ring trips and a few trackdays year too and a GT3 is the childhood dream car but as the OH said, there is planty of time to scratch that itch.

Helicopter123

8,831 posts

186 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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GT3 is epic but needs dedication and commitment as a daily IMO.

It can be done...but roof bars...

krallicious

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Monday 26th November 2012
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Helicopter123 said:
It can be done...but roof bars...
Skiing....

SFO

5,190 posts

213 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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krallicious said:
After a long chat with my brother I'm still thinking about GT3s but running one as an only car in a place that generally gets quite a bit of snow is just silly right? I do a few 'ring trips and a few trackdays year too and a GT3 is the childhood dream car but as the OH said, there is planty of time to scratch that itch.
get winter tyres ...


Mermaid

21,492 posts

201 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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PASM (-20mm) with LSD

Nice option to have, or is this a 4GTS?

krallicious

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Monday 26th November 2012
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Mermaid said:
PASM (-20mm) with LSD

Nice option to have, or is this a 4GTS?
Exactly what I thought. It's a '2' GTS.

krallicious

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Monday 26th November 2012
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SFO said:
get winter tyres ...
Been running them for the past few years so they will be on the shopping list regardless of which Porsche is bought.

J-P

4,422 posts

236 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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As Shadow62 mentioned - the car should come with CD player as standard?

Not sure about retrofit of the auto dip - OPC should be able to answer pretty quickly though.