No Cups on my GT3

[DMC2]

When to see my GT3 before I take delivery on Saturday and noticed it didn't have Cups on it, I've been told that they specify a sports tyre but not that they will be Cups.

As far as I am concerned the car should have Cup tyres, especially since the Millbrook cars all have them.

What does everybody think?

[Merritt]

The car can be supplied with either tyre.. You will get through them pretty quicky whatever so it won't be much of an issue past 4000 miles!

Steve

[Geneve]

Both the new 'N' spec 19" Cup and Corsa tyres were specifically developed in association with Porsche for the 997GT3.

The Cups were available very early in the development programme and the Corsas were approved later in 2006. I would imagine that the tyres have similar characteristics, but differing qualities.

Be interesting to know the pros and cons of each, but tyres are such a subjective issue, with so many areas of judgement, that it is probably impossible to say whether one is better than the other.

[anglebox10]

I'd definately try not to let that spoil the experience you've got coming up on Saturday. I'm sure they haven't been thrown on willy nilly - who knows they might even be a better tyre !!

[vr6time]

Porsche would not put all their eggs in one basket and rely on Michelin tyres only. What if Michelin decided to stop producing or suffered a problem in manufacture, Porsche would be held to providing tyres that cant be sourced.

Corsa or Cups, either tyre is high spec and will do the job required of it. Just because the Milbrook cars are fitted with them doesn't mean all GT3s will be suplied with em.

[flow99]

My OPC advised that GT3 would come with either cups or corsas, but they wouldn't know which tyre and weren't able to specify a preference. They have offered to swap tyres at the dealership if specifically wanted the option not fitted. So why not ask for them to change?

Otherwise in a few thousand miles you will probably be needed new tyres anyway.

[DMC2]

Cheers for the replies. I was just curious why the different tyre. Especially when the OPC first of all thought they were the cups and then didn't have an answer why they weren't on the car!

[flow99]

Regardless of the tyres, just have fun on Saturday and enjoy the GT3.
I have another couple of months to wait for mine, and counting down the days.

[johnny senna]

I wouldn't let it bother me. During my ownership of the car I would end up trying both Cup and Corsa anyway. I have the full-on track-spec Corsas on my 993 RS (it will be a different design to the brand new 997 GT3 tyre though) and I like them.