My Meteorgray 997.2S
Just wanted to share some pictures of my 997.2 with PDK that I've had for some months now. Previously I owned a 997.1 in flat black with some sporty options, including PCCB, short-shifter, PSE, -20mm chassie, and a bunch of more stuff. Posted pictures here a couple of years ago, but that was way back so they're proably long gone
This new car is in Meteorgrey with the following options; PDK, Sport Exhaust, LSD, Sport Chrono (absolutely must with a PDK-equipped car!), Carrera Classic Wheels and Carrera S badge painted in Meteor grey, BOSE, Nav, Full Leather, Sport Seats, Mediainterface (what a great thing to have, really missed this one in my 997.1), Dynamic cornering lights (they're cool at night when swiveling and they also look more modern with the doubble lenses), plus some more not that important options...
Compared to my old car, this is really refined in every department and I'm absolutely stunned by the PDK-gearbox. I'm probably one of the few in here who really love the buttons and would not want to change it out for paddles. I think it is perfectly intuitive gearing up by pushing and down by pulling. My normal procedure when starting the car is to put it in sport-plus and run it in manual-mode. The gearshifts are really fantastic. And to be honest, I will NEVER move back to stick-shift. Period!
I've never been a track-guy so the PCCB's were a bit unnecessary for me on my old car. To be honest, the only downside is the added brake-dust, but it's not that visible on the grey wheels anyway ... It is also very nice to get rid of the awkward squeeky noice the PCCBs produced when breaking. What I've also noticed is that it seems like the steel-breaks perform better on normal driving and that the stopping distance is shorter!! ... but this might just be a illusion, I don't know... anyhow, I'm very pleased with the steel brakes.
Regarding the sport-chassie that I had on my old car I must admit that I preffer the PASM-system and its so nice being able to choose a softer damper-setting. In sport mode it's absolutely fantastic. The car also feels much more planted and not nervous at all like my old car was when driving fast. I have a lot more confidence in this car compared to my old one. And the LSD is just as good and in my opinion a must have on the 2S to give it that extra sporty feeling when giving it a rip in the corners.
Finally, PSE! The sound is a disappointment compared with my old car. My old car with the "always-on-mod" was very loud and I really liked that sound produced by the non-DFI-engines... The design of the PSE-pipes on the .2 is great and a design that I thought was very busy when I first saw it is now something I prefer and they look very cool in the flesh. The sound is way better than the original DFI non-PSE, but I would have liked something more similar to my old car... My neighbours are glad however
Really like the outcome of the painted wheels also, think it suits the car well and makes it a bit more agressive
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Current: 997.2 C2S Meteorgrey/Black - PDK, PSE, LSD, SportChrono, Nav, Bose, etc.
Sold: 997C2S Black/Black - PSE, Adaptives, PCCB, -20mm/LSD, Short-shifter, SportChrono, Nav, BOSE, etc.