Aug 17, 2011 10:50:11 PM
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Carlos from Spain
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- Reply to: a928
Re: Ladies and gentlemen, the new 991...
a928:Well, what the press says is one thing, but I dont buy cars on what the press says. The press will probably say the 991 is the best car and so on..and certainly in many aspects it wil be the best 911 - for example when it comes to consumption - no doubt about that...whether it offers big gains in performance...I dont see them when I read the figures in the press.
But coming back to the press, the press also said the PDK was such a great thing...when I test drove the 997 S with PDK I was disappointed..disappointed like hell I can tell you. All this media hype for this thing..its nothing compared to the 458 gearbox.
Ah something that will keep me from buying a 991S - is the engine - I drove the 385hp engine...the 991S has 400..so under normal circumstances you wont be able to feel the difference. The 9A1 engine was another disappointment ..I asked myslelf where the 385hp are...compared to my GT3 it felt I was missing 50 or more hp. Overall the normal 997 will be the better daily car..sure...but I dont use my babys anway for daily drive..
Ah, I havent judged the electric steeringof the 991, as this you need to feel...but from BMW owners - who also own a Porsche - I know that the BMW electric steering is by far not so good as the Porsche 997, 987 etc steering..that we will have to see and feel..
Most of us here are knowledgeable enough to distinguish the media hype from media info, and take what we want from it,mainly data, not subjective impressions, thats what the test drives are for on the track and on the street. And some info about a car you cannot obtain yourself, such as the SA supertest. But then, I never said you should judge a car solely by what the press says, what I said was:
...pre-judgments and apocaliptic sentencing on chasis and engine aspects when the car hasn't even hit the automotive press for tests nor has anyone actually taken it for a test drive
So personally I won't venture a guess until I take one for a spin
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