Maybe you should re-read some of your posts.
As to "pressure from the wife": Just withstand it, even if it is tough. I had pressure from the wife to get the Panamera Turbo S instead of a Cayenne Turbo S. This car was supposed to be the family car and at some point, I firmly believed that a Panamera Turbo S certainly would be a good family car, four comfortable seats and a slightly usable luggage room. Big mistake. It wasn't a good family car and it wasn't a family 911 as I had hoped. Amazing product from Porsche, if someone is into sporty sedans but not really my thing. Wife apparently wanted the Panamera because one of her friends was driving one, bragging all the time about it. In Germany, the Panamera seems to be some sort of status symbol I wasn't quite aware of, wearing "Porsche goggles" and all and not really caring about status symbols, at least not intentionally. Going for the Cayenne Turbo S instead would have saved me tons of money and I would still drive it. Now I had to get rid of the Cayenne GTS because it didn't make sense to have two family SUV and the wife had this steadily increasing cabriolet craving I had to satisfy because sooner or later, we would have ended up with something I really don't want, like a BMW 3 series cab or something like that. My move to get rid of the Cayenne GTS and get a Boxster S instead as a daily driver was kind of a pre-emptive strike.
The GT3 RS is going to be an amazing product but don't expect it to be much much faster than the GT3. It is going to be faster and more "raw" from certain points of view but Porsche needs to keep a distance to the upcoming GT2 RS (or GT2...can't figure it out yet). It will be however very close to the 991 Turbo (performance-wise) and of course faster on the track. Not close to the 458 Speciale though I'm afraid (straight line). This is going to happen in a different price league (speaking of the GT2 RS/GT2 and all). Ferrari actually took a very blunt move with their new drifting driving mode in the Speciale. If it is as good as many say, this should be an amazing feature. I wonder why Porsche doesn't seem to offer various driving modes. Oh wait...wouldn't people accuse them of their cars not being "raw" anymore? Ferrari apparently can pull this off, Formula One and all but Porsche not? Doesn't make sense to me.
As to your Turbo S disappointment: I am only disappointed with the price tag. I expected 600 hp for this kind of money. Otherwise, the Turbo S is perfect in my opinion. Maybe a few kg less weight but since I have development insights some of you may not have, I have to say it again: Development cost was a major factor for the increased price tag and it was very difficult for the developers to actually convince the upper management that AWS should be a standard option in both, the Turbo and Turbo S. Also, the wider rear (necessary because of the AWS and the turbo engine), even wider than in the C4, was not planned at first and increased development cost further. Without AWS, the wider rear and the new PTM components, the new Turbo S is actually 25 kg lighter than the old one. So as you can see, Porsche did a lot of development work but when money limits your possibilities, well...
What would I have made different if development cost didn't matter that much?
1. New engine generation (or at least 600 hp on paper) with 0-100 kph performance in 2.7 seconds, 0-200 kph in 9.6 seconds and 0-300 kph in 28 seconds. I know this isn't far away from the real life test values but still, this is what I expected. Facelift should "fix" it.
2. 50 kg weight loss (incl. AWD, PTM and wider rear)
3. New interior (mainly the speedo cluster, time for digital instruments with changeable faces/themes)
4. More comfortable rear seats (slightly inclined position, more comfortable for the back and slightly lower for more head room)
5. In conjunction with new engine generation: Better exhaust sound, usage of non-VTG chargers for that purpose (apparently the VTG chargers are one of the issues to blame for the inadequate exhaust sound) but to be honest, the exhaust sound is one of the least things bothering me but for a former Ferraristi, the exhaust sound may not be satisfactory.
6. Slightly different LED light and especially daylight running lights design (Turbo/Turbo S LED lights should not look the same as on the Panamera and regular 911 models).
7. More adequate rim design, not a fan of the current Turbo S rims, not a fan of the Turbo rims and not a fan of the Classic rims. I love the GT3 rims though, so something similar would have been nice.
8. "Integrated" rear wing (similar to Panamera), not a fan of that huge rear wing thingie on the back.
I bet I could find a couple of (minor) things more but when development cost puts a lid to a project and if, of course, they are planning the facelift too at the same time, they cannot give customers everything they have (or can) from the start. I know this is no consolation for many but I wish Porsche would have gone a small step ahead after the price increase, so people actually have a good feeling paying that much money for the Turbo S. I love the car and I think it is the perfect car for me but of course it isn't perfect. Still would not want to drive anything else, not even the F12, believe it or not. The only car which could make me switch, if I had the money and social opportunity, is the Aventador. I can't help it, I just love this car.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Turbo S, Porsche Boxster S (981), BMW X3 35d (2013)