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Targa Tim said:
I seriously doubt that any of us here has the skill to extract the full potential of a GT2, or even a TT or GT3. They are all great cars for someone that can afford them as toys, it does not really matter which one is more hardcore or faster.
That's a weird statement coming from someone that owns BMW's & Porsche's.....
You don't have to be at any cars maximum speed to really enjoy the very best it has to offer. When sports car clueless people ask me - "Nice car but when do you open it up?" My response is always the same - "Everytime I hit the gas pedal to the floor". Although I've been at 165mph in my CS, I don't need to be doing 185mph to enjoy a car capable of 193mph, it could be the feeling of going 0-60 or 40 to 75. It could be the turn you take at 65mph that you couldn't safely take at 35mph in a lesser car that makes Porsche's/Ferrari's so much fun. But it's not just about acceleration or turning it could even be the turn I make because I was able to slow down so quickly or even the accident I may have avoided because the brakes are so good. They're not just "toys" and if you're driving them as such that's too bad if you don't drive your Porsche different than you would a Honda Accord than that's a waste.
I like to go fast. one of the greatest things about cars like the GT3 or the Turbo, GT3 is you can go fast but at that speed they are much safer then lesser cars because they are designed for it. So it's not just about using every bit the cars is capable of it's also about having a high performance car that makes you better at whatever your own personal limits of speed/safety are.
You don't have to be a driver that can "extract the full potential of a GT2, or even a TT or GT3" to enjoy them and enjoy them for their differences. That's like saying if you can't play tennis like Nadel there's no sense of having an excellent tennis racket and you may as well be wearing cowboy boots on the court because you're not going to extract everything from those Nike's or if you can't ride Motocross like Jeremy McGrath you're not going to get any use from a High performance dirt bike. There are only a hand-ful of people in the world that could "extract the full potential" of cars like those on a race-track but guess what the feel that those cars you mention give can be appreciated by anyone w/ nominal skills & common sense. You think they're only good as "toy's"? Speak fer yourslf friend. So there. LoL!
All the above not really meant to sound serious so please don't take it as such it was just bottled up from having to answer silly questions from people outside this forum