9-ago-2008 14.42.51
9-ago-2008 14.57.48
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Porky Tokyo said:
Thanks for the write up! Nice snaps too! What did you think of the new alloys? I put my order in yesterday for a December delivery and went for the standard S wheels - was thinking of the sports design.....wife chose the Carrera S II...
Was the gear shift light any good? Where exactly is it in the dash?
Did you try a manual car too? I am getting the PDK just for the hell of it even though I am strictly a 6 speed man normally....
9-ago-2008 15.10.24
9-ago-2008 15.17.52
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dreamcar said:
Just a shame the weather was so bad, couldn't really extend the car, a couple of times I felt the rear breaking loose when I got too enthusiastic, didn't want to have to tell the garage that I'd parked their nice new car backwards at high speed into a field...
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reginos said:
Just allow me two questions:
1.What speeds were you doing to feel the rear losing traction? Was it at the level that PSM intervened?
2.How was it in the wet compared to the Boxster?
Thanks a lot.
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GR said:
So manual and short shift for me next time and Pounds2k better off.
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GR said:
Just had a similar demo and the controls are awful! I found the steering wheel controls uncomfortable and my hands started aching after about 20 minutes. Then, the central "gearlever" is totally counter intuitive. It really needs conventional paddles.
However, the gearbox is amazingly good and I'm sure you would get used to the controls over time. The thing for me is that the gearbox is too good, which takes the pleasure away from driving. For example, it can change up and especially down way faster than a human, it blips the throttle on the way down, it will nail the redline for you perfectly. It left me feeling a bit redundant and therefore robbed much of the pleasure from driving quickly and smoothly. And that's why I drive a Porsche, not to shave a few tenths of a lap time.
So manual and short shift for me next time and Pounds2k better off.
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reginos said:
Just allow me two questions:
1.What speeds were you doing to feel the rear losing traction? Was it at the level that PSM intervened?
2.How was it in the wet compared to the Boxster?
Thanks a lot.
1. Low speeds, exiting bends a couple of times had to catch the rear when applying a bit too much power in "sport plus" mode in first gear. Yes, the PSM caught it as much as opposite lock on my part. Admittedly it was very wet, the car had only done a few hundred miles so maybe the rears weren't fully scrubbbed in.
2. I'm more comfortable in the Boxster "in extremis" but I guess that's because I'm more used to it and of course the 997 has a lot more power to put down. The weather, combined with quite heavy holiday traffic meant I didn't get to reach any high speeds.
This car with the PDK 'box is definitely an amazing piece of kit very addictive. Now, if I can pursuade SWMBO that our money would be much better spent on a new 997 S PDK than our home extension...
Nicosia? We're in Cyprus in November....
9-ago-2008 18.33.14
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reginos said:
I gather that this and similar boxes are not supposed to be driven in manual all the time or even most of the time thus necessitating constant use of the selection interface.
You drive in D and overide the auto selection whenever it suits via buttons of lever.
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reginos said:
I gather that this and similar boxes are not supposed to be driven in manual all the time or even most of the time thus necessitating constant use of the selection interface.
You drive in D and overide the auto selection whenever it suits via buttons of lever.
I think Porsche have set it up heavily biased towards a tiptronic replacement because its behaviour mimics an automatic and the controls do not encourage manual use. But the technology is more than good enough for manual only or a predominantly manual application. And that ought to be available on what is still first and foremost a sports car
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dr.j said:
DC, thanks very much for the review and shots! I guess the weather didn't allow for any top-down driving, but how would you compare the exhaust note of the 997.2 to your 987S PSE?
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dreamcar said:
Went to my mother-in-law last weekend with the Boxey and the highlight of the trip was blasting through the 1/4 mile long Southwick tunnel, on the A27 between Worthing and Brighton, top down, and the sound was really incredible and deafening.
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mex99 said:
I'll take you for a spin in mine if that helps further wet your appetite - it really is stunning!!
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mex99 said:
Thx - I love the colour; its just a bit different but not to loud....someone at work today told me that they didn't like my maroon car - I said that was OK and that when they buy theirs they can order a colour they prefer!!!
When are we going to get a UK meet organised????