First drive with 997 C4S
I will give my first impressions with driving the 997 C4S.
I have never owned a P, but have, since Mai this year gone for numerous 'test ' drives, some on the track. So, my experience reflects only where I come from..
I went for a 1 and 1/2 hour drive on highway, country roads and went up and down twice a small mountain pass.
My very first impression was that the clutch is softer, that to start from standing still it doesn't need much pushing on the throttle and the release point of the clutch is very easy to find. I don't know if this might come from the small traction on the front wheels. On the C2S, I felt that one has to really pull the car away and that it is harder to have a clean start ( when no experience)
The second thought was: The journalists are liars!!! ( RC..I know what you were mentioning now
)
I could feel immediately the difference between the C2S and the C4S. The front is heavier and the steering also... not that it is a problem.
The C4S is a very relaxing car.... very easy to drive, isn't more like a ' normal' car , the C2S is more like a sports car.
At high speeds it is extremely confidence inspiring, specially on highway.
It does under steer more ( but not at all like the 996 C4S) and it is hard to make the back slip... too much grip, making it a little bit less 'fun'.
But...the speed on can go in fast corners is AMAZING !!! Once feels the car has endless grip and it could handle quite a lot more HP ( i did also miss some HP on the C2S )
I have not been able to make the back slip ( also not my car, open roads..) but I have once stopped with all 4 wheels...very soft, very easy to control.
It will be a great car for me to learn how to 'play' with a 911... but knowing I will also look forward for the more sporty feel of the C2S.
As mine will be -20mm with LSD it might be also different ..
To resume, I find the C4S a very easy and relaxing car compared to the C2S... so it is a little bit heavier on the steering wheel and in the front with some of the classic 4WD behaviour , less 'fun', yes, but I think one could well be able to go quite a bit faster around some corners with the C4S than the C2S.... and it is so easy and relaxing that one can have a drink, smoke a cigarette, talk on the phone at the same time
I have never owned a P, but have, since Mai this year gone for numerous 'test ' drives, some on the track. So, my experience reflects only where I come from..
I went for a 1 and 1/2 hour drive on highway, country roads and went up and down twice a small mountain pass.
My very first impression was that the clutch is softer, that to start from standing still it doesn't need much pushing on the throttle and the release point of the clutch is very easy to find. I don't know if this might come from the small traction on the front wheels. On the C2S, I felt that one has to really pull the car away and that it is harder to have a clean start ( when no experience)
The second thought was: The journalists are liars!!! ( RC..I know what you were mentioning now
)I could feel immediately the difference between the C2S and the C4S. The front is heavier and the steering also... not that it is a problem.
The C4S is a very relaxing car.... very easy to drive, isn't more like a ' normal' car , the C2S is more like a sports car.
At high speeds it is extremely confidence inspiring, specially on highway.
It does under steer more ( but not at all like the 996 C4S) and it is hard to make the back slip... too much grip, making it a little bit less 'fun'.
But...the speed on can go in fast corners is AMAZING !!! Once feels the car has endless grip and it could handle quite a lot more HP ( i did also miss some HP on the C2S )
I have not been able to make the back slip ( also not my car, open roads..) but I have once stopped with all 4 wheels...very soft, very easy to control.
It will be a great car for me to learn how to 'play' with a 911... but knowing I will also look forward for the more sporty feel of the C2S.
As mine will be -20mm with LSD it might be also different ..
To resume, I find the C4S a very easy and relaxing car compared to the C2S... so it is a little bit heavier on the steering wheel and in the front with some of the classic 4WD behaviour , less 'fun', yes, but I think one could well be able to go quite a bit faster around some corners with the C4S than the C2S.... and it is so easy and relaxing that one can have a drink, smoke a cigarette, talk on the phone at the same time
) I guarantee you! 
