Hi all. I recently bought a 997S, after driving an M3 for 3 years. I've owned a 986 and a 986S in the past as well, but this has never happened before...

I've got 6000km on the car now and on two occasions, once a few months a go and once on the weekend, I decided to let it go from a standing stop. I was in sport mode, revved the engine to about 4000rpm and let the clutch out. I didn't side-step the clutch but I was aggressive.. the engine revved up to about 6000 but the car did not respond in kind. Instead for the next half hour it smelled like burnt clutch. There was no wheel spin, and poor acceleration. The car performs very well under 'normal' aggressive driving.

Is there a control to limit wheel spin in an aggressive launch or is there a possible defect with the clutch? No other sports car I've ever driven has done this.

Thanks.