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davew (cincy) said:
Fanch,
Can you tell us more about the GT2 you mentioned? was it really comparably priced to the 997S? Was it in good condition? Did you drive it much, and can you give a comparison? You really caught my attention there.
It was a couple of years ago, a mk1 GT2.
It evolves in another league altogether, even from the Turbo. I wouldn't go as far as saying that it is a dangerous car but certainly one that demands proper driving skills and respect.
You have to be focused at all time, listening to what the chassis tells you. Everything is tighter, the controls are sharper and the power is just ridiculous.
Price wise, my car is 130000 Euros and for that price, in Europe at least, you can find a fair amount of GT2 on the second hand market in very good conditions.
Given the choice today, withing that kind of car, I'd rather go for a GT3, the dynamics of the GT2 are on the scary side of things, especially when the turbo come on in a bend!
To extract the essence of a GT2 demands driving skills I do not have... yet!
I mean proper driving of course, driving it at speed limits in town or on the motorway, that, even my grandma could do, although the clutch pedal is a bit heavy.
Hope it helped.
I did not drive the car on the track unfortunately, but only on mountain country roads.
Oh and the brake pedal was much more sensitive than my PCCB mk2 (The GT2 had the mk1) but also very noisy, which is usually a characteristic of racing pads.