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I think the real question is how the F@*! do you folks over there get out of your parking places???? With a curb and tree behind, looks like you have to wait for the guy ahead of you to leave?
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau
Oct 10, 2011 1:45:33 PM
Rossi:
ISUK:
Aqua Blue
Still don't like the way the DRL look. Other than that, very nice car.
Agree with you Rossi.I don't like the DRL look as well......Hope they will fix that on the first facelift 
2008 Range Rover Sport Supercharged
2007 997 GT3
2006 Mercedes G500
1993 964 Turbo (Sold)
Oct 10, 2011 6:26:24 PM
Oct 11, 2011 4:58:33 PM
Oct 11, 2011 8:06:45 PM
Atzporsche:
I am the only one wondering how he will get out
He's got 6 inches in front - he'll get out , eventually, with just a simple 1 -fingered twirling back and forth of the steering wheel.
But try this in a pre -1990 model year 911, when no 911s had power steering !
Today's younger drivers have no experience of witnessing some drivers with clenched teeth and turning red -faced from straining , just parallel parking , when most sports cars had no power steering for their heavy wide tires . That was just 20+ ys ago, less for Ferrari.
Oct 11, 2011 8:23:10 PM
Atzporsche:
I am the only one wondering how he will get out
The driver should have thought of that when he parked there and left himself more room behind the rear wheels; there was obviously more free space at the front of the car when he reversed into the gap. 
fritz
MKW:
Today's younger drivers have no experience of witnessing some drivers with clenched teeth and turning red -faced from straining , just parallel parking , when most sports cars had no power steering for their heavy wide tires . That was just 20+ ys ago, less for Ferrari.
That is very true. Try low speed manouevering a Dino which some silly owner has fitted the optional wider Campagnolo alloys to 
I just read the article about the test ride an Automobile journalist had in the 991 with Walter Roehrl. Very good read, I suggest it!
One thing that stood out to me, when they asked Roehrl to slide the car, he tried a few times and he couldn't slide it. Then he adjusted his driving style, and got a nice smooth slide. He said he was very surprised though, he thought it would've been a lot easier to slide. August Alcheitner said the 991 is focused on performing, and not showing off. He said when you push it to the limit the 991 will show no drama, and will do exactly what you want it to. When you turn it in, the car will stay focused on the apex, and won't understeer, or step out of line into a slide. It will only slide if you really try for it.
Also, all of the optional performance equipment was mentioned. Alcheitner and Roehrl both agreed that these are all just options for owners who will regularly push their cars to the limit, and that the basic no frills 911 Carrera will satisfy the needs of most drivers, no doubt.
Another interesting thing was that Alcheitner and Roehrl both said the 991 felt much lighter to drive than the 997, and the journalist also said it felt lighter from the passenger seat. BTW, the weight difference is between 65-100 lbs depending on specification.
Oct 11, 2011 11:08:24 PM
Oct 12, 2011 12:11:24 AM
ISUK:
MKW:
Today's younger drivers have no experience of witnessing some drivers with clenched teeth and turning red -faced from straining , just parallel parking , when most sports cars had no power steering for their heavy wide tires . That was just 20+ ys ago, less for Ferrari.
That is very true. Try low speed manouevering a Dino which some silly owner has fitted the optional wider Campagnolo alloys to
Oct 12, 2011 11:28:28 AM
bigantballs:
yellow.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6172819246_e594433d9d_b.jpg
@ Enma & Gilmour - I know that end of cycle would be most likely, but I can remember RC saying that the 991 GTS could well be launched earlier than the 997 was...
I was just wondering if there was any confirmation as yet? 
"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."
John H:
@ Enma & Gilmour - I know that end of cycle would be most likely, but I can remember RC saying that the 991 GTS could well be launched earlier than the 997 was...
I was just wondering if there was any confirmation as yet?
Platinum Silver in the wild. Small confession - I switched my order from Carrara White to Platinum Silver with Carrera Red leather on Saturday 
I looked out my window at my three white cars and decided a 4th was one too many and I needed a change so went over to my dealer and saw a Boxster S in Platinum and was able to put the red leather samples against it. No going back now as I think the order is locked.
Oct 12, 2011 5:18:14 PM
Sexy, classic Porsche color!
It also has debadged rear.. I think Porsche will make a lot of customers practice removing a badge.. all part of falling in love i guess.
indeed shifting is ancient technology - so is a fuel burning engine.. I happen to like both :)
ISUK:
Platinum Silver in the wild. Small confession - I switched my order from Carrara White to Platinum Silver with Carrera
Why not GT Silver? To my eyes its more Porsche colour that the Platinum.
Nevertheless, for me any Silver is the colour for Porsche and Mercedes 
"Form follows function"
reginos:
Why not GT Silver? To my eyes its more Porsche colour that the Platinum.
Nevertheless, for me any Silver is the colour for Porsche and Mercedes
It's simply not worth over twice the cost IMHO reginos. They had a GT silver 997 in the showroom and a platinum silver Boxster and it's very hard to tell the difference under certain lighting conditions.
Sometimes, from a certain angle, the new 911 looks like a Cayman to me, as in ISUK's 2nd pic of the 911 in Platinum Silver (see above). I guess there's nothing wrong with that but I'm pretty sure I liked it better when a 911 looked like a 911 and not so much like the Cayman. I'm thinking it's the new headlights and the new lower roof line?
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau
I'm pretty conflicted between silver & black....to me, nothing looks better than black at night. Even though dirt & swirls are highlighted during the day + its a pain in the ass to keep well polished, I love black cars, always have, and was pretty sure my 991 would be black but after seeing the platinum pics above....hmmm silver is indeed a classic choice
Platinum Silver in the wild. Small confession - I switched my order from Carrara White to Platinum Silver with Carrera Red leather on Saturday
On Sunday, I saw a platinum Silver Panamera Diesel and liked it very much. Expresso leather may be another nice compliment to platinum silver. 
ONUR
11 M3 Coupe AW 
09 Audi TTS Coupe - 07 997 Carrera S - 05 M3 Coupe - 03 M3 Coupe - 96 M3 Coupe EVO (PASS TIME HISTORY)
Oct 12, 2011 8:35:56 PM
I think Platinum Silver with Carrera Red will look superb .... stunning choice Iain ...
I also think Platinum Silver with Espresso will look wonderful too :)
997.1 C2S GT Silver/Cocoa, -20mm/LSD, PSE, short shifter, SportDesign rims, Zuffenhausen pickup, BMW Z4 2.5i Roadster Sterling Grey/Red
Splendid choice with Platinum/red. Slight variation on the classic silver/black.
Silver/expresso is nice as well, like the attached pic of the car in the Exclusive Salon at Frankfurt. And if you ever need any super Exclusive advice, contact Peter Fraschke in Zuffenhausen. If you need his contacts, send me a PM.
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