CloseJun 13, 2008 10:20:11 AM
Jun 13, 2008 10:26:25 AM
Jun 13, 2008 10:47:56 AM
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easy_rider911 said:
While the car itself is a superb update on the existing model, I don't think much of this review. For a "first drive" article, he hardly talks about how it is like to drive it. Instead, he focusses more on the technical specs and new features.
Plus it's written in a pedestrian, mediocre style - like being told about it in a pub conversation over a pint of beer by an uneducated plodder rather than an expert.
No doubt, there will be far, far better articles on Mk2 than this. He didn't even get the new bhp figures correct. It's 345bhp and 385bhp not 340bhp and 375bhp. Very sloppy journalism
I could have written something far better than this myself. After test driving the Mk2 on 8 July at the Porsche Driving Experience Centre in Silverstone, I'll post my own first impressions here on Rennteam. Hopefully, they'll be more illuminating than this.
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SciFrog said:
They say it is the best DSG gearbox they have tried, but will get manual because of the puddles. That says it all.
Jun 13, 2008 2:04:57 PM
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easy_rider911 said:
I could have written something far better than this myself. After test driving the Mk2 on 8 July at the Porsche Driving Experience Centre in Silverstone, I'll post my own first impressions here on Rennteam. Hopefully, they'll be more illuminating than this.
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pride355 said:Quote:
easy_rider911 said:
I could have written something far better than this myself. After test driving the Mk2 on 8 July at the Porsche Driving Experience Centre in Silverstone, I'll post my own first impressions here on Rennteam. Hopefully, they'll be more illuminating than this.
Hi Easy,
I'm sure you can write a better review than this and I'm waiting for your write-up about the car after your Silverstone experience; especially about the increased hp, PDK and PASM chassie.
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Grant said:
Don't like this part about PDK:
"It's being introduced as a faster-shifting, more economical and more responsive replacement for the old five-speed Tiptronic, but Porsche engineers confided that it could completely replace the six-speed manual on Porsches within five years."
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Grant said:
Don't like this part about PDK:
"It's being introduced as a faster-shifting, more economical and more responsive replacement for the old five-speed Tiptronic, but Porsche engineers confided that it could completely replace the six-speed manual on Porsches within five years."
Translated into english this is saying "PDK is the same as BMW's SMG 1 and Ferrari's F1 in the F355, and you'll have to wait 5 more years until you get a gearbox to rave about".
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Grant said:
Don't like this part about PDK:
"It's being introduced as a faster-shifting, more economical and more responsive replacement for the old five-speed Tiptronic, but Porsche engineers confided that it could completely replace the six-speed manual on Porsches within five years."
Translated into english this is saying "PDK is the same as BMW's SMG 1 and Ferrari's F1 in the F355, and you'll have to wait 5 more years until you get a gearbox to rave about".
I read it to mean that in 5 yrs., they will take away the choice to have a manual 3-pedal car (unlike BMW & Ferrari who still offer them, for now)...
Jun 13, 2008 6:36:57 PM
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easy_rider911 said:...it's written in a pedestrian, mediocre style - like being told about it in a pub conversation over a pint of beer by an uneducated plodder rather than an expert.
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I could have written something far better than this myself. After test driving the Mk2 on 8 July at the Porsche Driving Experience Centre in Silverstone, I'll post my own first impressions here on Rennteam. Hopefully, they'll be more illuminating than this.
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reginos said:
I find this paddle issue very exggerated to say the least.
I am sure that after a very short period of time that an owner uses the porsche system, it will become second nature to him and very convenient. So much that if he goes into a car with the right +, left - system he will find it unnatural.
May be journalists are not so clever to acclimatise easily.
It is a big compliment for Porsche if this is the only negative point they could find in the new car.
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