2010 Gen 2 997TT - Prices?

[pwebb]

Agreed, Mr Attwood opined that the Boxster and Cayman are ideal for the track, the 911 is pushing it and the GT3 and turbo are too powerful. But great fun none the less. Guess I'll find out if the brakes are up to it and Llandow.

 

[tscaptain]

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[okellyt]

Gents

It looks like the Gen 2 turbo is sticking with 350mm disks all around (330mm for the C2S/C4S). The Ceramics are 380mm front 350 rear - So as per Bobfair's comments the turbo might be slightly under braked with the extra power - especially with the faster PDK changes the momentum built up in short straights into blind corners on the road needs some stopping.

The 330mm brakes on the C2S/4S do seem very strong and at a constant speed stop you on a pin but they do struggle under full tilt acceleration.

I managed to boil off the brake fluid on my x51 C2S (before serious mods) on Stelvio following Gary and Clive (Turbo and GT3).

With the extra performance mods when my normal brakes were worn I went for a set of GT3 brakes with EBC Yellow Pads, they suit the car much better as the older brakes were starting to get overwhelmed while following Gary on a recent run out.

The advice I have had from several ex racing drivers is get the best brakes you can on your car - even if its just for fast road driving.

 

[blueSL]

Certainly no body kit for me...

My only problem is that my car has come with another very expensive non-optional extra: new kitchen.

 

[Rotorhead]

ORIGINAL: blueSL

It is the cost which is putting me off. I'm told Porsche subsidise the initial cost of the option - in reality it should be £10k - but once you have them, they have you over a barrel with replacement discs £3k per corner. Fine if you get the expected long life out of them, bad news if you don't. I know even this cost pales into insignificance compared to the depreciation over, say, 3 years, but there it is.

Yes, it is possible that Porsche are subsidising the initial cost of the ceramic option, especially when you look at what Aston, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and others charge.

But, that should further help with the decision. In the longer term, in road use, the discs could/should last the life of, say, three sets of steel discs. And, if you ever did wear out the ceramics, you can always replace them with the standard, or after-market, steel brakes.

When I first raised the OP about 'TT Prices' I was concerned about all the options and 'must haves' that needed to be added to the £102k list price - knowing that, for most people, things like pccbs would be de rigeur