John H
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This topic has been aired a few times, and I am unashamedly doing a "cut and paste" from a discussion elsewhere, if only in the hopes of getting some debate going here. Read on ...
968 versus 964
I recently spent a short holiday in the north west of Scotland with two friends who both own (indeed are obsessed with) 964's. One of them is absolutely stock, the other has been extensively re-worked to bring it close to RS standard.
Conditions were excellent, it is a very sparsley populated area, very little traffic, open safe roads, and good weather. We did some pretty keen driving.
I was genuinely surprised at just how quick my 968 was, and on the majority of roads there was virtually nothing in it. On really open fast roads, they were willing to go up to higher top speeds than me (they still don't believe me that the police patrol up here too!) but there is little doubt that the 968 would have kept up if I'd pressed it. My only criticism of my 968 was that as it is a coupe, it has a slightly higher roll centre than I would like, and for the first time I regretted not buying a Club Sport. It could get a little unsettled braking hard into bumpy bends, which I'm sure would be improved by just lowering it a little. In more sensible driving though the coupe is just fine.
Later on I drove both of the 964's and was surprised at how awkward they felt ... offset wheel, floor pedals, narrow cabin, etc. I could certainly not have driven one of these cars as fast as my friends were doing, simply because it would take a lot longer to get acclimatised to their foibles. 911 enthusiasts call this "character", those of us with more sense know it as "antiquated design" (eg. if the 964 layout is so good, why did Porsche not retain it for the 996? ... discuss).
What the 964's did do was make the 968 seem huge! The 964 is a very compact little car, and very densely engineered. I have wanted a 911 of some type for many years, but I was so impressed with my 968, and so underwhelmed by the two 964's, that I may have gotten over my 911 fantasy.
And then I saw a GT3 .......... !
John H
968 versus 964
I recently spent a short holiday in the north west of Scotland with two friends who both own (indeed are obsessed with) 964's. One of them is absolutely stock, the other has been extensively re-worked to bring it close to RS standard.
Conditions were excellent, it is a very sparsley populated area, very little traffic, open safe roads, and good weather. We did some pretty keen driving.
I was genuinely surprised at just how quick my 968 was, and on the majority of roads there was virtually nothing in it. On really open fast roads, they were willing to go up to higher top speeds than me (they still don't believe me that the police patrol up here too!) but there is little doubt that the 968 would have kept up if I'd pressed it. My only criticism of my 968 was that as it is a coupe, it has a slightly higher roll centre than I would like, and for the first time I regretted not buying a Club Sport. It could get a little unsettled braking hard into bumpy bends, which I'm sure would be improved by just lowering it a little. In more sensible driving though the coupe is just fine.
Later on I drove both of the 964's and was surprised at how awkward they felt ... offset wheel, floor pedals, narrow cabin, etc. I could certainly not have driven one of these cars as fast as my friends were doing, simply because it would take a lot longer to get acclimatised to their foibles. 911 enthusiasts call this "character", those of us with more sense know it as "antiquated design" (eg. if the 964 layout is so good, why did Porsche not retain it for the 996? ... discuss).
What the 964's did do was make the 968 seem huge! The 964 is a very compact little car, and very densely engineered. I have wanted a 911 of some type for many years, but I was so impressed with my 968, and so underwhelmed by the two 964's, that I may have gotten over my 911 fantasy.
And then I saw a GT3 .......... !
John H
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