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So the title of the thread was a bit pointless then as the turbo was never tried?[
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Good point Alan !!
I may yet try a 991 turbo before I put in the final spec
How can you 'forget' to try a 991 turbo [
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As you say, if you feel you don't want any more performance than you're going to get with an S, you might rule it out on paper. Nothing wrong with that. If you do try a turbo it will be a little hard to compare after PEC. On a general road test drive the salesman is not going to urge you to press on in a turbo like they would do at PEC, especially when they know you haven't driven one before. Some salesmen are OK but some are very conservative and will barely let you into Sport Mode and will deliberately take you on a route that won't allow you to stretch its legs, for safety after other nutters have ruined it for the rest of us. I reckon a thrilling day out at PEC in an S vs a quick road test in a turbo might not enable you to compare the difference in performance.
There's nothing wrong with ruling out (or in) a car on paper. My very first Porsche test drive was a gen 1 2.7 Cayman. I was very impressed. I then thought i'd always be thinking 'what if', so when I eventually came to buy, I put a deposit on a Cayman S without test driving one.
With the current car, I didn't test drive a turbo ever, even the one I bought (the one I bought was too far away to arrange a test drive and I just didn't bother to test one locally). My mind was made up that I wanted torque so I decided on paper that a test drive was never going to put me off. I'd driven enough 997's to decide I wanted a 997, so didn't bother to test a turbo.
If your mind is set on a 991S go for it. As you rightly say, you personally might not exploit the extra of the turbo to justify it. You're already making the right noises that a turbo doesn't grab you. I know someone with a 991 Carrera who I can't convince to put super-unleaded in it. He's happy with the performance he gets from his local super market's standard unleaded. He's happy not spending the extra on super-unleaded, not even the super market's own. As you say, there's always something faster - it depends on whether YOU want it.
The comment about supercar vs sports car was genuine. Who knows what the definition of supercar is, but the 911 must be one of the most versatile platforms on the planet. It's offered as a sports car from 350HP/390Nm to supercar at 560HP/750Nm and has been as high performance as 620HP in the GT2 RS. It's offered as a GT car, a track car, it's a race car in many classes from sprint racing to endurance racing and has been rallying. All very different incarnations. Different models go up against Jaguar/Aston/BMW/Merc and some models go up against Audi R8/Ferrari/Lamborghini etc. Definitely not a one-size-fits-all.