Having been a fan and owner of Porsches Various since the late 1970's, what I am going to say now will have me shot down in flames, I'm sure but here goes.....
I don't like the new 991 Turbo! [
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At a £150 grand, I think your car should be aesthetically pleasing - a car you can clean on a Sunday morning, then stand back, look at and admire but , although I like the Carrera, I'm not really not sure about that Turbo model.
For a start there are those awful black plastic air scoops. I mentioned how horrible I thought they were to a Porsche man on the stand at the launch in Frankfurt. He agreed with me and said they were looking into it, but nothing has been done. Then there is the terrible black plastic rear valance. Yes, these items can be improved by colour coding, but why should you have to spend yet more money improving the appearance of your new Porsche? [] It's the flagship model, so why can't Porsche do it themselves? Perhaps they're waiting until the facelift model launch. [8|]
I'm not a big fan of the cabin layout either. I don't much go for the fussy Panamera-style centre consul, nor all the gimmicky electronic readouts. When I started driving Porsches you had an oil pressure gauge, a small speedo and bl**dy great tacho staring you straight in the face and right where it ought to be - but not much else and it wasn't needed. I don't want to know about G-force and all the myriad of other information you get now, It doesn't enhance the driving experience and if you're driving the car as intended, you've no time for all that anyway..... And before you say I'm a dinosaur and can't stand development, let me tell you I love these modern cars, they're light years better than anything else I've driven in a bygone era. It's just I don't see the point of some things. Perhaps, it's easier and cheaper to wow buyers with sophisticated electronics than to improve handling and performance.
Whilst we're about it, I don't like the electronic handbrake, the stop/start nor the coasting technologies. They're all bad news IMHO.
Of course all this might be negated, if I had actually driven one as I'm told the new Turbo 'S' is simply mind blowing. But, so far, no-one has given me an opportunity. Perhaps they think I'm over the hill and should not be let loose in such lethal weaponry, but seeing as how I have bought 12 Porsches to date, all new, the last 5 all turbos and my current 997 Turbo 'S' is now 3 years old with 35K on the clock, you would have thought someone would have an idea I might be a candidate for a new motor. Hey ho!
Having said all this, when looking at the opposition, the new Turbo and Turbo 'S' still give more bang for your bucks than any other marque.
Regards,
Clive.
I don't like the new 991 Turbo! [
]At a £150 grand, I think your car should be aesthetically pleasing - a car you can clean on a Sunday morning, then stand back, look at and admire but , although I like the Carrera, I'm not really not sure about that Turbo model.
For a start there are those awful black plastic air scoops. I mentioned how horrible I thought they were to a Porsche man on the stand at the launch in Frankfurt. He agreed with me and said they were looking into it, but nothing has been done. Then there is the terrible black plastic rear valance. Yes, these items can be improved by colour coding, but why should you have to spend yet more money improving the appearance of your new Porsche? [
] It's the flagship model, so why can't Porsche do it themselves? Perhaps they're waiting until the facelift model launch. [8|]I'm not a big fan of the cabin layout either. I don't much go for the fussy Panamera-style centre consul, nor all the gimmicky electronic readouts. When I started driving Porsches you had an oil pressure gauge, a small speedo and bl**dy great tacho staring you straight in the face and right where it ought to be - but not much else and it wasn't needed. I don't want to know about G-force and all the myriad of other information you get now, It doesn't enhance the driving experience and if you're driving the car as intended, you've no time for all that anyway..... And before you say I'm a dinosaur and can't stand development, let me tell you I love these modern cars, they're light years better than anything else I've driven in a bygone era. It's just I don't see the point of some things. Perhaps, it's easier and cheaper to wow buyers with sophisticated electronics than to improve handling and performance.
Whilst we're about it, I don't like the electronic handbrake, the stop/start nor the coasting technologies. They're all bad news IMHO.
Of course all this might be negated, if I had actually driven one as I'm told the new Turbo 'S' is simply mind blowing. But, so far, no-one has given me an opportunity. Perhaps they think I'm over the hill and should not be let loose in such lethal weaponry, but seeing as how I have bought 12 Porsches to date, all new, the last 5 all turbos and my current 997 Turbo 'S' is now 3 years old with 35K on the clock, you would have thought someone would have an idea I might be a candidate for a new motor. Hey ho!
Having said all this, when looking at the opposition, the new Turbo and Turbo 'S' still give more bang for your bucks than any other marque.
Regards,
Clive.
