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Turbo S Test Drive
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garyw
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Ah, have you not seen the thread on PH? have a look- its fun!! [ORIGINAL: tscaptain Interesting review from the man himself here... [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyPLNtdqpJ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyPLNtdqpJ8[/link]
I had hoped that someone else would answer this but in the absence of anything better here is my view. These days I generally plan to keep new cars for three years because after that things often start to go wrong. This is somewhat at odds with my approach when I started buying cars in 1967 when a £10 ex Post Office A35 van was kept until it failed its MOT. Then I could do the work myself but couldn’t afford the cost of the parts. Now there is so much electrickery involved I wouldn’t know where to start. Extended warranty is of course an option but is to an extent reliant on a sympathetic Service Manager. So on the basis that it was 3 years old my 2010 turbo S came up for replacement this year. I think there may have been new 997 turbo S available at the time and according to the interweb deals were there to be had. Who knows if it were true; I didn’t pursue it myself. What I did do was trade across to a £94k 991 C2S for my car and a small consideration. Not quite cost neutral but no great pain. And now I have moved towards the 991 turbo S with trade in on the C2S at probably a bit more than I would have got for the 997 turbo S had I hung on to it. Still with me! But in principle I guess I have gone from 997 to 991 turbo S. Why? Because that was what was on offer. But before looking at that I think it instructive to check out the base 991 turbo. I can’t remember what the base 997 turbo cost but say £100K. (Someone who knows please correct this). I think that PDK, PTV,TPM,PDLS, Paddle wheel, and no doubt other stuff were additional cost options on the 997. All are now standard on 991 and you also get a 520bhp motor as well as rear wheel steer and active aero so at £118k that seems not a bad deal. However for reasons I don’t fully understand turbo S has come out ahead of base turbo and in terms of availability in my preferred time frame the S is the only viable option. If the base turbo were available would I have taken it? Good question. I probably know the answer but it is purely hypothetical as the option didn’t arise and in any case my car is already at stage 8 at the factory. Unlike the favoured ones on the register I haven’t had a chance to drive the new car but to be honest expect it to be similar to but better than my outgoing 997 turbo S. From the reports I read, those who have the necessary skills can extract performance on a par with 458 and 12C and at a somewhat lower cost than those two options. Not an issue in my case but I guess a nice to have. So there you have it. It makes sense to me though no doubt others may take a different view. Roll on 1 March 2014.ORIGINAL: rholyoake Out of interest, does anyone actually know someone who has "taken the bath" and moved from a 997.2 turbo/s to the 991 turbo s? Be interested to get some feedback on why and how they changed.
garyw
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I have now and, in this instance, I suspect my concept of fun doesn't match yours....[ORIGINAL: garyw Ah, have you not seen the thread on PH? have a look- Â its fun!! []
And in March 2010 the base Gen 2, including the VTS (which I think was kind of compulsory?) was £103k, near as dammit.ORIGINAL: garyw The base Turbo was £96K, so were pretty much on the money...
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I obviously didn't give it enough sarcasm in my post first time then... [ORIGINAL: tscaptainI have now and, in this instance, I suspect my concept of fun doesn't match yours....[ORIGINAL: garyw Ah, have you not seen the thread on PH? have a look- its fun!! []
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From what I understand the GT3 is sold out.. a point made by my instructor - "one of the big differences between the GT3 and the Turbo is you can buy a Turbo"ORIGINAL: rholyoake I might have a look at the GT3 in the New Year as I don't see the same amount of post-sale discussion going on there!
I wonder if this applies to other 991 models optioned with PDCC.ORIGINAL: Lancerlot Interesting chat with my Centre's service manager today. He tells me that the Turbo 'S' needs a hydraulic pump for the PDCC system, so it's also used for power steering as well and doesn't therefore suffer the electric steering characteristics of other models.[] Regards, Clive.
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