Whats the 977 turbo like (i can have one of these in white)

[yetie]

some feed back - is it raw enought to have fun with

[wrn]

Def go for it in white!

[:paperbag:]

yetie said:

some feed back - is it raw enought to have fun with

Colchester had a white one a month or two ago.

It looked......very middle eastern

Certainly different though, and a bit of a change from silver

[Nevetas]

www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=305699&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1&nt=4

I've heard more bad things about the 997 Turbo than good.

Gt3 on the other hand...

[loach]

Definitely raw enough to have fun in. A plentiful surplus of power over grip if you provoke it and have the Porsche Shouldhaveboughta Mercedes switched off. Not entirely sure about white on a TT, though.

Edited by loach on Sunday 7th January 17:37

[silver993tt]

Nevetas said:

www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=305699&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1&nt=4

I've heard more bad things about the 997 Turbo than good.

Gt3 on the other hand...

that guy on the rennteam thread was moaning about straight line speed and mid speed acceleration. I think he would be even more dissapointed with the GT3 since it has a) less torque and b) less BHP.

Sounds like he has a problem car since I doubt Porsche would release their flagship model that is out performed by any other model they produce (except for more powerful derivations of the turbo such as TT X50 or GT2).

[dazren]

Get out and drive one. Frankly I'm fed up of reading how crap it is!

I drive the previous generation turbo, the 996TT X50 with 450bhp, and from time to time drive it on roads like an absolute . It is quite simply magnificent and I can't believe the 997TT with 480bhp will not be even better.

Edited by dazren on Sunday 7th January 18:27

[ED965]

dazren said:

Get out and drive one. Frankly I'm fed up of reading how crap it is!

I drive the previous generation turbo, the 996TT X50 with 450bhp, and from time to time drive it on roads like an absolute . It is quite simply magnificent and I can't believe the 997TT with 480bhp will not be even better.

Edited by dazren on Sunday 7th January 18:27

wish i could afford one, i'd av a brown one. Okay maybe not.
No look great in GP White albeit i'm a bit biased

[cavanagh]

have one brilliant car can not fault the car its is 20% better allround comparred to the 996

you can have some right fun in it brother has one to great fun together

[clorenzen]

I have had mine for 3 months now and it is just about to be properly run in. It is a fantastic car in every respect. Everyday usability, incredibly fast, very nice interior with very good seats (adaptive sportseats) and a cornering ability which is out of this world - and it does all this without any drama what-so-ever. I have had it on the track (Goodwood) and if you push this car it is seriously fast and you can have a lot of fun with it if you stay committed. A recent article in evo (Nov issue) hits this on the nail. I have had zero problems with the car. The thing about the (apparent) lack of mid-range accelleration is a lot of b...shit. On the German Autobahn it left an AMG 65 SL for dead recently. Go out and drive one and you will see. The only problem is, that on this island all the fun starts way beyond the national speed limit unless you take it to the track or you find some twisties in the countryside.

[Nevetas]

Lot of people who have traded up from x50 996's have already sold there 997 tt's.

Some have gone GT3, others are awaiting the GT2?

I'd wait for the 'S' and GT2, then you can really have the full choice.

Nothing worse then buying the car, getting disappointed, selling after a few months and loosing a heap of money.

I've had allot of experiance with doing this and it hurts the bank balance after a while!!

[yetie]

anyone have pics of the 997 turbo in white ?

[magic torch]

yetie said:

anyone have pics of the 997 turbo in white ?

The was a thread about a white one for sale recently at an OPC if you do a search.

[Koln-RS]

yetie said:

anyone have pics of the 997 turbo in white ?

I've seen one at a dealers in Germany.

Doesn't really do the Turbo's uneasy looks any favours. Think white suits the GT3 far better.

[yetie]

any more info regarding white 997 turbo at opc

[dazren]

yetie said:

any more info regarding white 997 turbo at opc

After a bit of searching on PH I couldn't find the thread.

Googling came up with this interesting thread on another forum. Pictures of a white 997 GT3 next to a white 997 TT:

www.6speedonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64253

Edited by dazren on Sunday 7th January 23:38

[dazren]

Nevetas said:

Lot of people who have traded up from x50 996's have already sold there 997 tt's.

Got to admit, I'm not prepared to pay the cost of changing up for another 30bhp and a newer car. Be interesting to see what they do with an X50 version, although I'll probably wait for the X50 version of the turbo after the 997.

TIGHTWAD

[yetie]

Thanks Dazren, Gt3 it has to be, just looks a more agressive car, this is what these sites are all about, youve made more effort than any porsche saleman has made, Photos are fab can't thank you enough... I now have peace of mind. ta

[elms]

said:

yetie said:

some feed back - is it raw enought to have fun with

Colchester had a white one a month or two ago.

It looked......very middle eastern

Certainly different though, and a bit of a change from silver

That car now lives up the road from me. It looks fantastic

[magic torch]

Found the thread, but most of the pics are gone www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=2&f=48&t=325085&h=0

Also some pics on www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=327047