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Originally Posted by Vic55
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Originally Posted by joshuastein55
I'm sure its impressive, but if I can get low 3's in the regular Carrera's its already impressive enough for me, but then again, I value handling and engagement over 0-60 times, and others may value those aspects differently. I would just rather take a Carrera S with a manual and lower weight (I believe the turbo adds ~200-300lbs) and still get a good 0-60 time of around ~3 seconds. I don't know if this makes sense, but the faster these cars get, the "easier" they feel to drive, almost a little too easy. Like I've driven some cars where they get 0-60 in the high 2's to low 3's and while its fun at first I find it gets boring after a while, but again, thats just because I don't value 0-60 as a high margin for my purchases.
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So I would call myself a bit of an experienced owner of both the non Turbo cars and Turbo S units. I have had 4 non Turbo Carrera's and 5 Turbo S or Turbo cars. I currently have a tuned GTS 3.0 Turbo driven non Turbo 911. Yes its slightly lighter and has a better OEM sound but I dont find it any less involving than my Turbo S cars. I tend to really push my cars daily where I live- I have open toll roads and express ways (pre Covid) that allowed me to get to incredible speeds in turns, bends and straights. I dont really use the zero to 60 either but for me the 60-130 is far more meaningful and the Turbo S crushes here. And it has amazing handling with PDCC, RAS, SPASM, and OEM suspension that soaks up the road better than anything outside of magnetorheologicals- things that not all regular 991's have unless fully spec'd. I do enjoy my GTS but its a "baby" Turbo at best.
This comes from an owner of both cars over a long period. For a daily event I would take a Turbo S over a GT3 all day (had that too).
This is my experience from owning both sets and not just test driving or having a limited experience (not implying this about you- just stating) |
That makes sense. I still like the Turbo models, as I love the 911 in general, I guess I just don't like it enough to warrant the extra money, and I'm also not ready to retire my left leg yet
but they're all still fantastic models in general.
My father in-law is a Porsche fanatic and use to have a 996 Turbo (he's probably gone through almost 20 Porsche's in his lifetime by now) and that was definitely one cool car, one that started my interest in Porsche.
I definitely plan on getting a 911 in the future (most likely cabriolet as I'm a sucker for drop tops), as I have yet to own one.
My previous 718 Boxster S was actually my father-in-law's lease at first but he gave it to my wife and I for the last year, and ever since then I have been smitten with Porsche. My wife has the M2, so I need a fun sports car for myself now, and with the news of the flat-6 returning to the Boxster I knew I had to have it.
