GT3 RS 400 Revealed
01 May 2011, 05:11 PM
#63
Dave
I dont know enough about the anti-lift kit
What is the clearance of the standard front and what is it with the lift kit
I have to be very careful with the GTR and thats not ridiculously low - I cant even drive straight into my own drive though.. have to take it at an angle
Your probably right - I cant comment as I obviously havent driven one.
Saying that my comment about being able to get one still applies!
I dont know enough about the anti-lift kit
What is the clearance of the standard front and what is it with the lift kit
I have to be very careful with the GTR and thats not ridiculously low - I cant even drive straight into my own drive though.. have to take it at an angle
Your probably right - I cant comment as I obviously havent driven one.
Saying that my comment about being able to get one still applies!
01 May 2011, 05:15 PM
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Too true!!! With the lift kit there is more clearance than my BMW 5 series!
It is unnerving driving towards some monstrous speed hump and just going straight across.
It is a track car and a road car in equal measure - and at least to my taste far better to drive than softer 911s!
It is unnerving driving towards some monstrous speed hump and just going straight across.
It is a track car and a road car in equal measure - and at least to my taste far better to drive than softer 911s!
01 May 2011, 07:02 PM
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01 May 2011, 08:58 PM
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Interesting read
Its mostly academic on the Porsche as you will be hard pushed to get one anyway? (I'm not talking about cost.. I'm talking availability.. I could easily go and spend £130k.. but i dont want to), having failed miserably and been on the wait list for a year for a standard 911 GT3.. the service at JCT600 and West London Porsche was unfortunately enough to put me off Porsches for life - they couldnt give a t*ss about customers
So instead of the Porsche GT3 I bought the GTR.. had nothing to do with cost or Kudos, I test drove and liked the GTR and picked one up a month later and handed them by debit card to take the £62k cost less the £3.5k deposit. I didnt even get a test drive of a GT3/GT3RS..... shameful
Now I look back on that sorry affair and am so glad that Porsche where ****** as the GTR gets so much more attention and looks easily the better car (in Black.. Silver is for Gramps and White.. well thats for Chavs) and its is so fast A-B on most roads
I also have a lightly modded 2.33 Litre closed deck Block scooby, running over 556 bhp. I havent had it round a track yet, but hopefully will do soon and then I'll back to back it against the GTR (which is lightly modded).. I think the GTR will beat it at Oulton Park but we'll see
In terms of which one I prefer well that wouldnt be fair.. just as I was asked that versus my Escort Cosworth 1996 car, with a stroker kit.. The Subaru is old and ancient now and more of a trackcar just as the Cosworth was getting tired and worn when I bought an STI5 in 1999 - the GTR can be a day to day car.. BUT I prefer the Subaru for the simple reason that there is not enough headroom in the GTR for me. The GTR is made for little people.. its a real shame also
I am not convinced now that the 4 litre 500bhp would have enough power for me.. and I wouldnt be able to do it justice. I would rather have a car that was half the weight and over 300bhp.. that would make for a much better ride and you wouldnt be worried about every sleeping policeman, cambered driveway, petrol station etc.. Its bad enough in the GTR! - it will be far worse in the Porsche.. its purely a trackcar.. its not worth it on the English roads.. and for me that means a V8 Ariel Atom is a far better buy as a pure track car
Its mostly academic on the Porsche as you will be hard pushed to get one anyway? (I'm not talking about cost.. I'm talking availability.. I could easily go and spend £130k.. but i dont want to), having failed miserably and been on the wait list for a year for a standard 911 GT3.. the service at JCT600 and West London Porsche was unfortunately enough to put me off Porsches for life - they couldnt give a t*ss about customers
So instead of the Porsche GT3 I bought the GTR.. had nothing to do with cost or Kudos, I test drove and liked the GTR and picked one up a month later and handed them by debit card to take the £62k cost less the £3.5k deposit. I didnt even get a test drive of a GT3/GT3RS..... shameful
Now I look back on that sorry affair and am so glad that Porsche where ****** as the GTR gets so much more attention and looks easily the better car (in Black.. Silver is for Gramps and White.. well thats for Chavs) and its is so fast A-B on most roads
I also have a lightly modded 2.33 Litre closed deck Block scooby, running over 556 bhp. I havent had it round a track yet, but hopefully will do soon and then I'll back to back it against the GTR (which is lightly modded).. I think the GTR will beat it at Oulton Park but we'll see
In terms of which one I prefer well that wouldnt be fair.. just as I was asked that versus my Escort Cosworth 1996 car, with a stroker kit.. The Subaru is old and ancient now and more of a trackcar just as the Cosworth was getting tired and worn when I bought an STI5 in 1999 - the GTR can be a day to day car.. BUT I prefer the Subaru for the simple reason that there is not enough headroom in the GTR for me. The GTR is made for little people.. its a real shame also
I am not convinced now that the 4 litre 500bhp would have enough power for me.. and I wouldnt be able to do it justice. I would rather have a car that was half the weight and over 300bhp.. that would make for a much better ride and you wouldnt be worried about every sleeping policeman, cambered driveway, petrol station etc.. Its bad enough in the GTR! - it will be far worse in the Porsche.. its purely a trackcar.. its not worth it on the English roads.. and for me that means a V8 Ariel Atom is a far better buy as a pure track car
Fangoria, you've posted quite a few times (and you don't post that often) about how much Porsche have p7ssed you off and abused you as a customer.
Sometimes you can get poor customer service from just about anybody, even when you are about to spend a lot of money.
Personally I would send one letter of complaint to Porsche HQ and the get over it.
03 May 2011, 08:26 PM
#69
what can I say I'm just a Porsche dealer hater... and I'm sad enough to keep posting, in the same way that I'm sad enough to post on a car forum instead of getting a life.. but i'm with many other people with the same Psychological disorder ;-)
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