Anyone driven a 911 Turbo/GT3/GT2

Barks · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:00

Had my first track experience day recently and drove a Turbo and a Cayman. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and admittedly being naive when it comes to high performance cars I was surprised. Even in 6th gear it would go like a bloody rocket from about 2,000rpm. The Cayman needed to be rev'd hard to get the performance, the Turbo was absolutely and utterly savage.

I'd be really interested to hear from people who have driven the other elite Porsches (GT2/GT3/GT3 RS) how they compare. I'd imagine the GT3 drives similar to the Cayman and the GT2 is just outright ridiculous.

I wasn't really that impressed by the Cayman. The only other high performance car I drive on a regular basis is an E90 330d which would have course feel quick because of the torque. Also had a passenger lap in the Mazda 3 MPS which covered ground quickly, gave a greater sense of acceleration than the Cayman despite being slower on paper.

Anyway great experience and I can no longer talk about supercars with pure ignorance

Antipasti · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:03

Guessing this was at Thruxton? I didnt rate the Caymen either but the F430 was awesome!

Barks · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:04

getinbeforethes said:
Guessing this was at Thruxton? I didnt rate the Caymen either but the F430 was awesome!

Indeed. I also couldn't believe they had a brand new Lamborghini LP670-4 Superveloce!!!! Might have to go back for a spin in that

Wasn't available when I booked and I've always wanted to drive the Turbo.

Antipasti · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:07

I did four laps in the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640, but still prefered the F430.

Antipasti · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:10

My brother did four laps in the 911 Turbo but said it had a rev limiter at 5000rpm? Pretty pants when it cost and extra £150 for 4 laps.

Barks · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:10

getinbeforethes said:
I did four laps in the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640, but still prefered the F430.

I'd have loved to have done the Thrill option where you get to drive all three but it was too expensive... even with the Tesco clubcard vouchers

Still an awesome afternoon though.

getinbeforethes said:
My brother did four laps in the 911 Turbo but said it had a rev limiter at 5000rpm? Pretty pants when it cost and extra £150 for 4 laps.

The rev limiters are in the single man Renault racing cars, my instructor said the Turbo didn't have any sort of limiter. He was pretty strict about it given it was chucking it down with rain but tbh i was blown away from about 3,000rpm upwards anyway.

I do think the experience would be much better if your instructor did a fast lap in the car as well to show you what it's capable of.

Antipasti · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:12

scott212 said:
I'd have loved to have done the Thrill option where you get to drive all three but it was too expensive... even with the Tesco clubcard vouchers

Still an awesome afternoon though.

My Girlfriend got me it for my birthday. Needless to say, she is a keeper.

Barks · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:14

getinbeforethes said:
My Girlfriend got me it for my birthday. Needless to say, she is a keeper.

Lucky man!! Mine got me a 4X4 driving experience afternoon in a Defender which was also really good fun. Never against any sort of driving experience day.

Barks · 4 Sep 2009 at 22:17

If I'd booked the LP640 and they said on the day they'd got rid of it and replaced it with the SV I probably would have passed out in excitement

Jamous · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:18

Great cars, I've driven the new Panamera Turbo as well, does that count?

Antipasti · 4 Sep 2009 at 23:23

Any porker with a blower is good in my opinion.

Barks · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:03

The thing is the Turbo seems to be subtle. From the front it looks like any other Porsche. Is that a good or a bad thing? Should the styling be more aggressive, after all you're average 911 is nothing special but the Turbo is a monster.

[TW]Fox · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:09

scott212 said:
after all you're average 911 is nothing special

I'm sorry?

Nothing special?

An 'average' 911, lets take the Carrera S shall we, has a top speed of 182mph and can go from 0 to 60 in 4.6 seconds.

And you think this is nothing special?

Antipasti · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:15

Infact, its probably the most iconic car ever made. Now thats special.

Barks · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:16

From my experience, people who don't know much about cars don't appreciate Porsches because they are prevalent on the roads. Most people wouldn't tell a 911 Turbo apart from any other model. The 911 Turbo is a true super car relative to the other models. It'd be like an M3 looking identical to a 335i. My point is should the Turbo have more aggressive and unique styling? 911 models don't generally turn heads, their competitors do.

Also to put my quote in context I was speaking purely performance wise.

[TW]Fox · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:18

scott212 said:
Also to put my quote in context I was speaking purely performance wise.

And you dont think 0-60 in 4.6 and 182mph is special?

BigglesPiP · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:21

scott212 said:
Also to put my quote in context I was speaking purely performance wise.

Thing is it works in the real world, I struggle to think of something in its class which is at home on a B road.

[TW]Fox · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:21

BigglesPiP said:
Thing is it works in the real world, I struggle to think of something in its class which is at home on a B road.

I cant think of many cars quicker point to point, including B roads, than a 911 Turbo.

Barks · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:22

[TW]Fox;14818587 said:
And you dont think 0-60 in 4.6 and 182mph is special?

I'd say it's impressive. I'd also say there are superior cars available for the same price and I'd also say that it's not on par with the elite supercars in terms of performance. The average 911 seems to me a midway point between a high performance car and a supercar. The Turbo is a supercar, a subtle one.

[TW]Fox · 5 Sep 2009 at 00:26

scott212 said:
I'd say it's impressive. I'd also say there are superior cars available for the same price

Really? Such as?