OK, so the dealer told me what the noise is.....

[Brucelee]

One would think that the history and usage of Porsche would dictate exactly the kind of car that you describe.

Based on subjective experience, this does not seem to be the case.

Originally Posted by S_PILOT

Thanks for the input Bruce!

I guess what I am saying is that when you think of Porsche, you don't think of trucks, passenger sedans, or minivans. You think of racing, autocrossing, high speed driver's ed events, a lineage of race and track proven technology for years and yeards, moved unchanged in many cases, into street legal cars.

I guess I thought something as elementary and essential to high speed, punishing driving as the clutch/flywheel relationship would just be bulletproof in Porsche models......maybe their marketing worked a little too good on me!!