:-( Bye guys.

[husker boxster]

Congrats! Great color.

Tue I was giving a presetation on my Parade trip to the Porsche club at the local Porsche dealer. Prior to the presentation, I was looking at the Boxster GTS they had on the showroom floor. Beautiful car (it was red also). The friendly salesperson who covets my Cayman said I could trade both my cars in (I'm pretty sure he said straight up) for the GTS (sticker of $97K). That would have been a great deal, but I said I'd miss my Cayman. He said he could do the same deal on a Cayman GTS. I said I'd miss my Boxster. He keeps trying - last fall he wanted me to trade both on a 991. I think that was going to cost me $10K.

I feel like the last of the Mohicans now that you don't have 1 of ea. I'm sure you'll enjoy the new ride. Those 981s are hard to beat at DEs.

[TeamOxford]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

Those 981s are hard to beat at DEs.

Agreed. They make a beginner look like Schumacher.

TO

[Cebu]

Holy smokes and congrats!!

[Tucker2]

Thanks guys. It's a pretty damn good car.

[Topless]

Sweet ride Tucker. I had the pleasure of driving a DE session in a 991 Carrera S PDK two weeks ago and the car was amazing. Timing went down in the PM but I think I had a shot at a top 3 time on street tires. Probably wasn't going to get the pro driver in the 997 Cup car though...

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

Congrats! Great color.

Tue I was giving a presetation on my Parade trip to the Porsche club at the local Porsche dealer. Prior to the presentation, I was looking at the Boxster GTS they had on the showroom floor. Beautiful car (it was red also). The friendly salesperson who covets my Cayman said I could trade both my cars in (I'm pretty sure he said straight up) for the GTS (sticker of $97K). That would have been a great deal, but I said I'd miss my Cayman. He said he could do the same deal on a Cayman GTS. I said I'd miss my Boxster. He keeps trying - last fall he wanted me to trade both on a 991. I think that was going to cost me $10K.

I feel like the last of the Mohicans now that you don't have 1 of ea. I'm sure you'll enjoy the new ride. Those 981s are hard to beat at DEs.

I want to see a track test between the base 991, the lighter Boxster Spyder, the more powerful Cayman GTS and the lower COG Boxster GTS (with only marginally less power than either Cayman GTS and base 991). I think we would be surprised about who would come out on top.

[Porsche9]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I want to see a track test between the base 991, the lighter Boxster Spyder, the more powerful Cayman GTS and the lower COG Boxster GTS (with only marginally less power than either Cayman GTS and base 991). I think we would be surprised about who would come out on top.

I am sure we will being this comparison done by someone pretty soon. Can't wait.

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I want to see a track test between the base 991, the lighter Boxster Spyder, the more powerful Cayman GTS and the lower COG Boxster GTS (with only marginally less power than either Cayman GTS and base 991). I think we would be surprised about who would come out on top.

I'll let one of the magazines take that one on. What I was comparing was 987 to 981, which is the move Tucker is making.

2014-05-04 GPRPCA DE at MAM - YouTube

The CS driver in this video was getting used to the car (1st time driving it on the track). He said he shifted to Sport + half way thru the run and there was no staying with him on the straight after that. He was taking it easy thru the corners, so I was able to somewhat stay near. But 6500 redline & 303HP in my 987 vs 9K & 325HP in his 981 + PDK + all the new electronics is like bringing a knife to a gun fight. Technology marches on.

[Tucker2]

Even though the numbers aren't to far apart....there is a lot more low-end grunt with the base 981 vs base 987. Add the magic-insta-shift PDK....and I have ZERO reason for an S or GTS. I am having a very very difficult time keeping the speed inline now. More HP/Torque is just beyond me.

It would be interesting to see a real-world lapping comparison between my 981 PDK base vs a 987.2 R (which I've driven at speed). I think it might be very close.

This is the first time I've spent any length of time with the PDK...and while a manual is always the pure way to go...no arguement...I can understand why the Porsche engineers are hot on this thing (GT3). It's amazing. So very smart and so blindingly fast at shifting.