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Old 03-01-2016, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
People are complaining about lack of availability and price.

That's basically it. Almost every has said it's an awesome car and they're happy for it. WTH are you two crying about?
Exactly... the beef here is with Porsche's sales shenanigans, not the car itself - which looks to be absolutely amazing. Anyone who has been paying attention to the Porsche "GT" market lately knows exactly what we're talking about.

I asked a salesman about buying a GT4 when it was announced and was flippantly told "Oh, those will be for Porsche VIPs". If you're wanting to buy a 911R, the situation will be worse - much worse.
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Old 03-01-2016, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by honda606
Fear not fellow 918 non-owning plebs, it looks as though this gearbox will indeed trickle down in to the 991.2 GT3. Porsche appears to be listening.

http://www.autocar.c...-gearbox-option
Smart move on their part! This should quench a little bit of the demand for cars like the GT4 and 911R.
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All this talk and I'd be perfectly happy with a 997s...drove it once in the canyons and holy dogshit the hype is real lol
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All this talk and I'd be perfectly happy with a 997s...drove it once in the canyons and holy dogshit the hype is real lol
Yep.
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Amen.
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Maybe I'm just a Cayman guy, but I think the GT4 looks better. This is nothing to sneeze at though. 500hp straight up. I remember when the mighty GT2 was less than that.
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friend of mine found a allocation for $40k over msrp, can't wait to drive it
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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
Yeah, sport classic was more expensive, rarer, and had less than this car. There was nothing special about the engine in the SC - 408 hp IIRC.
Had no idea. I see one at the Lotus-Aston dealer all the time.
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Originally Posted by Driven
Awesome! Looks brilliant!

So many negative nancys in this thread though...
Yup. No one seems to complain that other cars like the MC12, LaFerrari, 599 GTO are also incredibly limited. It's cool to hate Porsche.
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Originally Posted by fusionchickenleg
holy dogshit the hype is real lol
Yep! I cannot wait to get back into some sort of 997+ Porsche. 991s ideally, but we'll see...
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