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Old 02-16-2022, 06:17 AM
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Congrats, P-cars are amazing. Welcome to the club
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Looks great, congrats!
Old 02-16-2022, 11:07 AM
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More interested in the 2 wheeler, no offense. Please post pics
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Originally Posted by Suzuka_Joe
its honestly super smooth and nice but it does feel sedated without the sport mode.
Yeah, the 997.2 we used to own didn't have the Sport Chrono option either. Surprising that everyone didn't spec that option, it's really helpful with a PDK. One thing I briefly entertained was adding it after the fact. Suncoast has it, but it's $1250 for a PDK, plus 2-3 hours of dealer time to install and activate. https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/9X7SM.html Sounds like you're well down that path already!

We only had that car for about 2 years, and traded it towards our current 991.2 (with Sport Chrono), so I never did pull the trigger.

Car looks great though - enjoy!
Old 02-17-2022, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jeffbrig
Yeah, the 997.2 we used to own didn't have the Sport Chrono option either. Surprising that everyone didn't spec that option, it's really helpful with a PDK. One thing I briefly entertained was adding it after the fact. Suncoast has it, but it's $1250 for a PDK, plus 2-3 hours of dealer time to install and activate. https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/9X7SM.html Sounds like you're well down that path already!

We only had that car for about 2 years, and traded it towards our current 991.2 (with Sport Chrono), so I never did pull the trigger.

Car looks great though - enjoy!
I actually picked up the car from my local dealer this morning after adding the sport/sport+ modes from Suncoast parts. Night and day difference and you should never buy a PDK car without it. Now in sport mode the shifting feels much quicker and better throttle response and in Sport+ its basically useless on the street since its so aggressive. absolutely worth the cost and I don't care about the dash clock. Taking it to the track next month for a lapping day to see how great PDK is at the track
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More interested in the 2 wheeler, no offense. Please post pics
check my Flickr and you'll see some pics. My R6 is fully setup for club racing and I try and do 15-20 trackdays and 2-3 race weekends a year in Texas
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Congratulations!! Happy for you!!
I sort of went full circle in a way and like you owned several cars in between that just didn’t fit for one reason or another. In 2002 I purchased a S2000 new, kept is until it just wasn’t getting used much due to our newly added little ones. Sold it in 2009 and missed it every day since. About five year ago, I was fortunate enough to located a low mileage 2010 997.2 4S and absolutely love it, I think it is the best all around car I have owned - will never part with it. It is also a PDK with Sport Chrono and lots of other goodies. It’s a blast to drive, but I still missed my S2000. Well, about 2 weeks ago, I jumped back in and located a 2003 Spa Yellow. For me, the combination of the 997.2 and the S2000 is perfect. Enjoy! They both have tons of character and are a blast to drive in their own unique way.
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Originally Posted by Jaysom
Congratulations!! Happy for you!!
I sort of went full circle in a way and like you owned several cars in between that just didn’t fit for one reason or another. In 2002 I purchased a S2000 new, kept is until it just wasn’t getting used much due to our newly added little ones. Sold it in 2009 and missed it every day since. About five year ago, I was fortunate enough to located a low mileage 2010 997.2 4S and absolutely love it, I think it is the best all around car I have owned - will never part with it. It is also a PDK with Sport Chrono and lots of other goodies. It’s a blast to drive, but I still missed my S2000. Well, about 2 weeks ago, I jumped back in and located a 2003 Spa Yellow. For me, the combination of the 997.2 and the S2000 is perfect. Enjoy! They both have tons of character and are a blast to drive in their own unique way.
exactly, the S2000 is nothing like the Porsche but both are super fun to drive. The PDK can be the best of both worlds for sure and having my S2000 still I have zero regrets towards buying a PDK 911. I'm sure at some point if I ever have to scale back to 1 fun car I'll probably have to decide on the S2000 or sell both for a 997.2 GTS/GT3 in a 6mt. Lets hope that doesn't happen because honestly the 911 as small as it is is very very practical IMO.
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any updated picture of the ducktail?
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Originally Posted by jugger23
any updated picture of the ducktail?
dropping it off for paint tomorrow. Ordered a Getty Design ducktail that is a copy of the one on a 2010 Sport Classic





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