AudiOn19s Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Are you interested in replacing the GT3 with one? It doesn't sound like it from your post above. nope...Love my GT3. Despite the power downgrade I'd consider a GT4 in place of the Turbo though. Doubt my wife will agree with my logic of it being a more "pure" sports car experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 nope...Love my GT3. Despite the power downgrade I'd consider a GT4 in place of the Turbo though. Doubt my wife will agree with my logic of it being a more "pure" sports car experience. Id expect this car to be astonishing underrated to keep the 911 fanboys happy. The head of porsche GT cars Andreas Feininger said it would make at least 385 at 10,000 feet on a 40 degree Celsius day (paraphrasing of course). Check out the interview. His claim of the 7:40 ring time is quite bold with only a 385 crank hp car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOn19s Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Id expect this car to be astonishing underrated to keep the 911 fanboys happy. The head of porsche GT cars Andreas Feininger said it would make at least 385 at 10,000 feet on a 40 degree Celsius day (paraphrasing of course). Check out the interview. His claim of the 7:40 ring time is quite bold with only a 385 crank hp car. watched it several times. There are a few hints in there. 1) it's rated at 385 HP and stated to be detuned...but is it really??? 2) It's a stretch but he hints at a possible manual transmission GT3 RS too. 7:40 is about right. 3.8 with more advanced variocam than my antiquated 11 year old car will have better torque than my car. 996 RS has lapped in the ring in 7:43 with 380hp. 997.1 GT3 is 7:40 flat with 415hp. Depending on variables on the 3.8 it could be 400-430hp and just advertised as less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeto67 Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 911 fanboy-ism needs to die a fast but horribly torturous death. maybe this is the car to do it. Honestly I actually like every car (not SUV) that Porsche has made and they all make the kind of practical European sense given the market parameters, something that is sometimes lost on an American buying market. 356 purists hated the first 911s, the early long nose 911 purists hated the plastic bumper cars, the aircooled 911 purists hated the water-cooled cars, water cooled 911 purists hated the boxster, Boxster fans hated the cayman, 911 purists hated the cayman, cayman owners hated the depreciation, the turbo guys hate the non-turbo cars, the sportscar purists hated the automatic transmission ones (ok, they may be right in this instance), the RWD guys hated the AWD cars, 911 round light purists hate the runny egg 996s etc..... Honestly I can't think of another car make (except maybe corvettes) that has the market cornered on douchebaggery like Porsche "enthusiasts" do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Borgen Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I want one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robochan Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I want one ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstmg8 Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 X3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 Looks like an awesome car! Would love to own one, but too rich for me. I'll oh and ah on Andy's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Placed the order today. Agate grey, black wheels, black accents. PCCB Leather/yellow stitching. Carbon package. Sport chrono Navi Carbon seats No idea on a delivery date yet. Hopefully by the end of summer/ early fall. A guy I work with ordered the new GT3 RS.. Gt silver - a few options and it was over 200 easy. Edited March 8, 2015 by Buteo Forgot the bucketsssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOn19s Posted March 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Placed the order today. Agate grey, black wheels, black accents. PCCB Leather/yellow stitching. Carbon package. Sport chrono Navi No idea on a delivery date yet. Hopefully by the end of summer/ early fall. A guy I work with ordered the new GT3 RS.. Gt silver - a few options and it was over 200 easy. No lightweight buckets? Makes the car!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 No lightweight buckets? Makes the car!!! Ha yes of course I got the light weight buckets. Just a brain fart when posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItzaME Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Beautiful, Will be waiting for the first one to pop up on the insurance auctions :grin2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 I'm not a big fan of Porsche, but I'd love one of these. Downside is that when I built one on the website, I managed to hit 6 digits... Le Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 sign me up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versluis Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Way out of my league but built one for fun and came out to 109k. Maybe someday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 Way out of my league but built one for fun and came out to 109k. Maybe someday... True. Porsche is notorius for having a laundry list of expensive options. But that's also a good thing...some folks that want a track toy can get a naked gt4 with tons of gt3 goodies for under 85k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 water cooled 911 purists LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaronsToy Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 I'm very excited about this car I'm thinking its my next ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Gump 9 Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Love it on paper, but I gotta see it in person. And seriously not gonna be able to afford it for at least another 15 years (kids, wife, houses suck). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Das Borgen Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Speak of the devil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOn19s Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Great video GT4 Cup rumors confirmed earlier this week likely to be a full GT4 cup series coming soon which just means even more great race parts that will be developed by the factory that will trickle down to the road car eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Seems like this car is going to be quite rare. Allocations came last week...around 200 porsche dealers in the USA with only 298 cars to go around this time....with a rumored 300 or so for the next allocation. Dealers that sold 918 get first dibs...luckily my dealer sold 3 and none of those guys want a GT4. So I'm in...July build August delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaronsToy Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Seems like this car is going to be quite rare. Allocations came last week...around 200 porsche dealers in the USA with only 298 cars to go around this time....with a rumored 300 or so for the next allocation. Dealers that sold 918 get first dibs...luckily my dealer sold 3 and none of those guys want a GT4. So I'm in...July build August delivery. Nice job !! what color and options are you getting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I <3 Chris Harris, and there is a serious amount of kit that is specially developed by Porsche just for the GT4. Anything "specially developed by Porsche" sounds expensive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmaa Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Loved the video. Looks like it will be something special! This may sound super weird, but I'd like to see the GT4 compared to the Z28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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