New to me 991.2 - Page 2 - 911/Carrera GT - PistonHeads UK

Just picked up - what a beast. Return to 911 after last owning a 996C4s

Bet you're glad to be back, nothing quite feels the same.. 991.2 is a very good platform, so good choice..

Took my first foray into Porsche last September and bought a 991.2. Amazing car, love everything about it. I really think the 991.2 is the sweet spot.

I've come from a C63s so performance is similar, but a totally different experience Has most of the options - rear steer, PDLS, PSE, heated seats, heated wheel, camera (although camera not as good as Merc!), extended leather and alcatara centres. Looking at the invoices the options are over 18k! No sport chrono but I can live with that. The sport mode is a bit mad with the burbles. I read on another forum it sits between Sport and Sport+ of the SC settings. Edited by hungry_hog on Saturday 22 March 19:11

Congrats. Looks good but I am biased. Which engine flavor? Normal Carrera? If yes, considering the low down power, I consider this to be a good one. I got a 991.2 last year coming from a manual 997C2 with the intention of (1) stop getting worried about bore scoring (2) using every day. It has been working well. Mine is a C2S cabrio with currently with ~45k miles (73kkms) and has SC, PSE, Powerkit (450hp), rear steer, 18ways, sports wheel, full leather etc. it’s really usable on a daily basis (taking my son to school in it almost every day) and delivers on being a sports car when necessary and convertible when the weather is sweet - so many personalities. Absolutely loving mine and trust that you will also love your! If you don’t have it yet, get that Porsche warranty!

Congrats. Looks good but I am biased. Which engine flavor? Normal Carrera? If yes, considering the low down power, I consider this to be a good one. I got a 991.2 last year coming from a manual 997C2 with the intention of (1) stop getting worried about bore scoring (2) using every day. It has been working well. Mine is a C2S cabrio with currently with ~45k miles (73kkms) and has SC, PSE, Powerkit (450hp), rear steer, 18ways, sports wheel, full leather etc. it’s really usable on a daily basis (taking my son to school in it almost every day) and delivers on being a sports car when necessary and convertible when the weather is sweet - so many personalities. Absolutely loving mine and trust that you will also love your! If you don’t have it yet, get that Porsche warranty!

Very nice! I didn't even know there was a power kit, does that make the engine same as GTS? Mine is a C2s, so the 414hp, although badge doesn't reveal.

Lovely! I am new to Porsche and recently bought a 991... I hope you have very many happy miles.

hungry_hog said: Very nice! I didn't even know there was a power kit, does that make the engine same as GTS? Mine is a C2s, so the 414hp, although badge doesn't reveal. Correct, same as GTS. See here: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/new-911-has-new-o... I think the coupe looks better (love your mirrors) and very nearly bought one from Porsche, but here the weather is actually nice and a convertible makes a difference in the excitement/experience. Plus, it’s nice (subjective) driving slowly as well whereas the coupe I would probably be frustrated and thinking why I didn’t get an slow Audi 95% of the time. Mine is also disguised - Porsche only. Edited by Beetle Driver on Sunday 23 March 09:06

As AP would say - "that is lovely stuff" yes sport design mirrors, I don't think they fold. A GBP250 option!

hungry_hog said: As AP would say - "that is lovely stuff" yes sport design mirrors, I don't think they fold. A GBP250 option! They don’t fold but look great. Mine fold but don’t need it very often - more like when parking on the street which is not super often.

Agree, I spec'd Sport design mirrors, 991.2 GTS- look much better and I have only ever needed to fold in a handful of times.

ah I didn't realise manual fold was possible! Cheers!

It's more of a twist than a fold, 90deg

Great cars - marketing shot of mine, when I bought it two years ago and think it may be around for a while.

Congratulations great choice. My advice get a long eurotrip organised ASAP, I bought my Turbo in Feb 24 and loved it of course but didn't appreciate actually how bloody good it was at everything until we'd complleted 2000 miles to Provence in May. Sport setting is best in my experience, sharpens it all up Picture for pictures sake

Stuart70 said: Great cars - marketing shot of mine, when I bought it two years ago and think it may be around for a while. Is that not a 991.1 3.8 Gts? (Not a 991.2) nice though is it manual also?

front end looks same to me but wheels look like .2

Stever said: Congratulations great choice. My advice get a long eurotrip organised ASAP, I bought my Turbo in Feb 24 and loved it of course but didn't appreciate actually how bloody good it was at everything until we'd complleted 2000 miles to Provence in May. Sport setting is best in my experience, sharpens it all up Picture for pictures sake Wow, that must pull your hair off when the roof is down I know they are a pain, but I would love to have some CL on mine - that’s for me the only thing that makes mine different from a GTS (considering I have the powerkit)!

hungry_hog said: front end looks same to me but wheels look like .2 That surely is a very good looking 991 but it’s a 991.1 (with the amazing GTS NA sound…). The wheels are similar to mine but a bit different in the .1 gen as they are with smoother lines instead of the shaper angles and the blinkers are also rounders and bigger in the .1 vs .2.

Stuart70 said: Great cars - marketing shot of mine, when I bought it two years ago and think it may be around for a while. That is an absolutely lovely car but around here super expensive and rare. I would love a GTS of your generation (the amazing sounding NA in 430hp form), but for me it would have to be leather (not alcantara) - yes, I am weird.

Beetle Driver said: Wow, that must pull your hair off when the roof is down I have a similar model - the air deflector (which raises and lowers electronically) is one of the best I've ever experienced. At high speeds the airflow is pretty similar to having a sun roof open - i.e. hardly anything. It's a cleverly designed thing.

When I got stopped in Spain for serious speeding, once the paperwork was finished, that was the officers first question, how windy was it at that speed ? Amazingly good because of the deflector

NDA said: I have a similar model - the air deflector (which raises and lowers electronically) is one of the best I've ever experienced. At high speeds the airflow is pretty similar to having a sun roof open - i.e. hardly anything. It's a cleverly designed thing. I appreciate the deflector is very good. I have a C2S with GTS engine. But my quote was on a Turbo (S?) car, so assuming it’s a bit faster, hence my comments.

Busa mav said: When I got stopped in Spain for serious speeding, once the paperwork was finished, that was the officers first question, how windy was it at that speed ? Amazingly good because of the deflector For future reference, what was that speed at which the authorities were still not loosing their sense of humor?

mixture of A roads and motorway - no CC used - not bad I think for 414hp

Beetle Driver said: For future reference, what was that speed at which the authorities were still not loosing their sense of humor? 210 kph, he wrote it up at 171kph , 100 euros would have been seriously different if i were a local .