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2 weeks ago, I saw a car pop-up that piqued my interest that was local to me. A 2011 GTS in Carrara White. I took along one of the NW members' most prolific P car buyers, Roddy. This was only going end one way. After a test drive and a good look over the car, it was absolutely clear that it was a cracker, but I wanted to be sure, so a deposit was slapped down.
A favour was called in and the car was sent to Bolton so I could have a good sniff underneath as i feel i know enough about this model rsnge to know a good one from a bucket of crud.
What I saw confirmed my initial suspicions, it's a cracker. The car looked like a 3 year old car underneath, immaculate, bar a small mist that Bolton wouldn't fix under a Porsche warranty initially as its only done 30k miles. They suggested it may reseal itself with use. No biggie. If it is a oriblem
ill sort it under warranty. The car is sporting new N2 tyres all round, 4 x discs and pads, along with new rear shocks. It was making a compelling arguement for itself to be acquired.
A week passed due to me being down south, and I could only get back to them on the last day of the month, conveniently :bandit: , and struck a deal. Old mate suggested there were going to be some sad people that had walk around videos sent to them during the week in case I didnt buy it, due to how many times they'd watched their vids.
So details, here are the headline specs
2011 Carrera GTS
Carrara White
Black leather
30K Miles
PDK
Sports Chrono
PSE
Dynamic Headlights
PCM with phone prep
Bose
Sports seats heated
Centrelock Spyder wheels in black.
Bose
My first PDK car, and its an experience I'm still getting used to. At the pointy end when pushing on, it's hard to complain. During normal driving is where I'm not sure about PDK. I have been assured by many that I will gel with it.
Bose is a significant improvement over the standard system in the 997.2's. A nice option to have.
The most notable thing I can say is the improvement on the PASM side of things. On my last 997.2, PASM was undriveable on the sports setting, shaking your teeth out. Not so with this, even in its firm setting its comfortable, so it was theorised that Porsche have either improved the software or there is a DSC box fitted. Time will tell when I have a proper snout around under the dash.
PSE vs Tubistyle exhaust. PSE is good, but it's no tubi. What an exhaust that was.
X51 delivers the speed differently from a standard S car. It's more linear than I recall from the S, where the S had a big shove of torque down low. Its a fine option to have
Lastly, the wide body is only 22mm wider on each side, but what an impact. Beautiful
That's my early observations on the GTS, and it's a great experience so far. Now for the porn
A favour was called in and the car was sent to Bolton so I could have a good sniff underneath as i feel i know enough about this model rsnge to know a good one from a bucket of crud.
What I saw confirmed my initial suspicions, it's a cracker. The car looked like a 3 year old car underneath, immaculate, bar a small mist that Bolton wouldn't fix under a Porsche warranty initially as its only done 30k miles. They suggested it may reseal itself with use. No biggie. If it is a oriblem
ill sort it under warranty. The car is sporting new N2 tyres all round, 4 x discs and pads, along with new rear shocks. It was making a compelling arguement for itself to be acquired.
A week passed due to me being down south, and I could only get back to them on the last day of the month, conveniently :bandit: , and struck a deal. Old mate suggested there were going to be some sad people that had walk around videos sent to them during the week in case I didnt buy it, due to how many times they'd watched their vids.
So details, here are the headline specs
2011 Carrera GTS
Carrara White
Black leather
30K Miles
PDK
Sports Chrono
PSE
Dynamic Headlights
PCM with phone prep
Bose
Sports seats heated
Centrelock Spyder wheels in black.
Bose
My first PDK car, and its an experience I'm still getting used to. At the pointy end when pushing on, it's hard to complain. During normal driving is where I'm not sure about PDK. I have been assured by many that I will gel with it.
Bose is a significant improvement over the standard system in the 997.2's. A nice option to have.
The most notable thing I can say is the improvement on the PASM side of things. On my last 997.2, PASM was undriveable on the sports setting, shaking your teeth out. Not so with this, even in its firm setting its comfortable, so it was theorised that Porsche have either improved the software or there is a DSC box fitted. Time will tell when I have a proper snout around under the dash.
PSE vs Tubistyle exhaust. PSE is good, but it's no tubi. What an exhaust that was.
X51 delivers the speed differently from a standard S car. It's more linear than I recall from the S, where the S had a big shove of torque down low. Its a fine option to have
Lastly, the wide body is only 22mm wider on each side, but what an impact. Beautiful
That's my early observations on the GTS, and it's a great experience so far. Now for the porn
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