What's new
Porsche 911 UK Enthusiasts Online Community Discussion Forum GB

Welcome to the @Porsche911UK website. Register a free account today to become a member! Sign up is quick and easy, then you can view, participate in topics and posts across the site that covers all things Porsche.

Already registered and looking to recovery your account, select 'login in' and then the 'forget your password' option.

Topgear.co.uk - Finance Available for Exhausts, Franchises, Alloy Wheels, Carbon Cleaning and Tuning

New 992S Tried & Tested

H

Hamster75

Nurburgring
Joined
7 Sep 2017
Messages
456
I was loaned a 992S by Chester OPC for the day on Saturday, was during treacherous rain conditions I might add, me & my mate found out more about this car than we would normally due to the horrible storm wet conditions.

What a car, they have refined the PDK to make it lovely super smooth even in sport plus.

The car makes a basic driver seem great, compensating for errors in a millisecond, couple of times it was about to aqua plane when pressed & the cars systems even in spot plus eased & ironed it out. What a car they are fantastic. felt like a 4 wheel drive.

They are not as raw as a 991 but very addictive & sound nice + lovely to drive as a daily driver, my pal Simon had never driven a 911 & was just bowled over how good this car is :worship:

Needless to say I want one even more now, Porsche have improved them again.
 

Attachments

  • img_1916_142.jpg
    img_1916_142.jpg
    1,024 KB · Views: 4,942
  • img_1913_350.jpg
    img_1913_350.jpg
    1.5 MB · Views: 4,942
I'm assuming that you tried out the 'wet mode'. What difference did it make :?:
 
Hamster75 said:
I was loaned a 992S by Chester OPC for the day on Saturday, was during treacherous rain conditions I might add, me & my mate found out more about this car than we would normally due to the horrible storm wet conditions.

What a car, they have refined the PDK to make it lovely super smooth even in sport plus.

The car makes a basic driver seem great, compensating for errors in a millisecond, couple of times it was about to aqua plane when pressed & the cars systems even in spot plus eased & ironed it out. What a car they are fantastic. felt like a 4 wheel drive.

They are not as raw as a 991 but very addictive & sound nice + lovely to drive as a daily driver, my pal Simon had never driven a 911 & was just bowled over how good this car is :worship:

Needless to say I want one even more now, Porsche have improved them again.
Click to expand...

Interesting that most on here took a while to warm to the 991, the 992 seems an instant hit with most, all credit to Porsche, they seem to have pulled off the impossible. :thumb:

Nice statement on the rawness of the 991, looks like the 991 is fast becoming the new 997, and the 997 is becoming the 996 :grin:
 
T8 said:
I'm assuming that you tried out the 'wet mode'. What difference did it make :?:
Click to expand...

We did try the wet mode & it tones it right down super safe, however in sport plus even in the worst conditions it still felt very sure footed as if it was a 4 wheel drive, I think to crash one of these you would have to go way too fast or be a complete pillock.
 
spongebob squarepants said:
Hamster75 said:
I was loaned a 992S by Chester OPC for the day on Saturday, was during treacherous rain conditions I might add, me & my mate found out more about this car than we would normally due to the horrible storm wet conditions.

What a car, they have refined the PDK to make it lovely super smooth even in sport plus.

The car makes a basic driver seem great, compensating for errors in a millisecond, couple of times it was about to aqua plane when pressed & the cars systems even in spot plus eased & ironed it out. What a car they are fantastic. felt like a 4 wheel drive.

They are not as raw as a 991 but very addictive & sound nice + lovely to drive as a daily driver, my pal Simon had never driven a 911 & was just bowled over how good this car is :worship:

Needless to say I want one even more now, Porsche have improved them again.
Click to expand...

Interesting that most on here took a while to warm to the 991, the 992 seems an instant hit with most, all credit to Porsche, they seem to have pulled off the impossible. :thumb:

Nice statement on the rawness of the 991, looks like the 991 is fast becoming the new 997, and the 997 is becoming the 996 :grin:
Click to expand...

You might well be right there as the 991.1 is a positive beast in sport plus compared to the 992 & of course the sound is nice but nothing like as nice as the 991.1 with PSE
The dealer as much as said the same when we collected the 992

I am thinking at some point there will be an enthusiast swing to the 991 when the prices make them more attainable to the masses & I think they look nicer & more traditionally Porsche too :)

Cant deny the 992 though they are lovely to drive & subtly fast / efficient at everything.
 
I plan on extending the warranty on my C2S in July for 2 years, after that I may go down the 992 route.
Car magazine reviewed it recently in guards red with the gold (Arun, I think) wheels and it does look awesome.
The only issue I have is the noise - I still smile when I drive mine in sport with the PSE blaring!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Porsche News
All new 2024 Electric Macan gets 380 mile range and 630hp 100kWh lithium-ion battery pack
Replies
7
Views
886
911UK
911UK
Porsche News
the new 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 R Rennsport, the ultimate $1m customer track car
Replies
1
Views
1K
Porsche News
Porsche News
Roro
992 GT3 manual review - Evo
Replies
6
Views
5K
Roro
Roro
L
997.1 C4S 1 month in and ongoing build
2 3 4 5 6
Replies
81
Views
20K
guyvert1
G
L
Happy new owner
Replies
14
Views
6K
Seventy Seven
S
Porsche News
Mercedes-AMG GTS vs 911 [991] GTS (2015) review
Replies
13
Views
11K
DRZ911
DRZ911
Porsche News
  • Sticky
2015 £131k 493bhp 911 [991] GT3 RS announced
7 8 9 10 11
Replies
152
Views
197K
Slayer
Slayer
Independent Porsche Specialist

Latest posts

New Threads

Porsche Model Range

Porsche 911

Porsche 992: 2018- Porsche 992: 2018- Porsche 991: 2011-2019 Porsche 991: 2011-2019 Porsche 997: 2004-2012 Porsche 997: 2004-2012 Porsche 996: 1997-2005 Porsche 996: 1997-2005 Porsche 993: 1993-1998 Porsche 993: 1993-1998 Porsche 964: 1989-1993 Porsche 964: 1989-1993 Porsche Carrera 3.2: 1983-1989 Porsche Carrera 3.2: 1983-1989 Porsche Carrera SC: 1977-1983 Porsche Carrera SC: 1977-1983 Porsche 930 Turbo: 1975-1989 Porsche 930 Turbo: 1975-1989 Porsche Early 911: 1964-1977 Porsche Early 911: 1964-1977

Porsche Hypercars

Porsche 918 Spyder Porsche 918 Spyder Porsche Carrera GT Porsche Carrera GT Porsche GT1 Porsche GT1 Porsche 959 Porsche 959

Other Current Porsche Model

Porsche Taycan : (2019-0%) Porsche Taycan : (2019-0%) Porsche Macan : 2013- Porsche Macan : 2013- Porsche Panamera : 2009- Porsche Panamera : 2009- Porsche Cayman: 2005- Porsche Cayman: 2005- Porsche Cayenne: 2003- Porsche Cayenne: 2003- Porsche Boxster: 1997- Porsche Boxster: 1997-

Porsche Legacy Models

Porsche 928 Porsche 928 Porsche 968 Porsche 968 Porsche 944 Porsche 944 Porsche 924 Porsche 924 Porsche 914 Porsche 914 Porsche 912 Porsche 912 Porsche 904 Porsche 904 Porsche 550 Porsche 550 Porsche 356 Speedster Porsche 356 Speedster Porsche 356 Porsche 356

Forum statistics

Threads
124,531
Messages
1,441,201
Members
48,939
Latest member
Autocraft1

porsche insurance porsche parts porsche sales porsche car sales porsche for sale
porsche classic sales porsche tuning porsche sold porsche specialist porsche engine rebuilds porsche driver training porsche car sales porsche exhausts

Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2024 XenForo Ltd. XenForo theme by xenfocus

www.911uk.com @Porsche911UK THE DEFINITIVE PORSCHE FORUM Copyright © 911UK 2002-2024 All rights reserved.

911uk.com is not associated and is wholly independent of Porsche Automobil Holdings SE, Dr. Ing.h.c.F.Porsche AG, Porsche Cars GB, its subsidiaries and offical Porsche centres. Any word, phrase or graphic that in any way resembles anything to do with the Porsche name or organisation are registered trademarks of Porsche Automobil Holdings SE and Dr. Ing.h.c.F. Porsche AG.

Back
Top