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Well after putting 35K miles and 5 plus years of driving on my .1 GT3 I got the bug for a new stable mate. Found a nicely spec'd .1RS at a P car dealer and the trade was done. The car was gently driven as it still had tires with a 2016 date code. I got to put about 1200 miles on the car via the long way home. I loved my GT3 and the car never missed a beat in all these years, and after driving the RS, it was the right decision and I am going to now proceed to pile some miles on this car. It feels great as a street car and to my butt, every bit as comfortable on the road . It will see a few track days at COTA and a lot of back road driving . I am thrilled to have another 991 generation car as I just cant warm up to the 992 gen cars. I do not want to get used to poking on the dash mounted computor to adjust things in a car. I put a fresh set of Cup 2's on and a brake flush and she is ready to go .
For years my gt3 was all the car I wanted and for once, I thought I might actually keep the car for a decade or longer. I could go out of town in the car, I could track the car and I could beat the crap out of the car on the back roads. It was and is a perfect car. Then along came my first McLaren . From that point forward the GT3 just seemed to lack that wildness I look for in a car. After putting 1500 miles on the RS in the first several weeks of ownership I can say that this is the car I should have bought in 2016. Comfortable enough to spend all day in it, and wild enough to get the blood going when you step on the loud pedal ! To me, it feels like my trusty GT3 on a mild dose of steroids. It just feels better at everything that I do with a car. I am thrilled that I made the trade, and for now it is all I could want in a car. I know that I can drive it as often as I want and just keep up with the service ,and it will serve me for years to come.
What do you think concerning the rev limiter? Can you feel/hear the difference between 9000 rpm and 8600 rpm? (8800 rpm is afaik just the rev linit of 1st gear, all others are even lower)
I have not given the rev limiter any thought until you asked the question. In thinking about how I drove my GT3, I tended to short shift the car when out running backroads to keep things a bit calmer and less "hair on fire ". Since the car I bought has a side and center muffler delete, the thing is really loud, so another reason to short shift the car so I dont **** off every rancher in Central TX. Initially what I am feeling is that this car builds speed faster and gets from corner to corner quicker . I sought out a .1 only from all the posts here that suggested it might be a bit more comfortable / softer for street driving than a .2 . l only track my cars a couple of times a year, so maybe on track I might notice or care about the 9k. For now, I am thrilled with the feel of the car.
08-23-2023, 10:56 PM
late to the party for my first RS
