paradocs98

Took delivery today. Went from weeks of inaction at port in Germany to a relatively quick boat trip across the Atlantic to fast port processing in Rhode Island and quick turnover at my NY metro dealer. Surprised to have it and very excited.

Some initial impressions:

• it looks amazing in person--recognizable as a 911, but very purposeful, modern, and motorsport in appearance
• significantly wider than my former GT4, but doesn't feel large or unwieldy from behind the wheel
• builds speed very quickly and effortlessly, but doesn't insulate you from that speed like a big German sedan would
• no AM radio (so no 1010 WINS for us New Yorkers)
• you sit nice and low, with excellent headroom--I'm 6'2" and will have plenty of helmet clearance
• the details are fantastic in real life--the hood vents, the black side sill extensions, the real, functional rear diffuser
• initial build quality seems really solid--it feels like a $200k car
• the updated nav/radio/PCM and gauges are light years ahead of what they were in the GT4--well done
• looking forward to many happy miles in this amazing machine

Thanks to Darren Stewart at Porsche Huntington. Great guy and great dealership. My third car from them and I''ll be back!


Ready to leave the dealership

Tucked in at home with its M2 bunkmate

rhk118

Congrats and good luck with the car! Red looks great on these IMO, also like your mirror mod to get in under your lift (really to just look at the car?! )

michaeldorian

Red is the color! Looks fantastic in the 992. More so then 991.

PistolPete

Congrats from an old time 981 GT4 owner! Looking forward to hearing more impressions of the new beast!

Nizer

Stunning. Congrats. Guards Red really works on these cars. Prefer the color of the wheels in the first photo.

Finlander

Agree about red on this model. I think that's what I want on my RS.

uniqueMR

Congrats
Enjoy it in good health

electron mike

Nice, I love it in guards red. Interested in your thoughts coming from your GT4 as you get more miles and track time. Enjoy!

motorwerksgroup

Looks great!

Boy does the 991 look dated.

michaeldorian

Totally. And I’m not red car person at all. I usually lean towards blue, but finally got to see almost every color and I really do think the design lends itself very well to red. I saw both Shark and Guards at the same time today, and GR won in my humble opinion. It’s bold, while looking aggressive. Something about Shark made the car feel more toy like and less “serious”. Maybe too much so. It’s a bright nice blue for sure. Just didn’t give the right feel.

michaeldorian

It really does. And when I saw the light bar in person, it was over. Light bar for the win.

tstafford

OP: Congrats. And thank you for the initial impressions.

GtErik

Absolutley stunning!

racerdj

Congratulations!!
Looks fantastic! The only color for me!

paradocs98

Thanks! You noticed the garage mirrors--I put those in because it allows me to see the front wheels of the car relative to the side edges of the lift ramps as I pull the car on. Trying to prevent embarrassing garage mishaps! (And it lets the car admire itself.)

Thanks--I agree. Seems to match the more aggressive look of the 992.

Hi there Pete! It seems not long ago that all of us NY/NJ/CT new GT4 owners met in the paddock at Lime Rock. I still have the pics from 2016. Must have been 12 or 13 brand new GT4s!

Thank you. I see that--the wheels look like neodyme in that first pic at the dealership!

Would likely be stunning on the RS.

Thanks!

Thanks. I'll post impressions once I get it on track. Will get rollbar and harnesses installed this fall, track alignment done, and maybe a brake pad change, and then first track outing will be next spring. Can't wait.

Thanks. I wasn't expecting the 991 to show its age, but I guess it has been around for 7 years now.

That's interesting. I definitely lean towards blue shades myself. One of my favorites was the Interlagos Blue on my 2011 E90 M3. The Sapphire Blue on my 2014 991 Carrera S was stunning too. And among the 992 colors, I was really really tempted by Gentian Blue. Such a gorgeous color, but I thought it suited a more subtle car like a Carrera S instead of the GT3. I thought about Shark Blue, but then I figured there would be a lot of them since it's the launch color. So Guards Red happened almost by default. I had it on my GT4 and really liked it. And it turns out to really suit this new car--very happy with it.

I actually haven't seen it light up yet--I'll have to stand behind the car at night!

Thanks! A couple of other tidbits:

• For various reasons I didn't spec front axle lift. So I was concerned that the dash toggle switch for it would be a blank or dummy switch in my car. But instead they just entirely eliminated that switch position--it's seamless and you wouldn't know that another toggle could be there in a car with FAL. Well done!
• The inside of the rear glass was dirty/hazy from transport, etc., so I cleaned it today. I'm used to the GT4 where you just lift the rear hatch to get to the back glass. In this car, with the fixed carbon buckets, I could barely squeeze into the back with the passenger seat fully up and forward. Cleaned the glass and then unfolded myself out of the car. Once the rollbar is in, forget it! Cleaning will involve some kind of homemade broomstick with a microfiber cloth stuck to it!
• Started the car this morning for a drive and noticed a blue engine/temp warning light on the left side of the instrument cluster. The icon looked like possibly a low coolant level warning. Thankfully I did some research before trying to top up coolant, and realized it's the "engine is cold, so drive conservatively until it reaches temperature" warning light. Didn't have this in my GT4, so had never seen it before. Might have also been in the 991 GT3 and RS, so people coming from those cars will be used to it.

Thanks! It's like the day after Christmas!