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@atlrvr your new GT2 looks sensational my friend...really love the pro photos you shared with us! I'll prepare a write up of my Las Vegas trip soon to ensure we have more GT2 content around here, and I actually have a sensational GT3 RS write-up coming for this section too!
There was a Florida guy who had a similar 2008GT2 in Florida, and the car was a POS, as was the owner who was a scum and scammed a bunch of people out of money and then left the country. Around 2014/15. If I think really hard, I will remember the guys name. I wonder if this is that car cleaned up?
what did it sell for?
Igooz, I know the guy you are referring to. He used to visit Sebring quite a bit. He owned an atlas grey GT2 so it cannot be same car. That was the only atlas grey GT2 I've come across.
So, I daily drove the new GT2 for about a week and a half (just switched back to 991.2 GT3 to make sure she still felt loved)
GT2 is much easier to drive around town (except no FAL is a specific challenge). Low end torque is a breeze. The car feels fast when you want it to, but doesn't demand to be driven fast.
I hopped from the GT2 to GT3 the other night, and almost couldn't drive the GT3. (First time driving them back to back within a few mins of each other) Everything so was light and boosted in comparison (which I hadn't really noticed before.
You realize the 991.2 is a bigger car, especially city driving. I can whip the 997.1 around tighter 90' turns. The rear-wheel steering on the newer GT3 helps, but the car still feels a bit big to make those 90' turns comfortably staying in lane.
The GT3 also demands that you drive the car faster (which isn't great for neighborhoods/city streets). Both the engine sound begging you to rev (and the valves opening at 4k helps), but also, the car just isn't happy under 3k RPM, means you're always pushing it more.
Visually, I haven't decided on a favorite. I do like the 991 shape a bit more than the 997 generically, and the Touring having the classic 911 silhouette combined with the incredible engine of the 991.2 GT3 is perfection, but the rear wing and air inlets as well as the lower lourered panels next to the exhaust, the rear of the GT2 I just can't stop staring at.
The GT2 gets much more attention, from people circling it in parking lots as well as people wanting to antagonize it on the road, while the Touring is mostly under the radar all the time, though a lot of that is probably color (and a big friggin' wing)
It's really fun to hear the thoughts of a new 997.1 GT2 owner! Although I cannot compare mine specifically to a 991.2 GT3, I do feel somewhat similarly about the comparison to my own 997.2 GT3 RS. But my 3RS is also my favorite car of all time!
I tried really hard to the like the 991. Dont want to sound like im bashing it…..its a great car in its own way, but I have to say I had no skin in the game in the 997 vs 991 debate last year when I was for several months cross-shopping the 997 GT2, 991.1 GT3RS, and 991.2 GT3, which were at that time all in the same approximate price range.
Did a 600 mile weekend trip up to Raleigh for a soccer tournament with my son and took the GT3T.....have lightweight buckets in both, but the 991 seats are so much more comfortable for longer drives (though harder to get in and out of which makes it annoying as a daily driver)....I also, really appreciate the exhaust note as you wind it out, and wide-open roads between Charlotte and Raleigh gives lots of opportunities to indulge in the N/A scream. Lastly, going to a place where I had no idea about parking lot (speed bumps and steep curb cuts) having the FAL makes me much less paranoid about what I might encounter.
That said, I swapped back right when I got home....not sure if it's still the relative newness of the 997 GT2, but at the moment, I feel more excited to drive it. Aside from the seats (which aren't a big deal for drives less than an hour) and no FAL, both of which are pretty minor as far as enjoyment in my opinion, it's the perfect car except for the exhaust sound....it's like an angry vacuum cleaner. Combining the exhaust note of a GT3 with everything else of the GT2 would be perfection.....now, an obvious response is that's almost exactly what an 997.2 GT3 RS is, but I'm really enjoying shifting to make the engine drop to 2,200 RPM on the upshift, and then roll onto the power and just feel it launch at 2,500 RPM....it's endless enjoyment feeling that boost.
Oh, we can definitely help you fix the exhaust sound. Add a tune and a few more choice bolt-ons, and you will have a car that feels a little bit like it wants to kill you...I can pretty much guarantee it will forever remain more exciting than the GT3T!
Ok, I must say, I love these 997 gt2’s to death (to the point of saying I’m 95% sure I’ll own one some day), but that clip above does sound just like an angry vacuum cleaner lol (and that’s ok, it’s sounds amazing but nothing like a modded 997.1 or 997.2 gt3! That’s perfection!)
Last edited by ScottArizona; 11-22-2020 at 12:40 PM.
Ok, I must say, I love these 997 gt2s to death (to the point of saying Im 95% sure Ill own one some day), but that clip above does sound just like an angry vacuum cleaner lol (and thats ok, its sounds amazing but nothing like a modded 997.1 or 997.2! Thats perfection!)
To every poor soul who has ever asked "How do I make my Turbo/GT2 sound like a GT3?" the answer has always been "Buy a GT3!"
I had one made for my engine, little crappy clip below but it was very zingy and really bellowed tunefully at high revs, completely different from anything else I've ever heard on one of these cars.
It didn't ultimately work for me as I had a subtle resonance which I couldn't live with but I think this was to do with my quite different engine config. Also it didn't flow enough for my engine although I'm sure it would be fine for sub 700hp applications, mine needs valved straight out at WOT to work right and it doesn't sound like a GT3,
I've heard the Kline Inconel exhaust locally on a built GT2 and it definitely kicked up the aggression level a bit compared to the stock Akrapovic exhaust, but certainly nowhere near sounding like a GT3. I did like what I heard though, and had a low speed ride in the car which I also thought was great. What I cannot tell you is whether or not it droned as I didn't get to experience it on the highway, but the owner seemed at least a bit displeased with it overall.
I don't mean to hijack this thread but in all likelihood I will be putting up my recently acquired pristine stock black 2008 GT2 up for sale [2,900+ miles], due in great part to ongoing issues with leg/foot neuropathy. Seek to recoup what I have into it. Will eventually put up a marketplace ad. Anyone who may be interested in it now can PM me. Thanks. Bruce
10-27-2020, 03:47 PM
(and a big friggin' wing)
