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Gtr Vs 911 Turbo Around A Track In Car Magazine

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Roy Grand Master

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Too much rum on your weetbix Roy. :yes:

I was fortunate enough to have a friend take me for a brief drive in a 997 Turbo. Honestly, dont care if the GTR is quicker, one looks great ... one looksy fugly. And just sitting in the Porsche is cool and even though its awd still needs to be driven, albeit less finesses is required then for say the GT2.

The GTR is just a Datsun whose styling loses out to a Hyundai Tiburon :D Ok its fast but .... and looking at that Vid, again sure its quick but looks so dettached and boring to drive. A car for the Playstation generation where at least the Porka seems to still be rather involving to drive. (From what i can tell in the vids...as i have never driven either so am talking out my ass ;) )

FineLine Grand Master

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I was fortunate enough to have a friend take me for a brief drive in a 997 Turbo. Honestly, dont care if the GTR is quicker, one looks great ... one looksy fugly. And just sitting in the Porsche is cool and even though its awd still needs to be driven, albeit less finesses is required then for say the GT2.

The GTR is just a Datsun whose styling loses out to a Hyundai Tiburon :yes: Ok its fast but .... and looking at that Vid, again sure its quick but looks so dettached and boring to drive. A car for the Playstation generation where at least the Porka seems to still be rather involving to drive. (From what i can tell in the vids...as i have never driven either so am talking out my ass :D )

I've driven a few porkas Roy in circumstances that would hardly scare even granny . I havnt and most likely wont drive a 35 gtr but when i see a car perform so effortlessly i can not help but be impressed.

I can only imagine where the fineline is crossed in the gtr to make it as unstable and as much a handfull as the porka.

I do wonder at the way the porsche was set up, It is my understanding that the rear engined car is generally more tail happy than the yellow beast in the video. It begs the question, Did the powers that be set the car up in the knowledge that journos with varying skill levels would be driving it, Understeer is easier and more instinctive to bail out of than oversteer.

As for street creds, Sure, the porka has it in spades. However I do believe the 35 has already narrowed the gap and will only continue to add to its kudos courtesy of videos like this one.

grandmasterb Grand Master

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Thats pretty impressive. Still i would rather the Porsche :D

Im with you Roy, great vid and interesting result but i would prefer the Porsche sitting in my drive over the R35 anyday :yes:

mad082 Grand Master

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i'd like to see a comparisson between the gtr and the 911 gt2. the gt2 is about 200kg lighter than the turbo due to it only being rwd. i also think that if they had left the traction control on in the 911 they would've got a quicker time.

i also noticed that they ran the gtr on an empty tank too.

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I used to work for a porsche dealer and was lucky enough to drive anything and everything that has a porsche badge on it.

Some of them are just piles of shit but as for the 911 TT....awesome. GT3 so much fun!!! The GT2 is still my fave tho.

For the price of them tho, they should be damn good too...

If i had the money for a 911 turbo or a R35.... Id spend it all tracking down and buyin a Z-tune R34! :thumbsup:

grandmasterb Grand Master

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I seriously want to see it on Top Gear! Stack it up against all the contenders :)

You and me both, i think it will do very well around there test track when the time comes :D

Roy Grand Master

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Top Gear and the Stig to see if how quick it is. Then Fifth Gear and Tiff as i agree 99 times out of 100 on what he says makes a good car. If he gets out of the heavy automatic beast and says its really fun to drive and doesnt drive like an EVO then i will maybe change my tune on the car. Not that it matters i will never own one :D There is a 89 Carrera 4 dressed up in 72 RS body and colours for sale at the moment. I am itching to buy it :)

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