Yeah from what I understand the Tips and PDKs in the 996/997 Turbos are actually quite stout. There are plenty of people running 600HP+ no problem on their stock transitionals.
I've been wanting to replace my daily for some time now (but am holding off due to the current market) and I have been looking a bit harder at the 997.2/991 in the PDK variety since they can be had for a bit cheaper in most cases.
Which is good because I have a hard time justifying spending a lot of money on a daily driver. Or just a lot of money at all...I'm pretty cheap lol.
My daily (the GTI) is a 6 speed and some days I'm just over it.
Don't get me wrong, I will always prefer shifting my own gears. But on a 25 mile straight highway commute it doesn't really do me any favors.
Only on the off ramp that goes into a nice sweeping right hander do I get to have any fun practicing my heel-tow and seeing how much life the tires have left lol.
A coworker just got his Model 3 and it is the middle one, so not the slowest but not the fastest and that thing still scoots.
Has me thinking real hard about making the switch.
When I moved to CA (from New York) and needed a car, I went right for an S2000 and drove that daily. Trust when I say I understand your position - in all that stop and go traffic, I wanted something with auto start/stop to save gas, even!
The truth is, I hate driving on a daily basis. Doesn't matter if I'm in the nicest S-Class or Tesla or Bentley or Porsche, I absolutely can't stand it. Now that I'm back in New York though I'm able to live my ideal life of using public transportation (or walking) for the everyday stuff, and the S2000 is snug in the garage ready for weekend fun.
(Even on an open road, the S2000 is not a good highway or road trip car, it's noisy and exhausting, which is why I'm looking at 911 Turbos)
Going with the Flo and stayin’ low low low……….
Spotted this real car park scraper today. Maybe it did not have clearance to leave in every sense ;0)
Weekend before last I attended a vintage Concours D'Elegance in Southampton, New York. It was a benefit for the Fresh Air Home, an organization which specializes in providing quality recreation for special needs children. This particular Concours was actually a popularity contest with good fun and refreshment.
On topic now, here are few photos.
Very rare Bizzarrini Strada in the center with the "AC" section in the rear featuring a 427 Cobra , AC Aceca, AC Ace Bristol and AC Aceca Coupe. There's half a 246 GT Targa in the photo as well. ;-)
There were 64 classic cars there and a lot of bandwidth to consume if I were to put them all up!
One more, a 2005 Ford GT
I doubt anyone would want to see the other Ferraris, Aston Martins, the rare Ghia, the three Bugattis, Lambos, etc. ;-)
