martinbo
Staff member
Went for a coffee at Uncle Tobi's on Friday with my Cayman owning brother-from-another-mother. Couple of interesting things during that visit.
Rich daddy bought his twenty-something son a brand new GT3 RS - they were there to take delivery of it. I know, I know... it's wrong for me to feel this way but:
Looks like a GT4 was traded in for it.
For me, the GT4 is the single finest thing on four wheels - it's the one when your considerations primarily encompass the archaic practice of pedal-pushing, lever-pulling, ankle-bending driving. It actually looks a million Rand more expensive than it actually is.
718 Boxster and Boxster S were on the floor and outside respectively.
Looks: aesthetically a sideways step. The new taillight design whilst more - shall we say - "graphic" is less distinctive. The front - there's only one word for it: it's soft. I couldn't stop getting bloody Fiat Barchetta vibes from that new frontal design.
Sound: Not entirely Subaru Boxer turbo (thank goodness) but certainly at specific points in the rev range the timbre resulting from the engine layout and unequal length exhaust manifold is unmistakable as that of a turbo'd flat four. Given that it's a performance car Porsche has more license to liberate more volume and this helps matters somewhat. If the NA flat-six delivers sound in HD with increasing intensity as the revs rise then the turbo four is SD and more monotone unfortunately; it simply doesn't change in pitch and the upper rpm band manifests that typical turbocharger whhooshh.
Oh and that 918 Spyder remains enthralling to look at despite the ugly red and white livery.
Rich daddy bought his twenty-something son a brand new GT3 RS - they were there to take delivery of it. I know, I know... it's wrong for me to feel this way but:
Looks like a GT4 was traded in for it.For me, the GT4 is the single finest thing on four wheels - it's the one when your considerations primarily encompass the archaic practice of pedal-pushing, lever-pulling, ankle-bending driving. It actually looks a million Rand more expensive than it actually is.
718 Boxster and Boxster S were on the floor and outside respectively.
Looks: aesthetically a sideways step. The new taillight design whilst more - shall we say - "graphic" is less distinctive. The front - there's only one word for it: it's soft. I couldn't stop getting bloody Fiat Barchetta vibes from that new frontal design.
Sound: Not entirely Subaru Boxer turbo (thank goodness) but certainly at specific points in the rev range the timbre resulting from the engine layout and unequal length exhaust manifold is unmistakable as that of a turbo'd flat four. Given that it's a performance car Porsche has more license to liberate more volume and this helps matters somewhat. If the NA flat-six delivers sound in HD with increasing intensity as the revs rise then the turbo four is SD and more monotone unfortunately; it simply doesn't change in pitch and the upper rpm band manifests that typical turbocharger whhooshh.
Oh and that 918 Spyder remains enthralling to look at despite the ugly red and white livery.
