I want to ask the hardcore Porsche guys here a question:

Porsche and 911 in particular are considered the pinnacle of automotive engineering excellence. But is there something you miss from other cars you have owned or driven? Is there a car brand that does something a little better? For e.g. steering feel of a Lotus or transmission shifts of a Ferrari or something like that?

I will leave out the obvious: I know Porsche is not known for luxury of a Rolls Royce/Bentley… So :)

  • dplans455@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    One thing I was really disappointed with when I bought my 992 was the exhaust sounds. Previously I had a G82 with only the resonators removed and it sounded amazing. To get the sound I wanted out of my Porsche I had to spent $7500 on a full titanium exhaust system and then a $2500 tune from M-Engineering in order to allow the valved system to open fully. The stage 2 tune also increased the hp up to 600 and the torque up to 650nm. It sounds amazing now and better than the G82 but it took some work and some money.

    • SageThunder@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      What problems you have with the exhaust on the 992? Think it’s great personally but it’s all up to the person. Btw you don’t need the m engineering tune for the valves to open fully there’s some other thing it’s cheaper, it’s at the top of Rennlist I forgot it’s name

    • orthopod@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I could care less how it sounds, as long as it passes sound levels at tracks. I bought the Dundon quiet muffler for that reason. Same weight, same HP.

      I personally would like a quieter car. Less of a cop magnet, and would make talking easier…

      Plenty of cars now have “fake” sound. Either fake bass pumped through the speakers, or special vibration panels.