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      08-06-2011, 05:03 PM   #45
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Evo certainly did not in their big MP12-4c vs. 458 shootout last month. It's a far better and balanced magazine than C&D.
Agreed. EVO is by far the best car magazine in my opinion.

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Of course they (C&D) did. Typical car rag. The M is fast no doubt but I do doubt it is consistently pulling off 3.9s. Regardless 0-60 is so meaningless. 0-100, 120 even 150 tell the true story. This applies to the turbo as well. 2.9, 3.1 WTF does it really matter. 6.3 to 100 as Shift@red pointed out is something! The .2 turbo S's 0-150 is also crazy!!!
Agreed. Hence why I said it has to have the perfect conditions. The Turbo S is simply amazing. New dream car? I think so.

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      08-06-2011, 05:16 PM   #46
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Your dreaming. There's a huge delay from the time you step on the gas and the time the turbo kicks in, in any gear your in.
Very untrue from my experience with my .1 turbo. Yes lag can be minimally present in certain conditions but it is definitely not a problem. The .2s, too include the S, have the same VTG turbos and minimal lag. PDK also lessens any lag.
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      08-06-2011, 08:10 PM   #47
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Very untrue from my experience with my .1 turbo. Yes lag can be minimally present in certain conditions but it is definitely not a problem. The .2s, too include the S, have the same VTG turbos and minimal lag. PDK also lessens any lag.
I guess we all have a difference of opinion. I'm just used to the instant predictable power in my NA m3 and 911. I drove the 911 turbo s for a good 20 minutes or so and was blown away by how beautiful and fast it was but the lag was there and the power delivery was not easy to modulate or predict IMO However I am bias, Not a fan of turbo cars in general. I will hold on to my 997s for a few more years, maybe get the 991 when it gets a midlife power bump.
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      08-06-2011, 08:19 PM   #48
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I guess we all have a difference of opinion. I'm just used to the instant predictable power in my NA m3 and 911. I drove the 911 turbo s for a good 20 minutes or so and was blown away by how beautiful and fast it was but the lag was there and the power delivery was not easy to modulate or predict IMO However I am bias, Not a fan of turbo cars in general. I will hold on to my 997s for a few more years, maybe get the 991 when it gets a midlife power bump.
I can't really disagree with you there, which is part of the reason I sold the turbo and got the .2 GT3; which is the best car I have ever owned. I do think that the 991 will be a great car and the mid-life power bump ~as you say~ should be very nice! I am also hoping the next GT3/RS is as good as I am hearing. But, yeah high revving NA for me too.

I will say that my .1 turbo without PDK was stupid fast. Kind of like Kirk asking Scottie for warp 8 and Scottie delivering. I can only imagine what another 50 hp, PDK and a few less lbs does.

BTW, I never noticed the minor occasional lag in my 335 until I got my GT3.
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I can't really disagree with you there, which is part of the reason I sold the turbo and got the .2 GT3; which is the best car I have ever owned. I do think that the 991 will be a great car and the mid-life power bump ~as you say~ should be very nice! I am also hoping the next GT3/RS is as good as I am hearing. But, yeah high revving NA for me too.

I will say that my .1 turbo without PDK was stupid fast. Kind of like Kirk asking Scottie for warp 8 and Scottie delivering. I can only imagine what another 50 hp, PDK and a few less lbs does.

BTW, I never noticed the minor occasional lag in my 335 until I got my GT3.
Gt3 is a whole different ball game. A masterpiece IMO. Nothing like a high revvin engine that screams past 8k. Mmmmm mmmm mmmm.
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I drove my friends 977 turbo a week ago and all i can say is that there was no noticeable lag as long as I was in the right gear when I got on it. I know that sounds like an obvious statement but when you think of it, a E92/93 M3 does not have alot of low end torque so kinda feels laggy too under ~3000. A Z06 probably does not have that problem, at least from my experiences with my C6 6MT. It felt powerful pretty much everywhere.
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Was this the blue turbo by any chance?




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I just joined and was wondering if anybody could tell me how to create a new thread?
Thanks Everybody!
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I just joined and was wondering if anybody could tell me how to create a new thread?
Thanks Everybody!
When you read this, then go back to the list of M3 vs. threads, up at the top of the list, right below the subforum name (left side of the page) there is a little button that says "New Thread".
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Was this the blue turbo by any chance?



Ha!!! That is the car of death!!! Thats it..... Again, amazing car!!!!
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Your dreaming. There's a huge delay from the time you step on the gas and the time the turbo kicks in, in any gear your in.
I dont know anything about the 911, never driven one, all I will say is once the light turned green, I was def ahead of him in first gear few a very few seconds... Then the damn car literally blew by me as if I was standing still!!!!
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Was this the blue turbo by any chance?



Oh and where was this taken? In Burbank?
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      08-10-2011, 01:34 AM   #57
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I dont know anything about the 911, never driven one, all I will say is once the light turned green, I was def ahead of him in first gear few a very few seconds... Then the damn car literally blew by me as if I was standing still!!!!
You were ahead in first because the power delivery in the m3 is insantaneous, telepathic to your right foot with no help from turbos. The 911 turbo is viscously fast after the boost kicks in, but to me, the engine in the m3 is more special. NA high revving v8 that screams all the way to redline like nothing else out there.
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      08-10-2011, 02:56 AM   #58
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yup thats the owner of the donut shop on sonora and glenoaks for all you local 818 people. Ive messed around with this car before....ya dont even bother its seriously fast. Hes a real cool guy and a big porsche guy.
Damn, that is the perfect job, this guy has it all...super fast car, and he owns a donut shop, so you know all the cops in the area look the other way when he does some street blasting in his Porsche.
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Ha!!! That is the car of death!!! Thats it..... Again, amazing car!!!!
Lol that's my buddies car.
Not too many blue 997TT's in Burbank let alone L.A. so I figured this had to be the one.
Here is a video I took of his car. Sounds WAY louder in real life.


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Oh and where was this taken? In Burbank?
Yup, its in Burbank.
I took these pics a while ago though.
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Lol that's my buddies car.
Not too many blue 997TT's in Burbank let alone L.A. so I figured this had to be the one.
Here is a video I took of his car. Sounds WAY louder in real life.




Yup, its in Burbank.
I took these pics a while ago though.
Sweet... Tell him the guy he smoked in the Interlagos blue E90 On Burbank Blvd one night says whats up.... Ha
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I wouldnt say its like nothing else out there. Its not the only high revving car and there are others who pull much harder to redlines that are even higher.
Of course there are cars that pull harder but nothing screams like the s65 not even a gt3.
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Sweet... Tell him the guy he smoked in the Interlagos blue E90 On Burbank Blvd one night says whats up.... Ha
Loll, I will.
He annihilated me on some fwy runs too. Haha
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Loll, I will.
He annihilated me on some fwy runs too. Haha
Dude, lets all meet up sometime....
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Of course there are cars that pull harder but nothing screams like the s65 not even a gt3.
Don't know about that, but to each his own. The fact that I own one has nothing to do with it either. I'd say the same (and did) if/when I didn't own one.

This turbo lag thing again! 997 turbos hardly have lag. It will sometimes be minimally present if conditions are right but it is by far something one would consider an issue.

Lumbering along in top gear at a very relaxed pace for some time, then hitting it hard may sometimes create lag. Ripping through gears you won't notice it.
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I seriously don't think the turbo-lag is all that bad in the Porsche. A 335i I drove was pretty harsh though.
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Dude, lets all meet up sometime....
Sounds good!!
Haven't seen him an a few months because ive been busy with work but spoke with him about 2 weeks ago. You can usually catch him on Sonora and Glenoaks (Sesame Donuts) in Glendale.
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