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2014 Cayman S | 98 | 70.00% | |
2013 RS5 | 24 | 17.14% | |
Other, Please name below | 18 | 12.86% | |
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06-28-2013, 10:46 PM | #89 |
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Correct but also wonderfully easy to fully remedy without excessive volume and without drone - one of many good aftermarket cat back systems.
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06-29-2013, 12:08 AM | #90 |
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Shouldn't compare a rear weight biased car to a car that has its engine hanging over the front axle. Weight distribution is definitely not immaterial, especially in the case of the RS5
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06-29-2013, 09:04 AM | #91 | |
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06-29-2013, 09:10 AM | #92 | |
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Make your point, please. Bruce |
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06-29-2013, 01:58 PM | #94 |
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Lightly used 997 GT3. /thread
But if you have to go new, the Cayman, hands down. edit: I see you picked up the Cayman! Excellent choice!!!
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06-29-2013, 02:35 PM | #95 |
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Don't buy a gt3 unless you have a second or third car. I sold mine in 2 months because it was just too brutal to drive everyday.
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06-29-2013, 03:52 PM | #97 |
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picked up my cayman this morning. it's AWESOME. i will post some pictures/review later this week after I put some more miles on her
quick notes- -car is beautiful -sounds good for a 6 cylinder -PDK is amazing -best handling car i've driven -faster than i remembered! -love the interior -car gets a lot of attention lol
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06-29-2013, 04:30 PM | #98 |
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Congrats on the Cayman. I feel that you made the right choice. Porsche fit and finish is second to none and they do truly make an excellent sports car. I like the RS5, but it is heavy and didn't feel as connected as the M3. Sure, you can mash the gas peddle and let Quattro push you through corners (I had an S4 and liked it very much and I also drove the RS5 on a race track) but new vehicles and new benchmarks are coming out in the next year or so. The RS5 represents the current in capabilities, not the future.
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Weight distribution definitely matters....there's a huge difference between 40/60 rear biased weight distribution and the 60/40 front bias of the RS5. To say that weight distribution does not matter by comparing a porsche to a RS5 does not make sense. |
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Its such a natural progression from an M3 to a Porsche. They just feel a tad sharper on all accounts. |
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06-30-2013, 09:21 AM | #102 | |
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Congrats op, best of luck with the cayman! Last edited by Black Gold; 06-30-2013 at 10:52 AM.. |
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06-30-2013, 10:33 AM | #103 | |
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Can't wait to hear, about to make the same switch just trying to decide between the boxster & cayman.
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Thanks!! Hope you're loving your 991S! I will definitely post a review soon. imo, depends on what you like. i would love to have a convertible but i am not a fan of the soft top
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06-30-2013, 04:58 PM | #106 |
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Yea a convertible is nice but the cayman does beat it in the looks department. I am just enamored at the base boxster that I got to drive around for the weekend. For 275hp that thing can move or at least gives you the feeling that its really going.
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Nobody will ever call an M3 "nimble", except when comparing it with, say, a C63 or CTS-V. I also liked the weight of the steering better in the 128i. Look, there's no way a 128i will ever stay with an M3 in the twisties, much less any straightaway, but I can use another comparison to illustrate my overall point. We've had both E36 ('95) and E46 ('04) M3s grace our garage, and although the E46 was a better car than the E36 in almost every way, it just wasn't as much fun to drive, mostly because of size and weight. When I first drove an E92, I was conscious of (and pissed off about) the extra weight and size which I could readily feel as a driver, but can't say it was less fun to drive than our '04 car because of that incredible engine. In any event I think smaller and lighter is of great significance, and therefore in my opinion the 128i is the current bimmer for me. YMMV of course, but if you'd like to harken back to the initial road tests of the car back in '08, there were bunches of compliments on how much fun the car was to drive. Bruce |
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06-30-2013, 07:58 PM | #109 | |
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Meaning of course that weight distribution in this case doesn't seem to matter. In other cases, it may or not matter, but it certainly doesn't intrinsically matter, as there are a bunch of other variables involved in the overall performance of any given car. Bruce |
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07-01-2013, 04:02 AM | #110 | |
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Again to say that the weight distribution of a RS5 does not matter by comparing it to a porsche is poor reasoning IMO. That's all I was saying, nothing more. If Audi could fit/push the V8 further back, then they surely would....but doesn't really matter to me either way. Anyhow congrats Dev! Lovely looking car. |
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