[targajoe]

I am still not sure how I feel about the 991, some bits I like and others I don’t. I haven’t driven it yet so that may swing my vote one way or the other.

Funny thing is I think threads like this exist on every auto forum there is. In addition to my 911 I have a ’11 Subaru STI for the track and a highly modified Jeep Wrangler TJ for the trails so I belong to a number of Subaru and Jeep forums as well, and I read the same stories over there. Folks are always complaining that the new JK Wranglers are not real Jeeps anymore that the TJ was the last true Jeep and the CJ guys feel those were the last real Jeeps, etc. Same thing with the Subaru, folks are complaining that the new STI is too soft and not as raw as the earlier cars, and so on.

Times change, yes the 991 is now techno-laden compared to its predecessors and how will that technology hold up over the years, who knows but the same can be said for any modern car. A new Corvette, or Jaguar, or Camaro, or Mustang has a TON more technology than its ‘60’s era versions; that is what most consumers expect, they want “advancement” from year to year.

People on forums make up a fraction of the car buying pubic, I am sure the auto manufactures do plenty of research before working up a new model and have a pretty good idea what Joe Customer will want before the vehicle is released. I bet Porsche is going to sell a ton of these 991’s, which should allow them to get the GT versions of this platform to the more hard core enthusiast nuts among us. A 991 GT3 may be in my future, but I will always hang on to my 1970 911 for when I want that simpler, mechanical feel that only classic vehicles can deliver, and I’ll have the 991 GT3 for when I want to outperform nearly any car in sight.