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Originally Posted by Nick Triesch
Call it bloatware but the new Porsche cars do everything way way better than our old tiny cars. The new 911 just went from a 67 super Bug to a full super car. Say what you want but I have driven the new Porsche cars and I would trade any day if I could afford one. Come out of a corner in an old aircooled 911 and accelerate in 2nd gear, it is fun. Do the same in a new Cayman and you get pushed back in your seat and your face goes flat! That is really fun.
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It's all relative... I'd say they don't do "engagement" as well as the old cars. When I come out of a corner in my 72 911 in second gear, the sound is so incredibly loud and visceral, and the gear so much shorter, the car so much more raw (no traction control or anything) that it feels pretty damn quick and intense... Same thing on my 991, it feels easier and less of an occasion, the gearing is too long, and there is much much less sound.
Does this mean I like the 991 less ? Of course not. Its limits are incredibly higher, it would trounce the oldie on a track or an empty road, it's got AC, tunes, soundproofing, and if I crash I might actually survive ;-) They're bigger because drivers got bigger, crashtest rules, stylistic considerations, pedestrian impact mandates, etc... We are never going back, regardless...