Just something I heard and could well be just one of those "things" you hear. However, when you consider how heavily the road cars rely on electrickery to make them do what they can do (and the latest 997 is truly awesome) how far can you go with a race car when the CoG is inherently wrong - where as the Cayman is inherently right. The comment was race car related.
] You'd think they would realise that it's obvious it does'nt work[] As for the electrickery, I think that's only there for Porsche's new type of customer[] Mind you i think they may all be starting to buy Caymans[]
There's no denying that but, these days, if you want to win LMGT2 you may well be better off with a F430GT. Not a foregone conclusion on the part of the Ferrari by any means but equally not the domination 911's may have enjoyed in years gone by. If having the engine in the wrong place is such a good idea why did they put it in front of the gear box on the GT1? I have already said the new generation 997 is a spectacular road car and, on normal roads (obviously closed) there must be very few cars that could catch it if they were both driven by normal people. It is truly astonishing. However, I still think, given the more favourable balance of a Cayman, if Porsche were to develop an all out race version of the car it could very well eclipse the GT3RSR.ORIGINAL: Laurence Gibbs Yes funny how that inherently wrong layout has been winning races for sooooo many years is'nt it[
] all the classics i have owned (3) have also made money at time of sale,but if i'm honest the actual costs when factored up to allow for inflation etc have more than outweighed any gains i have made.enjoyable nonetheless,but in my experience the old adage is true "new cars depreciate.old cars(classics!)costicate"
True! But recent monthly vaulation drops have been ridiculously high. I dare not even mention how much my Cayman S (thankfully sold) dropped last month (in excess of £1000), but boy, am I glad I sold when I did. Surely a good 996 would not cost £12000+ pa in maintenance charges. However, we enjoy our cars and if we are really bothered about residuals, then we should not think about selling. Moreover, I never really felt like spoiling my Porsche as I knew I would sell it in less than a year. I'll keep my Gen 2 for 35 years (honest) and look forward to treating it to an expensive valet every now and then.
] I'll probably still keep the gen 2 GT3RS (if I can secure one) but then that is it for a while - honest!
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