Questions on buying a GT3RS
#31
12-13-2009 | 05:45 PM
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Some of the comments I really don't get on this thread:
Firstly, I have owned a 997RS - sold it to fund buying a cup car, but am fortunate enough to be getting me 2nd 997RS.1 this week and still keeping the cup car.
The first 997RS had steels, and I had to replace the discs within 500miles as they cracked to the point the holes were joining up. Other than that it was faultless and a truly epic car. Far better IMHO than my MK1 GT3.
I have friends that have 997RS with ceramics, they track them all the time and they are holding up very, very well. I think they run RS29 pads, with extra rear cooling ducts and all is well. The RS I am picking up this week has ceramics. Ceratainly, when you add up the cost of replacement steel discs, pads, wheel refurbs (If you use performance friction which leave terrible deposits on the wheels) the extra cost of ceramics is marginal.
With the right set up, both steels and ceramics do a great job on track (Just not OEM discs).
You cannot compare a 996 cup car to a 997 RS - the cup car is extreme, full on and a mega race car. The RS is designed to be able to drive hundreds of miles to a track in comfort, thrash the arse off it all day long, then drive it home again in comfort. I did just that with the last one with trips to the Ring, Spa and Monza and it was epic.
Anyone thinking of getting one of these - you won't regret it. You may regret selling it though like I did
Firstly, I have owned a 997RS - sold it to fund buying a cup car, but am fortunate enough to be getting me 2nd 997RS.1 this week and still keeping the cup car.
The first 997RS had steels, and I had to replace the discs within 500miles as they cracked to the point the holes were joining up. Other than that it was faultless and a truly epic car. Far better IMHO than my MK1 GT3.
I have friends that have 997RS with ceramics, they track them all the time and they are holding up very, very well. I think they run RS29 pads, with extra rear cooling ducts and all is well. The RS I am picking up this week has ceramics. Ceratainly, when you add up the cost of replacement steel discs, pads, wheel refurbs (If you use performance friction which leave terrible deposits on the wheels) the extra cost of ceramics is marginal.
With the right set up, both steels and ceramics do a great job on track (Just not OEM discs).
You cannot compare a 996 cup car to a 997 RS - the cup car is extreme, full on and a mega race car. The RS is designed to be able to drive hundreds of miles to a track in comfort, thrash the arse off it all day long, then drive it home again in comfort. I did just that with the last one with trips to the Ring, Spa and Monza and it was epic.
Anyone thinking of getting one of these - you won't regret it. You may regret selling it though like I did
#32
12-13-2009 | 08:36 PM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 174
From: Oxford, CT
kojote events? sounds cool but racing is still the only way for a true rush for me now. i'll tell you it sounds like those events would be more fun with a car like my rsa so you would be slamming people in the corners and out braking everyone at all locations but doing it with a 245hp car with not a nanny in the world to play with except the Big Red Brakes 
I had no idea about watkins glen..so I was just assuming 30 seconds difference with a typical poser track guy. i made up the 2:03 and don't even know how long the track is.
I had no idea about watkins glen..so I was just assuming 30 seconds difference with a typical poser track guy. i made up the 2:03 and don't even know how long the track is.
#33
12-13-2009 | 10:25 PM
I say the GT3RS is the way to go. That car is awesome at least in the looks, I have never rode in or driven one but they sure look incredible and from the videos I have seen of them the performance is just as good as the looks.
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