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I was trying to wring the neck out of that engine because I was so frustrated with it. And voila. Ticket. Would have kept the NC if I felt like it had an engine to better match the rest of the car. By and large, even though the 3.4 litre flat six is not torquey whatsoever, it still felt like a revelation at the time. What the NC or ND has that the 987 lacks is this sense that if something goes wrong, it will be inexpensive and mostly…not much will go wrong. I never get that sense in any Porsche of the 996/997 era. They always feel like you’re one scored cylinder wall away from something expensive.
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09-07-2021, 01:29 PM | #27 | |
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Which is why the reliability aspect is so key to me here. I would never do extended highway driving in a convertible. It’s a lot of white noise that is grating quickly. Especially when you have these modern wide and low profile tires which send noise into your skull for hours. I think the highway is also the place where any MX5 Miata doesn’t do well because there’s no top end on the car and that tiny little engine can be frustrating.
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09-13-2021, 12:26 PM | #28 | |
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09-15-2021, 05:58 PM | #29 | |
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I’m going to get a GT3.
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09-15-2021, 06:08 PM | #30 |
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Lol well that’ll do it, yes.
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