Ok, the title tells it all. The GT3 & GT4 get a lot of attention, and rightly so, from Porsche fans. In current guise they are brutal track machines, yet many of us don’t track our Porsches. I however find them too flashy in standard guise, and quite honestly would prefer, say a 997.1 Turbo.

So, get in your votes and give us your thoughts on your Porsche of choice if you don’t track your car. (SUV and Panamera owners / lovers are welcome to chime in!)

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  • SurfingCows@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If it wasn’t a 911 Turbo or Turbo S it would be my Cayman GTS. It’s almost too much for most roads and the perfect daily. The Turbo is amazing too but I think how fast it is would get me in more trouble.

  • stannndarsh@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Cayman GTS 4.0 with x73 suspension. This is my personal holy grail, and at times I think about downsizing to own just this and my track car.

  • Justifiable_Memes@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My GT4 doesn’t provide enough creature comforts to justify owning it without taking it to the track. That $100k+ price tag is in the R&D of having a road-legal race car that you can drive to the track, absolutely beat the snot out of it all day while out-performing all cars in its class, and drive home year-after-year without any problems. Porsche gives you an extra owner’s manual for logging your track-days, and maintenance work. It is a factory-warrantied track weapon.

  • XLB135@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    993 C2S and 996 C4S with the driveshaft delete mod always spoke to me… wide turbo body without the added complexity of the turbo system and extra vents. Seems like one interpretation of a pure form of the car. Beyond that, Porsche gave us all the GTS models that achieve something similar… RWD but with the widebody. As a ‘forever’ car that I don’t track, I would definitely love to get into something like that. Long way of answering 997.2 Carrera GTS.

  • humdizzle@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    i’ve had my gt3 for like 3 years and never seen the track. doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with it on back roads. I prefer high rpm NA motors though. A turbo motor can’t match the throttle response.

  • puRe_01@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    718 Spyder or 911 Spyder would be my pick. You can’t beat a 9k rpm manual with unlimited headroom.

  • circuit_heart@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Absolutely not. Money no object, and assuming you’re only picking from factory options, the Dakar is the one to get. Less delicate, more versatile, and still a head-turner.

  • NickPivot@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I think they’re amazing (and I tracked a borrowed GT4 once), but for a daily my choice would be the 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 with a 6-speed. I drive a manual 718 Cayman now, and love it, but love the idea of ordering a manual 4 liter in some ridiculous spec/color

  • innatangle@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    911 4 GTS all the way. Fantastic torque, brilliant exhaust note… this is what I’d tour with… and if I found myself on a track, pretty handy there too!

  • darylbowden@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve dailied a GT3 for years. If you don’t have kids (or need to take them), it is still tons of fun. Now I do have canyons on my way to my office so I can actually have a little fun and I have a few other cars if I need to pick up kids etc so it’s not solely the GT3s but mostly.

    Turbos are fine but there’s far less theatre and excitement when driving them. They are impressive cars but honestly I’ve had a couple of C2/C2S and I’d go with one of those over a turbo as a daily. The turbo offers you almost nothing of value over a C2S as a daily. It’s not like you’re gonna drag race it on the way to work over and over. Might as well save the money.

    Never owned a GT4 so can’t really speak to that.