Porsche 997 C4S PDK
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:24 pm
Had this at the weekend, what a car.
Every time Porsche bring out a newer model, they do seem to improve, I wasnt really looking forward to the PDK as I'm not a great fan of autos and paddles, but was pleasantly suprised. These now have 385 BHP, and as a 4 wheel drive only put power through the front when needed. This also had the sports chrono pack, so had 3 modes, normal, sport, and sport plus. Every mode is auto until you change gear, which then flicks it into manual until you havent changed gear for a while and it automatically goes back (sounds annoying - but isn't)
Normal mode is crazy it makes the car drivable around town and will have you in 6th gear (out of a possible 7) at 35 mph! sports mode opens the exhaust valves, quickens the throttle response, and gear change, and sports plus even more so. sports mode seems a bit pointless so I only used normal (for about 20miles) and spent the rest of the weekend in sport plus mode. the gear change is insanely rapid, I mean really really rapid changing up or down (changing down sounds awesome!) It puts the C2S and C4S on a par with GT3 in terms of acceleration, and it feels it too. Also has launch control
really didnt want to give it back this morning!!
pics....
Every time Porsche bring out a newer model, they do seem to improve, I wasnt really looking forward to the PDK as I'm not a great fan of autos and paddles, but was pleasantly suprised. These now have 385 BHP, and as a 4 wheel drive only put power through the front when needed. This also had the sports chrono pack, so had 3 modes, normal, sport, and sport plus. Every mode is auto until you change gear, which then flicks it into manual until you havent changed gear for a while and it automatically goes back (sounds annoying - but isn't)
Normal mode is crazy it makes the car drivable around town and will have you in 6th gear (out of a possible 7) at 35 mph! sports mode opens the exhaust valves, quickens the throttle response, and gear change, and sports plus even more so. sports mode seems a bit pointless so I only used normal (for about 20miles) and spent the rest of the weekend in sport plus mode. the gear change is insanely rapid, I mean really really rapid changing up or down (changing down sounds awesome!) It puts the C2S and C4S on a par with GT3 in terms of acceleration, and it feels it too. Also has launch control
really didnt want to give it back this morning!!
pics....