Supercar vs. Sports Car

[fastmd]

Seth, you forgot one of the most important aspects of your order. You are not going to tell them how you will take delivery?

[Abdullah71601]

Congrats Seth! Are you going to do the Atlanta delivery experience?

[teqp]

Congrats Seth, the renderings look nice and I'm sure it will be even better in person! I like the color combo, makes the calipers really stand out. Enjoy the ride.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by fastmd

Seth, you forgot one of the most important aspects of your order. You are not going to tell them how you will take delivery?

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Congrats Seth! Are you going to do the Atlanta delivery experience?

Exactly right.

Will take the wife down with me and take a road trip back. Find a few pit stops to check out.

She’s going to love it. I am too!!

[superdog]

Originally Posted by teqp

Congrats Seth, the renderings look nice and I'm sure it will be even better in person! I like the color combo, makes the calipers really stand out. Enjoy the ride.

Thanks Phil.

Agree. They look super and really pop. It’s going to be a fun ride for certain

[austinp]

Congratulations! Beautiful choice. I like the 1 1/2" lift. Im taking note of that. Probably easier to get in and out?

[Dyim]

Originally Posted by superdog

Ummm. Yeah. Ridiculous.

But I was building for resale in mind too. I put all the important stuff in.

And gotta admit as much as I love the ceramic beaches, the pop of color was also part of the decision.

Haha, very expensive yellow.

What color belts? Yellow to match the SC clock?

Any chance you can post up your build? When does it lock? I am surprised you got an allocation for that.

Nothing like a custom ordered Porsche.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by Dyim

Haha, very expensive yellow.

What color belts? Yellow to match the SC clock?

Any chance you can post up your build? When does it lock? I am surprised you got an allocation for that.

Nothing like a custom ordered Porsche.

I’d be happy to post the build tomorrow am. I did get the yellow seatbelts and clock to offset all the dark. That was Nicks idea. I’d normally be against it. But it just sounds so awesome to me. And imho makes it a bit more “exotic”. And of course, it’ll match the brakes nicely.

I too am surprised I got an allocation. Interestingly enough, Tage found one on rennlist in Virginia. I was just about to pull the trigger.

But Ive become friendly with my local guy and he asked me to give him a shot. They apparently just sold their one allocation. But the guy who bought it, a big fish, also wanted a 992. They ended up selling his allocation to me as he agreed to but the 992.

I would have gotten better numbers in Virginia, but I’m just much more comfortable dealing locally.

Never had a Porsche, let alone build one. Only car Ive built is my RRS. And that is just the perfect car for me. So it’s aomost as if it’s the smartest thing I can do. So far, I’m less likely to move it fast, if it’s my build. After all, hard to find any fault with my own style and decisions.

Will post detailed build in the am. I’ll just cut and paste.

[brandrea]

Congratulations Brother, I’m genuinely happy for you! You have so much to be thankful for, including your newly renovated home.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Congratulations Brother, I’m genuinely happy for you! You have so much to be thankful for, including your newly renovated home.

Ain’t that the truth. We finally move in next week. Thank god.

And it’s lookimg super. Almost complete.

Thinking bout changing my name to luckydog.

[Laszlo]

Originally Posted by superdog

Ain’t that the truth. We finally move in next week. Thank god.

And it’s lookimg super. Almost complete.

Thinking bout changing my name to luckydog.

Just add it to name: Luckydog Seth

Very nice build and super unique. Love the exotic touches, especially the yellow accents. That shade of blue is sublime!

Looking forward to joining your journey on RF once it's delivered.

[GB-man]

Looks fantastic Seth! Congratulations man I miss my 911!

[boogiebot]

Oh wow very nice. Look forward to seeing pics when it arrives. Congrats!!


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[bondtoys]

Originally Posted by superdog

I absolutely love the GTS, but it really is a race car. After the 109 incident, I decided again that I want a cruiser. But I still wanted performance. I also wanted super sexy looks along with comfort. Mostly, I wanted some open air driving. I love to be on the road and I simply wanted a damn good driving car that is fun.

After reading this, I immediately thought to myself

„He needs a Carrera 4 Targa“

[Ballzzz]

Build looks great! Not a huge targa fan but with the GTS changes + manual + your contrast bits she looks sexy. Enjoy that P-car in good health.

[superdog]

the build:


Base Price 911 Targa 4 GTS
991540

Price for Equipment

Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee

Total Price*

Exterior Color
Night Blue Metallic
N5

Targa Roof in Black
1V
$0
Interior Color
Leather Interior in Black
AZ

Packages
Premium Package Plus i.c.w. Power Sport Seats (14-way)
P3E

Light Design Package

Porsche Entry & Drive
$0
Automatically Dimming Mirrors
$0
Seat Heating
$0
Seat Ventilation
$0
Performance
7-speed Manual Transmission
487
$0
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) with Standard PASM i.c.w. Rear Axle Steering
352

Front Axle Lift System
474

Rear Axle Steering
470

Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB)
450

Wheels
20" 911 Turbo S Wheels
449
$0
Lights and Vision
LED Headlights in Black with Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (PDLS+) Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
XEY

Interior
Deletion of Alcantara®
714
$0
Steering Wheel in Leather
858
$0
Power Sport Seats (14-way) with Memory Package
P06

Smoking Package
583
$0
Luggage Net in Passenger Footwell
581
$0
Interior Trim Painted in Exterior Color i.c.w. Leather Interior Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
EKA
$0
Sport Chrono Stopwatch Dial in Racing Yellow Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
XGL

Audio and Communications
BOSE® Surround Sound System
9VL

Delivery Experience
Porsche Experience Center Delivery (Atlanta)
ZGA

[superdog]

Originally Posted by bondtoys

After reading this, I immediately thought to myself

„He needs a Carrera 4 Targa“

Yeah man. Good call.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by Ballzzz

Build looks great! Not a huge targa fan but with the GTS changes + manual + your contrast bits she looks sexy. Enjoy that P-car in good health.

Thank you!!!

And agree. Fan or not of the Targa, this specific build is a beauty.

Thanks for the comment.

[Sherpa23]

I think that just about any new sports car is pretty easy to drive, relatively speaking.

I own a Ferrari F40, 360, and an F430 and in the past I've owned a fair amount of Ferraris, including a street legal Challenge car, a Daytona, a 550 Maranello, etc. as well as a Lamborghini Countach, Porsche 2.7 Carrera RS, BMW M1, etc.

Certain cars from certain eras were more difficult to drive quickly but for the most part, if you're a mechanically sympathetic person with any kind of motorsports background, nothing's truly out of place.

I am on the board of the Ferrari Club of America and do some driving instruction at our local track days and the new cars are all so easy to drive quickly that I don't think that anyone should think twice about not buying one because they're "difficult to drive." Of course, being careful of curbs and driveways and such is always a must and other things like that.

FWIW, in addition to the Ferraris, I have a Mercedes Benz S65 and that is one of the craziest cars I've ever driven and I can't imagine what M-B was thinking when they decided to build that (but I am very thankful that they did).

By the way, the whole term of "Supercar" for regular production sports cars is kind of a misnomer. For a company like Ferrari, the only cars they consider supercars are the 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, and LaFerrari. I would call the Miura and Countach and Diablo true supercars, and a fair amount of others. But a 488 GTB is a sports car.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by Sherpa23

I think that just about any new sports car is pretty easy to drive, relatively speaking.

I own a Ferrari F40, 360, and an F430 and in the past I've owned a fair amount of Ferraris, including a street legal Challenge car, a Daytona, a 550 Maranello, etc. as well as a Lamborghini Countach, Porsche 2.7 Carrera RS, BMW M1, etc.

Certain cars from certain eras were more difficult to drive quickly but for the most part, if you're a mechanically sympathetic person with any kind of motorsports background, nothing's truly out of place.

I am on the board of the Ferrari Club of America and do some driving instruction at our local track days and the new cars are all so easy to drive quickly that I don't think that anyone should think twice about not buying one because they're "difficult to drive." Of course, being careful of curbs and driveways and such is always a must and other things like that.

FWIW, in addition to the Ferraris, I have a Mercedes Benz S65 and that is one of the craziest cars I've ever driven and I can't imagine what M-B was thinking when they decided to build that (but I am very thankful that they did).

By the way, the whole term of "Supercar" for regular production sports cars is kind of a misnomer. For a company like Ferrari, the only cars they consider supercars are the 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, and LaFerrari. I would call the Miura and Countach and Diablo true supercars, and a fair amount of others. But a 488 GTB is a sports car.

Great feedback. Would love to know more about your cars and history. Not in a creepy way.

But wow, what a list of cars you have there and I can only imagine what it takes to be on the board of the Ferrari club.

Thanks for sharing. Good to know for the future.

[blassy]

Originally Posted by Sherpa23

I think that just about any new sports car is pretty easy to drive, relatively speaking.

I own a Ferrari F40, 360, and an F430 and in the past I've owned a fair amount of Ferraris, including a street legal Challenge car, a Daytona, a 550 Maranello, etc. as well as a Lamborghini Countach, Porsche 2.7 Carrera RS, BMW M1, etc.

Certain cars from certain eras were more difficult to drive quickly but for the most part, if you're a mechanically sympathetic person with any kind of motorsports background, nothing's truly out of place.

I am on the board of the Ferrari Club of America and do some driving instruction at our local track days and the new cars are all so easy to drive quickly that I don't think that anyone should think twice about not buying one because they're "difficult to drive." Of course, being careful of curbs and driveways and such is always a must and other things like that.

FWIW, in addition to the Ferraris, I have a Mercedes Benz S65 and that is one of the craziest cars I've ever driven and I can't imagine what M-B was thinking when they decided to build that (but I am very thankful that they did).

By the way, the whole term of "Supercar" for regular production sports cars is kind of a misnomer. For a company like Ferrari, the only cars they consider supercars are the 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, and LaFerrari. I would call the Miura and Countach and Diablo true supercars, and a fair amount of others. But a 488 GTB is a sports car.

I too am interested in hearing about these...specifically about the Carrera RS.
One of the GOATs

[encarter13]

Originally Posted by superdog

Thank you. I am very excited. I was given the choice of an allocation of a 99.2 S or this.

I like the look of these better. And I really wanted a Targa.

I don't love the look of full convertible soft tops. This kind of gave me the best of all worlds.

Seth!!! You are a man after my own heart! I jumped into the Porsche game with a 718 Cayman. I went Cayman over 911 for the handling. However, the Targa has really been on my radar lately.

Beautiful choice! I can't wait for the real pictures!

If I ever make it to NJ, you should pick me up from the airport!

[Sherpa23]

Originally Posted by superdog

Great feedback. Would love to know more about your cars and history. Not in a creepy way.

But wow, what a list of cars you have there and I can only imagine what it takes to be on the board of the Ferrari club.

Thanks for sharing. Good to know for the future.

It's kind of a long story but I've always been a car guy but didn't have any money for a long time. I used to buy and fix up neglected Ducati super bikes, which was a real passion hobby but at the time I thought it was probably a placeholder for car stuff. When I finally made an okay amount of money I was planning on buying a Porsche 3.6 Turbo but I ended up buying a Ferrari 355 Berlinetta instead and I just loved that car. I sold it during a business downturn but 6 months later, I realized I didn't need to do that and bought a Ferrari 328 GTB. I owned that for almost 8 years and then I had a chance to buy my all time dream car, the F40. So I sold it to partially fund the F40 purchase. After I bought the F40 I was kind of cash poor for a bit as it took so much cash to buy it so I only had two cars: a Honda Fit and my F40. In time, I added more cars including the ones I listed above and at one point, I had 5 Ferraris: the F40, 1972 Daytona, 1994 348 Challenge, 2001 550 Maranello, and my 360 (which is really a manual transmission Challenge Stradale of sorts), as well as the others.

All in all, it was too much and I decided that as much as I love cars, being a car collector wasn't for me as I just couldn't give them all the care someone with OCD like me feels the need to devote to them. Also I hated the attention when driving them and didn't get them out enough. So I realized that I needed to go down to the just the two that I really love, and that's the F40 and 360. So I started slowly selling the others off.

Also in that time, I had gone back to that love of rare Ducatis and was spending a lot of time riding and tinkering with those. Plus they're so much easier to store and maintain. And best of all, I can roll up to a stop light on the rarest, most special Ducati which makes my insides completely tingly and not a single person gives it a second glance. Combined with the amazing roads and tracks that we have here, it's awesome and for me such a nicer way to go over having a lot of cars.

Originally Posted by blassy

I too am interested in hearing about these...specifically about the Carrera RS.
One of the GOATs

I have always said that if I go back to really having a car collection, I would make it a four car collection with the following: Ferrari F40, Ferrari 288 GTO, Lamborghini Countach (Downdraft QV), and a 2.7 Carrera RS.

The RS is really a special car. It's really a bit of magic. It's raw but with a light, nimble feeling that's really hard to replicate. Whereas I would say the F40 is very serious and all business, the 2.7 Carrera RS is more playful. I'm not sure if that makes sense but that's probably the best way to describe it.

Mine was a series 3 Touring but is the best of all of that series. My issue is that it was a perfect car. I put a little over 1,000 miles on it in two years and was afraid to drive it any more. I didn't feel like I could go and rip around on it like you're supposed to do with one. And that wasn't fun.

Of course, I did well on it when I sold it as it was a true "best of the best" example (it set a world record) but I didn't have any regrets. I might buy one again in the future but if I do, I will probably look for one from the first series.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by encarter13

Seth!!! You are a man after my own heart! I jumped into the Porsche game with a 718 Cayman. I went Cayman over 911 for the handling. However, the Targa has really been on my radar lately.

Beautiful choice! I can't wait for the real pictures!

If I ever make it to NJ, you should pick me up from the airport!

absolutely!!!!

if it happens, let me know.

and thank you!!!

also love the Cayman. Amazing looks, and super handling. the reviews are ridiculous.

[Sub King]

I haven’t been on this forum in far too long, but I’m proud to be able to comment on this post to say CONGRATULATIONS!

Reading through your posts on this thread, I was thinking “it’s gotta be some type of 911”.

Lo and behold, the 911 Targa 4 GTS is an absolutely incredible choice. Definitely dream car material for me personally!

Enjoy it! One day I’m going to buy my own, but until then I will experience it vicariously through you .

[superdog]

Originally Posted by Sub King

I haven’t been on this forum in far too long, but I’m proud to be able to comment on this post to say CONGRATULATIONS!

Reading through your posts on this thread, I was thinking “it’s gotta be some type of 911”.

Lo and behold, the 911 Targa 4 GTS is an absolutely incredible choice. Definitely dream car material for me personally!

Enjoy it! One day I’m going to buy my own, but until then I will experience it vicariously through you .

hey bud. that is a really nice comment.

thank you very much for that.

[Ballzzz]

F40 = GOAT IMHO

[droptopman]

Originally Posted by superdog

the build:


Base Price 911 Targa 4 GTS
991540

Price for Equipment

Delivery, Processing and Handling Fee

Total Price*

Exterior Color
Night Blue Metallic
N5

Targa Roof in Black
1V
$0
Interior Color
Leather Interior in Black
AZ

Packages
Premium Package Plus i.c.w. Power Sport Seats (14-way)
P3E

Light Design Package

Porsche Entry & Drive
$0
Automatically Dimming Mirrors
$0
Seat Heating
$0
Seat Ventilation
$0
Performance
7-speed Manual Transmission
487
$0
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control (PDCC) with Standard PASM i.c.w. Rear Axle Steering
352

Front Axle Lift System
474

Rear Axle Steering
470

Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB)
450

Wheels
20" 911 Turbo S Wheels
449
$0
Lights and Vision
LED Headlights in Black with Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus (PDLS+) Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
XEY

Interior
Deletion of Alcantara®
714
$0
Steering Wheel in Leather
858
$0
Power Sport Seats (14-way) with Memory Package
P06

Smoking Package
583
$0
Luggage Net in Passenger Footwell
581
$0
Interior Trim Painted in Exterior Color i.c.w. Leather Interior Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
EKA
$0
Sport Chrono Stopwatch Dial in Racing Yellow Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
XGL

Audio and Communications
BOSE® Surround Sound System
9VL

Delivery Experience
Porsche Experience Center Delivery (Atlanta)
ZGA

WOW! Have not checked into this thread lately. Awesome choice Seth. Super happy and excited for you. Love the build. Dream car for me. Sooner or later I will build a Porsche! Huge Congrats Brother!

[strettyend]

Seth - you knocked it out of the park on both the car and spec! The yellow calipers on the blue with the GTS center locks is going to be stunning! Knowing you’ve never had a Porsche I’m genuinely excited for you to experience it. There is just absolutely nothing like a 911. I’ve driven Ferrari’s, McLarens, etc and while they all have their own merits I will always have at least one 911 in the garage at all times. When you sit in and just drive it everything just feels so...right.

[droptopman]

LOL, sometimes I hate when I see stuff on this forum. I am now on the Porsche site doing some builds....my AMG only has 10K miles on it. I think I am part sheep