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Driving new Porsche 911 Carrera S in Black Forest

Old 05-22-2016, 05:54 AM
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Default Driving new Porsche 911 Carrera S in Black Forest

Enjoy

https://youtu.be/2AZqwkHe6sw

The car accelerates very fast, but not much feel and very little engine sound - those turbos have ruined it all
Still a lot of fun - but older generations IMO are better.
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Not that I could afford one, but I'm with you on this. From the video, it sounds like what you'd expect a Tesla to sound like...nothing. When I think of the 911 I think of the great sound the flat six makes. The flat six in this video..well it sounds flat too. I can't imagine skipping over the GT4 and buying one of those.
Here's more what a Porsche should sound like to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Q-iFXjh1I
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Just to clarify - this 911 is Avis rental one
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Air cooled all day long. This is what a Porsche is supposed to sound like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o36ANwcGtlY
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Sport exhaust? Dual pipes closer to center? Other vids I've seen it sounds pretty good. Not as good as NA but really not bad..
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yes - that sports exhaust.



i'm not sure about air cooled ones - the Ruf is pretty extreme example. A few stock ones that i've heard were not to far off from the VW Beetle

You can hear my water cooled one which just has a stock sports exhaust plus catless headers:

https://youtu.be/RRRpxspePhM

I was missing the S2K scream but this sound got me happy.
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I think the camera is probably too far into the wind to really pick up intake or exhaust noise on that car.
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I heard a new 911 idling at the dealership the other weekend and it was a lot louder than I expected it to be. Definitely wasn't muffled much by the turbos.
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That exhaust is ugly, if you're going to do center exit at least put the tips together
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Something wrong with the steering? Spending a lot of time over the center-line...

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