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My new toy. 08 C4S

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Old 05-27-2008, 10:26 AM
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Great looking car, enjoy!
 
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Congrats on the new toy!
 
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Congrats! Always have loved the C4S. great choice on the wheels too!!
 
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Looking good! I like the options you picked.
 
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Congrats on your new ride! Beautiful!
 
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good luck, let the madness begin..
 
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What's the red thing in front of the drivers side seat? Nice ride. Congrats!
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 10:43 PM
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What's the red thing in front of the drivers side seat? Nice ride. Congrats!
Fire extinguisher.
 
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beautiful car.... drive it in good health...

TechArt Type 1 kit really gives it a classy yet subtle look like on our project C4S Cab...


 
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love the color....great car!
 
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nice car.. do you live in Bucks County? I think Ive seen your car on the road
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 10:09 PM
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nice car.. do you live in Bucks County? I think Ive seen your car on the road
No but I do go for rides through various parts of Bucks County. Obeying all posted speed limits of course.
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 10:34 PM
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I wanted to drive the car some more before I answered that question so I went out for a ride over the weekend on some of my favorite local roads and really concentrated on the handling to see if I notice any further differences.
Thanks a alot for taking the time to do this. I have a black on black Cayenne with Carbon Fiber steering wheel etc., and 20" Techno wheels with Michlin Dimaris tires. It's a great car with an incredible ride for an SUV. My wife loves it, but I want to go back to having a Cabriolet and would like to add a 997 S2 or S4. Obviously I'm used to all wheel drive, but the Cayenne is so different from the 997 my experience is of little value. In addition my experience in the regular type Porches goes back a ways, and pre dates the S4 design. After having lots of trouble in my right shoulder from an old football injury, I just gave up the idea of ****ing gears.

Frankly I'm finding it very difficult to imagine how a very low car with lots of power and all wheel drive might feel from behind the wheel. Would I rather have something a little looser in the turn like the old Porsches I remember? Or something more positive having power to all four wheels? Since I've never even ridden in an S4 it's pretty much impossible to figure this one out. The salesman I've worked with seems to think I never know the difference...save for very hard driving.
 
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Old 05-30-2008, 10:46 PM
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Thanks a alot for taking the time to do this. I have a black on black Cayenne with Carbon Fiber steering wheel etc., and 20" Techno wheels with Michlin Dimaris tires. It's a great car with an incredible ride for an SUV. My wife loves it, but I want to go back to having a Cabriolet and would like to add a 997 S2 or S4. Obviously I'm used to all wheel drive, but the Cayenne is so different from the 997 my experience is of little value. In addition my experience in the regular type Porches goes back a ways, and pre dates the S4 design. After having lots of trouble in my right shoulder from an old football injury, I just gave up the idea of ****ing gears.

Frankly I'm finding it very difficult to imagine how a very low car with lots of power and all wheel drive might feel from behind the wheel. Would I rather have something a little looser in the turn like the old Porsches I remember? Or something more positive having power to all four wheels? Since I've never even ridden in an S4 it's pretty much impossible to figure this one out. The salesman I've worked with seems to think I never know the difference...save for very hard driving.
Your salesman is correct. I think that for even aggressive street driving, the bigger difference would be in the suspension setting or which position the pasm switch is in.

In terms of "looser", the modern 911 chassis has so much grip developed and engineered into it over the years of perfecting it, you can forget that word. Unless of course you are trying to lose control on purpose and do something really crazy.
 

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Originally Posted by surgtech
What's the red thing in front of the drivers side seat? Nice ride. Congrats!
fire extinguisher
 


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