Hi everybody, this is my first post to this forum, even though I’ve been a constant follower to this site. I’m from Vienna/Austria and decided its time for a small contribution.

I’m still waiting to pick up my saphire blue GT4, so got a chance to test drive an indischrot GT4 calm me down[IMG]file://localhost/Users/isf/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_image002.png[/IMG]

I had a possibility to drive a Gt4 for 5 laps at the red bull ring during a customer presentation, so this was not my first time behind the wheel of a GT4.
Nevertheless this was the first time on public roads.
I have a pretty conservative taste when it comes to color choices, and the saphire blue color on my car was a pretty tough decisssion, but after seeing indischrot in real life I have to say it is a very striking color and nothing like on pictures or in the configurator. Really fits the car without being to much in your face.

I ordered this car not primarily as a track tool, but more as a daily driver. So when ordering i decided to go for the 18 way adj. seats. for comfort reasons obviously.
So it was interesting to see how the racing bucket seats in the red test car will do against the comfort seats, which i got used to from the 991 tt.

They look awesome especially with the 5 point harness! And they feel great. At least for the first time you sit in them, you think "pretty comfy, sure i can handle them on long distance".
But after driving for an hour or so you start to understand that they might be a bit too harsh. The car itself is pretty stiff, so the seats add a bit to that. Sure that’s a subjective opinion, but unless you want to track this car often, the comfort seats are a better option (my opinion again). Or you are a die hard fanatic and don’t want to miss the club sport package which is not available with the normal seats.

the Drive:

it is still something special to put your right hand on a manual gear leaver in a sport scar. This and the whole atmosphere with the bucket seats, makes up for an unforgetting experience. The clutch is heavy but very easy to modulate. I put this car straight into sport mode, opened the windows just to hear the auto rev matched downshifts. The car sounds very nice, especially with the valves open.

For me its a toy/drug, depends on how you drive it. It can be civilized and easy to manouver - that’s another point i want to mention as for European cities with narrow roads, its almost the perfect size - but switch traction control off and it becomes a hooligan.

Actually only by turning off the traction control and esp i realized the true hooligan character of this car. in this mode its superb!

anyways here are some more pics. When i get mine i try to upload some more pics and videos.
Sorry for my bad English and enjoy the Sunday!

cheers!

 

Very nice and congrats on the purchase of your very own! If you ever need anything, we ship internationally, so let us know. Your color is going to be sweet.

 

Congrats and thank you for posting.

Does it have plenty of low end torque for city/highway driving or did you find yourself needing to shift at higher rpms to experience real power?

 

If you''re used to driving say a 991 tt then you will miss low end torque a bit. I test drove an Audi RS3 some time ago, and it pulled better from low rpms, obviously being 5 cylinder turbo charged. But it was no where near as involving as a gt4. I guess you won't notice that too much in a city driving condition. On a twisty road the Cayman really comes alive, especially when you switch everything off. It is long geared, and most journalists say a shorter gearing would benefit the acceleration time. I honestly didn't notice this issue while driving. I did dream about this car with a gt3 engine though. It is a 99% perfect car, but if it would pick up revs faster and higher like the gt3 engine, this would be probably a Jack pot car.

After I heard that the 911 R was in the making, I thought of ordering it instead of the gt4, this was 1 month ago or so. It turned out that Austria's allocation was made up of only 4 cars and they were already sold to the Piech family. All 4. They will produce only 499 and I'm betting the dealer mark ups and prices on second hand market, at least here in Europe will be from another universe.

 

Thanks for the detailed response.

 

no problem, thought it might be interesting to share a little more