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987s handle better though. I did an A-B-A-B back-to-back drive with a Cayman S and a 997 Carrera S over a 2 hour period, and I thought the 987 handled better than the 997. YMMV though, it was a fairly subjective thing as both were bloody good. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should point out the salesman never let me turn the PSM off so there was no tail-out action.
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987s handle better though. I did an A-B-A-B back-to-back drive with a Cayman S and a 997 Carrera S over a 2 hour period, and I thought the 987 handled better than the 997. YMMV though, it was a fairly subjective thing as both were bloody good. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should point out the salesman never let me turn the PSM off so there was no tail-out action.
I agree the shit out of all of this.
A 987 Cayman R is a bloody amazing thing, it's so accessible that you're driving it at 9/10ths by the third corner. I only drove one for about 10 minutes tho and I fear it might be boring by the second day of ownership.
The tail out thing is where the whole mid-engined layout goes wrong for someone of my average ability and I end up in a hedge. 911s are just so brilliant at it. So long as you get the front to turn in you can just stomp on the power at any point you like and you get a beautiful, graceful power slide that the car pulls itself out of without needing any sort of scary little lift. You just keep pressing the right-hand pedal hard and the amaze traction of the rear engined set up sorts you out.
And when you work out that a little lift and flick on entry unsettles the car enough to make it work at any speed from 20mph to 150mph you realise just how fucking brilliant a 911 is.
Hefty
Two types of people say this:
Honestly. It's rot. Go out this afternoon and test a 911 the same age as your Boxster.