My New 2017 Handling Speciale

I didn't order it but someone else did and didn't take delivery. They only left off a couple things I would have wanted and those are being added gratis. The Homelink mirror and a backup camera. Here it is. Within one week we became an Italian garage from a Porsche Garage. The CTTS was traded for the Maserati QP GTS last weekend and now I traded my 991TTS for the Cali.
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Here is my all Italian garage and the mate for the Ferrari.
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It kind of depends on what you want. My daughter says the 18way seats in the TTS are better because they cradle her, I guess that is the bolster adjustment. I love these seats. My car had 725hp and my goal was to get below 10.5 ET in a quarter mile and above 136 trap speed. I ended up getting 10.50 at 137 on race gas with only a 1.7 60ft but on pump gas at a county road I cut a 1.55 60ft resulting in a 10.4 @ 132 quarter. I also turned a 6.5s 60-130 so I really tuned up the car. I had probably $30,000 worth of performance parts in the car along with a number of custom tunes I could dial up with my Cobb AP. The 991.1 platform is amazingly tunable.

I came from a M5 that I only got 11.9 @ 125 out of. When I first bought the Porsche in Aug. 2014 it did 10.9 @ 125 out of the box. I progressively modded it over the next two and a half years to what I previously described. The ground shook when the car started up and you could hear it coming two blocks away. It's good looking car and low key. I am already getting way more notice with this car than I did with the Porsche. Most people were surprised I sold the Porsche but I was ready for a cruiser albeit something with style and performance. That is what I really like about the HS package. It definitely hits the curves and it holds 2222 as well as the Porsche did but it screams at 6000 rpm around the curves in 2nd gear at 55 mph. This is a road with lot's of S curves in it that runs by the river here in Austin.

In a lot of ways that car would be a step up from your 30 but in a lot of ways it's a step down from a Cali T which is why I wanted the Cali T. I am glad I got a new car and got listed as the original purchaser because I will now be able to order a 488 GTS to my spec for MSRP in a year. That car is going to have the power, speed and style but I didn't want to jump right to that by taking a used one. I think I moved sideways and I love the style of the Cali T but not the 911 Cab so I would not want a TTS Cab, not an option. I will wait to see what they offer with the 992 before considering a 488 GTS order but by then the 488 GTS may be just way better. Here is a link to my youtube channel where you can see my car at COTA and hear some exhaust videos and drive bys if you are interested in seeing what a 911 Turbo can offer.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEO-BGwnjOCXmbjDsk1mSmQ

Thanks, I have been looking for a year and had to jump on it when I found it.

 

It's a great color and very close to my Porsche. I was wondering the name of it as the build sheet and title just say silver. On the Porsche it's called Rhodium silver.
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The 991tts is a great DD but that front lip is expensive to replace so be careful with parking stops and curbs, that was the biggest downside on that car. The front of the Cali is a little higher but I still have to be careful with it. The Cali drives great, I love driving it. It has a different feel than the 991tts and I like the exhaust better on this because it revs higher and it's a V8. My tts went to a good home.

Yeah, that RR is a necessity, I have to go out to West Texas and into the piney woods of East Texas and it can go both places. It's also a great hauler of stuff and the grandson.

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LOL! Funny you should say that. I bought the cars because IMO, beach property at Port Aransas is currently overpriced and heavy with inventory. We have plenty to keep us busy with upkeep on our 22 year old house. We have lived here 20 years and have replaced a lot of things the last 5 or 6 years. We are getting fake grass around the pool and getting our backyard landscaped and then it's on to the master bathroom remodel. Houses are a little different than cars since they don't depreciate so much but they do wear out like cars, albeit less noticeably I think.

Yeah, whatever silver it is, I like it!