rp930 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:13 amNice! They are great cars as is. I have driven plenty of stock and modified ones. The stocks ones always perform and are very quick, the modified ones I’ve driven are stupid fast and pretty much useless. Reliable HP is the goal. No matter what you do to it there will always be something more modern (water cooled) that’s faster. Ok I’m off my soapbox now.
I've driven one for about 850km now, and I'd have to say that compared to the other cars I drive regularly (2018 AMG E63S Wagon, 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid, and 1987 Porsche 928 S4 twin-turbo in particular), the 993 Turbo feels light and... slow. To people driving other old 911 models, it must be the opposite!
There's no eyeball flattening acceleration by any means, it's very gradual acceleration even when going thru the gears at higher rpms. It does get up to a fast speed pretty quickly, but I haven't yet gotten the feeling "what the hell just happened" with the speed far in the triple digits mph -- that doesn't seem to happen without specific intent.
I feel that one is sitting pretty far in the front and pretty low, which makes the speed seem higher than it actually is (the opposite extreme case is Tesla). I think the overall cabin loudness also contributes to that feeling. This specific car had all the wear items in the suspension replaced five years ago (a EUR 25k receipt...) so I'm not surprised that it rides pretty well. The car certainly goes exactly where I intend it to go on the road, steering assist level is to my liking.
One thing that feels surprisingly good is stopping distance. The brake pedal is very stiff with little assist, but when you do push it hard the car really stops. This must be the fact that as a rear-engined car there's still some weight/downforce on the rear wheels when braking. I don't know.
Writing about it now, it's becoming clear how little I understand how cars actually work and how poorly I can articulate driving impressions and relate them to technical facts.
I think the car could handle a lot more power, by the way. That's just a feeling.