Porsche 911 GT2 - Part 1: Faster and Furiouser

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FullTests/articleId=129447?tid=ed...

For three days straight, we tried to beat the daylights out of the 2008 Porsche 911 GT2. In the end, this Guards Red missile shrugged off the experience and beat the tar out of us instead. All we had to show for our efforts were a bruised right palm, a $1,300 receipt for replacement rear tires and a permanent smile.

While selflessly obliging the lens-carrying members of our staff who asked if it'd be possible to get the 530-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive GT2 to do something interesting for the camera, we kicked this car's butt until we literally grew tired of the effort. And yet the 2008 Porsche 911 GT effectively replied, "Is that all you've got? Give me some more tires and I'm good to go."

And go it does.

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• GT2
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[E46BMWPOWER]

I'm still very convinced that you have never actually touched a steering wheel before.

[12valvepower1]

my god i love german cars. my heart is german german .

[12valvepower1]

@E46BMWPOWER me. ahhahahahahahahha. how little you know of me my freind. how little you know .

[996TwinTurbo911]

@W42PZ You keep telling yourself that buddy. But unless you did not hear me before, yes the GT2 does come with Launch control with the manual gearbox. Hold full throttle for a few seconds while boost builds, the computer limits RPM to 5000 revs and dump the clutch. I personally have done this in the GT2 so if you still want to believe that it does not have launch control feature available, then be my guest.

[W42PZ]

@996TwinTurbo911 The GT2 only comes with a manual gearbox, so no launch control!

[996TwinTurbo911]

@W42PZ

The one I drove did, so yes it does.

[W42PZ]

@996TwinTurbo911 The GT2 doesn't have launch control!

[996TwinTurbo911]

To bad they were not using the launch control correctly.

[12valvepower1]

@E46BMWPOWER ME.. HAHAHHAHAHA. i have a wrx. and i club rally.

[KlausM81]

@12valvepower1 Where r u from? I can`t explain it, but i think people are loving always unreachable things ;) US Car more greater..i love it.

[cetaphil69]

this is fake

[ghosthunter2006]

@noahz20 lol. "faggot asshole shit head"? when you abuse people you just put all the words you learned from your classmates into one sentence? ))