[Utsav_199]

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B58’s are rock solid reliable and can go on till 150K miles with no issues.

Great to know, no wonder it is such a popular choice among other makers and tuners.

I think only an M3 Competition, M4 Competition, GTS 4.0 can satisfy or thrill me more than the B58 but, they are double the price. I need to hock my kidneys as they are super expensive to buy and maintain.

Ah, that is going to be very hard. While Porsches have amazing finesse, or chimp minds do not allow us to spend more and go slower.

My Cayman S 330 hp is much slower, so I guess GTS (not driven) 4.0 400hp will be just as quick if not quicker. They both have similar engine NA characteristics. But hey, when that top end opens -- the gate to heaven opens up!

I drove the Macan GTS very briefly, it did not feel quicker. Drove 2.0 extensively, loved it. In fact I was giggling for the first 5-10 minutes for entirely different reasons - perfect controls-steering, brakes and even PDK paddles, fluid chassis, great peripheral visibility, qualities that are so hard to come by. (Thank god it was not a TD else the SA would have gone nuts looking at me jump like a cartoon character)

The GTS only fullfilled the power deficit of the 2.0, but was not quicker than the B58.

So yeah, the B58 has spoiled it for us.

Yup, I know one of the first GTS 4.0 owner in India was the famous Autocar Editor-Hormzad

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Yes saw his IG, you know him? Do congratulate him on the Spinny deal.

It takes people time to get used to a complete redesign and radical one at that.

That is amazing, I guess manufacturers have themselves to blame for making new cars less desirable.

Btw, search the forum, I drove the new X3 M50 as well recently and was not too impressed. But, I would buy it if I want to continue on the B58 platform.

Do you have a drive report, would be great to have your insights.

I got attracted to your thread just because of the title…lol!

[Utsav_199]

My Cayman S 330 hp is much slower, so I guess GTS (not driven) 4.0 400hp will be just as quick if not quicker.

I meant compared to the M340.

That is amazing, I guess manufacturers have themselves to blame for making new cars less desirable.

I meant the 10K profit on such a properly run car after all these years is amazing. I guess we can use this and push ourselves with some nutty enthusiast math to justify that fast Porsche!

[ssjr0498]

I have heard that the moment they plug in the ISTA and reset even the service interval details, the ecu gets locked. Is that true? What does one have to tell them "NOT" to do when one has a femto unlocked ecu?

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Originally Posted by AbhiJ

If they update the software/ECU, I ll be locked out again. I have to make sure to tell them NOT to.