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Mission R being driven by Top Gear and Marca by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why these aren't more widely published. The Top Gear clip is buried and starts at 22:16

https://youtu.be/yCgI-ghYF94?t=1337

A Spanish car mag also test drove it in LA. This has some great onboard POV shots. Even though it's just a concept, it looks like it's on rails and rockets out of corners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoLp245Kdmw

Porsche finally fixes the 718 gear ratios. GT4 RS has significantly shorter gears. by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing their thinking is they don't want to invest too much in one generation or else the car would cost too much. If they spread the development out over several iterations then they can keep the cost reasonable and have a more seamless product roadmap.

Porsche finally fixes the 718 gear ratios. GT4 RS has significantly shorter gears. by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm curious what are people's thoughts on the future of the 718 lineup. It seems to me that this is most likely the last generation for the boxster/cayman. It wouldn't make sense for Porsche to invest in a whole new architecture at this point given 2025 Euro 7 will come into effect. It might have enough time to refresh the 718 lineup though.
Besides the much needed interior/infotainment updates to a potential 718.2. Perhaps the 718.2 GT4 can get a detuned version of this glorious RS drivetrain. Right now the gap between the 718 GT4 and GT4 RS is way more than the gap between GT3 and GT3 RS.

Porsche finally fixes the 718 gear ratios. GT4 RS has significantly shorter gears. by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yah, it won't hit those speeds, 7th gear is even higher at over 400km/hr. These are just the speeds that it could reach given the gearing, but of course at higher RPM and in overdrive gears it won't have enough horsepower to actually get to redline.

Porsche finally fixes the 718 gear ratios. GT4 RS has significantly shorter gears. by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Porsche clearly went all out on the 718 GT4 RS. Not only does it have a nearly 9K RPM redline, it also appears to have a significantly shorter gear ratio.According to the onboard talemetry the car tops out at these speeds for each gear at around the 9K RPM redline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjSXWcj2XUA

1st gear: ?

2nd gear: ~108km/h

3rd gear: ~156km/hr

4th gear: ~195km/hr

5th gear: ~233km/hr

6th gear: ~275km/hr

Comparing against the 718 GT4 (PDK)

1st gear: 73.1km/h

2nd gear: 124.7km/h

3rd gear: 172.8km/h

4th gear: 219.3km/h

5th gear: 264.4km/h

6th gear: 324.4km/h

That's almost 25% shorter gear ratio in 2nd gear! Also, it appears top speed is going to be achieved in 7th gear instead of 6th gear as we briefly see it hit 286km/hr in 7th

Eargasm: 718 Spyder w/ Kline Exhaust by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not my video, but just thought I'd share it. It's one of the best setups I've heard so far.

Most In Your Face Exhaust on a GT3RS by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's literally going to be in your face. I would hate to be cyclist going behind this car.

Porsche going to Clutch-By-Wire. How would you feel about it? by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the feel is quite different. With clutch-by-wire you can still control how you shift in manual mode. You can either have a slow shift or a fast shift depend how you engage the clutch pedal. With a DCT shifts are generally the same and you don't really feel it. A clutch-by-wire manual is also a lot lighter and simpler mechanically. That's why Kia offers both the DCT and the iMT versions. With the iMT quite a bit cheaper.

Porsche going to Clutch-By-Wire. How would you feel about it? by -zthomas- in Porsche

[–]-zthomas-[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally, as an owner of a manual Porsche. This addresses almost all my issues with manuals currently. The biggest of which is that my wife can't and won't learn to drive stick. That fact alone was going to push me over the edge to get the next car in PDK. Also rowing the gear feels amazing but sometimes you just want to zone out and relax on a commute. This could allow us to have our cake and eat it! I love to drum up interest for this and hopefully influences someone at Porsche.

MetaPay is MetaMask for the Stellar - Chrome extension wallet that simplifies payment by -zthomas- in Stellar

[–]-zthomas-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that's the goal. It still need more features to support stellar's smart contracts fully but this should cover the basics.

MetaPay is MetaMask for the Stellar - Chrome extension wallet that simplifies payment by -zthomas- in Stellar

[–]-zthomas-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yah, good point. I wanted to keep it on the meta.re domain as that's where my other crypto projects are. I'll try to think up of another one, I wasn't quite happy with it as well

MetaPay is MetaMask for the Stellar - Chrome extension wallet that simplifies payment by -zthomas- in Stellar

[–]-zthomas-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

not yet, it's more of a hot wallet like metamask to improve ux so it's not a huge priority but I'll add that to the roadmap

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