GT3 cup hard to drive ?

[Sechsgang]

I acutally just talked to Leh Keen about cup cars/prepped cars and he felt that BY FAR the 996gt3 cup car was the "easiest" to learn on and suprisingly tolerant in comparison to other cars similarly prepared. I also asked him about the 996 with regards to the 997 and he said though the 997 is definitely faster at the limit, the car is MUCH more ridgid and way less forgiving. He said the brakes were pretty hard to get used to as most cars he drove before that were similar had some sort of ABS and the 997 did not and that it was suprisingly hard to get used to...he also said the sequential in the 997 was a bit of a double edged sword in that you NEVER miss a shift but it requires JUST the right about of finesse to not eat up the gears...He also mentioned the 996s were more "fun" to drive.


The prices for 996s seem pretty nice at the moment as well with 30hr-plus 2001s at around 70-80k with 1-2 extra sets of wheels and 15 or so hr or fresh rebuild cars going anywhere btw 87 and 125k...the 997s are still WAYYY up there...180k for a 2006 with 15 hrs...