What version of the 911 is the real question.....pending on the answer to that I would be more likely to put it closer to the S coupe instead.

Between the IS500 and LC500 I don't think there is really even a question....LC is the clear answer. I really like the LC and if it was faster I wouldn't have looked around so much last year when I was trying to pick a quick car. I bounced between several and the GSF was a runner only because there is aftermarket support to hit 650hp and better suspension.....in the end it was too small/racerish and cost way too much for what you got.

The LC was the nicest thing I drove overall but so slow for the money I just couldn't live with it, loosing to a stock 5.0 stang or tuned eco boost trucks is just not a feeling I wanted to feel in a car that cost me $60k. Germany was the answer in my specific case/desires since they actually make big cars with all the fancy flagship stuff that are quick.

 

Totally, I'm talking about a "pedestrian" lower model 911, a Carrera or Carrera 4. They are much rawer than an LC no question, but I think halfway between that and an S Class Coupe makes sense.

If you want just speed the LC doesn't make any sense, but what you gained in speed you lost in beauty/desirability IMO. I just don't care about "losing" to anybody, as I wouldnt be racing anybody anyways. Anyways at the end of the day, whoever I "lost" to would still be driving a 5.0 'Stang or a tuned V6 pickup truck lol. So...I would still "win'.

 

Hey I'm still young lol! When we were coming back from my parents place yesterday post Father's Day festivities a guy in a 2012 F-150 5.0 he just bought was sending it every chance he got.....the 430/wife driving was able to beat him on a roll and tie from a light. I was so proud lol!

I can't help myself yet...the LC is amazingly nice but I just can't quite be as happy overall even if it's rolling art if I can't outrun the common cars. A substantial part of the luxury experience for me is the ability to just utterly defeat cars like a 5.0 at their own game on top of having supremely superior comfort and quality.

I absolutely will admit I did indeed give up beauty going down the path I chose, but that's okay since I can always own an LC at some point later and likely will since I still have not be able to replace it as my personal benchmark for nicest car I've ever driven. Fastest? Not even close.....but man it was nice. I have a growing suspicion that actually owning one will have the same effect on me my 460 did/does where it's just so nice, despite being on paper worse.

I just don't get that same highly content/relaxed feeling in my other cars.

 

LOL, this is true!

 

That last sentence is so true. The irony