Man, my base 997.2 is so much fun on roads like this - I cant begin to imagine how incredible it must be in a GT3 RS!!

Technically obsolete? Certainly. Perhaps it’s arguable that they already are in some ways.

But, so is my Rolex, and has been so for many years now. Yet, it’s still very desirable and worth far more today than I paid for it.

I guess there are tangible and intangible factors that make something have appeal, beyond their technological status. Great things just appeal…Not to mention that the rarer great things are, the more they tend to appreciate in price…

I warm up in manual mode. My PDK is an early version - 2010 997.2 - and I find that in regular auto mode it takes far too long to warm up, because the car is in 5th or 6th gear at only 1400 rpm on my normal commute.

So I use manual, and a gentle throttle, but I hold the gear until 2500 rpm initially, then 3000 rpm after a couple of kilometres until the oil temp comes off the stop, then I often use sport mode and auto from then on.