Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engine Looks Brilliant

Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by prds_lost on Saturday September 21, 2024 @04:11AM (#41608422)

Which ICE performance car? I went from an SRT8 back in 2012 to a Tesla Model 3 performance + mods and now most recently went back to ICE via an AMG GT63. I can confidently say that the GT63 is leagues more fun than the Tesla ever was. Sure the Tesla was quick off the line, but outside of that it felt sterile and the ride was quite uninspired.

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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by foobazgt on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:06AM (#41608886)

Model 3's didn't exist in 2012. Did you mean something else? I've driven an M3P for 5 years, and I wouldn't call it sterile.

I haven't been cross shopping it with vehicles that cost 3x as much and get only 15% of the mileage, so maybe I'm missing something? But weighing 10% more and taking 20% longer to reach 60 doesn't seem particularly compelling.

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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by mistercheph on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:32AM (#41609010)

If it's the only car you've driven for five years of course it doesn't feel sterile, it's a wonderful car, and nothing against it, but it is not a fun car / "enthusiast" car insofar as enthusiast refers to the thin slice of all automotive enthusiasts that are primarily interested in handling that is dynamic and communicative

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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by foobazgt on Monday September 23, 2024 @12:33PM (#41627884)

> If it's the only car you've driven for five years of course it doesn't feel sterile...

I don't understand what you're trying to say here, but clearly we disagree. To each their own.

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