...it was still the only car I never felt comfortable turning all the nannies off on. I never thought I would say this but the car simply had too much power and not enough chassis to support it.
Another issue was reliability. Supposedly the car had a bullet proof transmission, but mine grenaded one day on a hard 1-2 shift and left me stranded.
The car does indeed have a "power-to-handling" ratio that is a bit excessive. Then again, isn't that the sole mission of the car to begin with?
What broke in the transmission?
There is a qualitative difference that is simply astounding. The S197 GT500 is faster, but IMHO the S550 GT PP is a better car in every other way. I don't consider the switch to be a downgrade at all.
That says a lot coming from someone with plenty of GT500 seat time. I'll keep that in perspective when I look at the '15 from now on.