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| Why driving a Porsche might be better than driving a Vette Roger987 - Saturday, 22 January, 2011, at 3:32:10 pm |
| Oh, I don't know. If I dropped the hammer in my Turbo like the Corvette driver in the 2nd... MarcW - Sunday, 23 January, 2011, at 7:49:55 pm |
clip I might end up further up the hill!
AWD you know.
Powerful cars like the Corvette, the Turbo -- to name just two -- can get away from one before one knows it. Not too many years ago a car with the performance of a modern 'vette or similar car would have been a supercar. And not too many years before that an out and out race car, sans the posh interior and road legal stuff.
We have access to some very awesome cars. But they can bite and bite hard.
Sincerely,
MarcW.
AWD you know.
Powerful cars like the Corvette, the Turbo -- to name just two -- can get away from one before one knows it. Not too many years ago a car with the performance of a modern 'vette or similar car would have been a supercar. And not too many years before that an out and out race car, sans the posh interior and road legal stuff.
We have access to some very awesome cars. But they can bite and bite hard.
Sincerely,
MarcW.
| Do you suppose he had turned off the traction control Roger987 - Monday, 24 January, 2011, at 9:07:39 am |
| After putting over $1700 worth of tires on the Turbo Saturday after T-Giving I wouldn't spin... MarcW - Monday, 24 January, 2011, at 5:09:46 pm |
| A little drift is fun, but Red_Lightnin! - Tuesday, 25 January, 2011, at 10:23:29 am |
| Re: Do you suppose he had turned off the traction control DFW02S - Tuesday, 25 January, 2011, at 5:53:06 pm |
| Re: Oh, I don't know. If I dropped the hammer in my Turbo like the Corvette driver in the 2nd... Paul S. - Saturday, 29 January, 2011, at 2:47:19 am |
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MarcW
clip I might end up further up the hill!
AWD you know.
Powerful cars like the Corvette, the Turbo -- to name just two -- can get away from one before one knows it. Not too many years ago a car with the performance of a modern 'vette or similar car would have been a supercar. And not too many years before that an out and out race car, sans the posh interior and road legal stuff.
We have access to some very awesome cars. But they can bite and bite hard.
Sincerely,
MarcW.
I dunno about that one--I did many, many things in my 01 Turbo. Literally put 10K on track miles on it, and the only time I ever spun was when I had a wiring issue that caused the ABS to fault. Tearing down the front straight of TWS, triple digit speeds, on the brakes, the rears lock up, and I knew as soon as I eased off the brakes, it was going to grab, and it did. Spin.
I suppose if you drive like a ham fisted clown, anythng may be possible. If there's a harder car to induce an oversteer spin from launching, than the Turbo, I'm not sure what it would be. As for the guy in the Corvette, I bet he wishes he had put both feet in, instead of staying on the gas as long as he did. Saw the same stuff at the track, but typically with Vipers. They'd be too hard on the throttle coming off the last turn onto the front straight, and be oversteering. Instead of giving up and putting both feet in, the guy tries to be a hero and drive through the oversteer. Spun down into the bottom of the track and hit the pit wall, hard. As Dirty Harry said--a good man knows his limitations.
Or, "If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough".Current Porsche: PCA Club Coupe 2 of 50
Past: 02 986 S
01 996 Turbo
00 Millenium Coupe
99 996 C2
99 Boxster
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