981 Cayman S on snowy track

The car is probably fitted with PASM and PTV, and being the wheels are 19s, the tires are likely Michelin PA4 n-spec.
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Good shots of driving in the snow at the beginning.

I wonder where and when the 290 kph run was done. Couldn't be at Hockenheim. There wouldn't be a straight long enough to drive over 90 seconds at those speeds without turning the wheel. It doesn't show the roads. I bet there wasn't any snow or ice on this section of the run either.

Based on my experience, my speedometer is out by about 2%. 100kph=98kph, (read agains a gps) so that would have been roughly a 284kph run. Still pretty impressive on what likely was a cool/cold road.

... it was probably going "only" 206-208!

I really was amazed how smooth it was. Here in Canada, when a section of road has been patched, I can always feel the start and end of the patch. On the Autobahn, I never experienced that. It was almost as if they had just painted a section of the road darker, no bump, just smooth road. In part, I think it's due to the warmer temperatures in Germany. The frost getting into the ground always plays havoc with those patches here in Canada.



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The depth of the paving material is much greater than the US interstate standard, too.
The springing on the Ruf, combined with the stratospheric speed accounts for most all the bouncing; the road being relatively blameless.

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I'm thinking in the interstates in the US are probably 1/2 that.

No speed limit means cars are driving faster, so tires spend less time per square cm. Therefore less wear on the road.

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The comedian Steven Wright has a riff about being stopped by a cop for speeding. When asked why he was, he goes into his deadpan explanation of pushing on the gas pedal, which makes more gas go into the engine, which makes the engine turn faster, which makes the wheels turn faster. "That's why I was speeding, Officer."



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