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Ed fromTampa ( formerly Long Island) - Sunday, 12 June, 2011, at 9:20:22 am |
Went to the Porsche World Roadshow at the Monticello Motorclub yesterday. Wish the weather would have been better - dense fog (visibility < 1/8 mile and a very damp track!).
The set up was you got to drive each car for only one lap so your first drive/car was definitely a learning lap - your ability to judge the car's performance was very limited.. All of the cars had the PDK transmission - guess they didn't want to burn out any clutches/transmissions.
, and you had to keep PASM & Sport Chrono to the normal settings.
They had two courses set up. The one for the mid-engine cars was an AX. You drove with an instructor. My first car was a Boxster Spyder, second a Cayman R, third a Boxster S. Not surprisinly, my best time was in the S as I "knew" the track & the car. To be honest I couldn't really notice much of a differnce between the S and the Spyder - the conditions were not conducive to a good comparison. The Cayman R handled well and seemed nimble. And the winner (at least to me) - the Boxster S
. But I'll admit to some favoratism. 
The 911's were on a road track and you played follow the leader behind an instructor with 6 cars on the road at a time - problem was your speed was limited to the ability of the driver in front of you,. Got to drive a Carrera, a 4S, and a GTS. The winner hands down is the GTS
. What can I say - it's truly a wonderful car, handling is crisp and precises, enough power to meet my needs (but who knows if I'd say the same if I drove a Turbo! 
, but only the instructors drove the Turbo's - darn).
The experience made me remember how much I liked DE's!
Ed
Ed from Long Island (Tampa)
05S Cobalt/Blue/Blue
The set up was you got to drive each car for only one lap so your first drive/car was definitely a learning lap - your ability to judge the car's performance was very limited.. All of the cars had the PDK transmission - guess they didn't want to burn out any clutches/transmissions.
, and you had to keep PASM & Sport Chrono to the normal settings.They had two courses set up. The one for the mid-engine cars was an AX. You drove with an instructor. My first car was a Boxster Spyder, second a Cayman R, third a Boxster S. Not surprisinly, my best time was in the S as I "knew" the track & the car. To be honest I couldn't really notice much of a differnce between the S and the Spyder - the conditions were not conducive to a good comparison. The Cayman R handled well and seemed nimble. And the winner (at least to me) - the Boxster S
. But I'll admit to some favoratism. The 911's were on a road track and you played follow the leader behind an instructor with 6 cars on the road at a time - problem was your speed was limited to the ability of the driver in front of you,. Got to drive a Carrera, a 4S, and a GTS. The winner hands down is the GTS
. What can I say - it's truly a wonderful car, handling is crisp and precises, enough power to meet my needs (but who knows if I'd say the same if I drove a Turbo! , but only the instructors drove the Turbo's - darn).The experience made me remember how much I liked DE's!
Ed
Ed from Long Island (Tampa)
05S Cobalt/Blue/Blue
Clif R - Tuesday, 14 June, 2011, at 10:34:03 am |
Ed fromTampa ( formerly Long Island) - Monday, 20 June, 2011, at 8:47:14 am |
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