Drove the boss's '96 911 today.

[ssagurit4]

If this car (1932 Ford V would be here in my country I will not think twice to buy it....hoping and dreaming.

[BlitzPig_fox]

Originally Posted by swiss

It had an aftermarket tranny then, I guess.

I'm thinking not true. I owned a '70 E-Type with a 4.2 6 banger. Musta bumped my head just before I sold it.

You hit the nail on the head with newer performance cars El. They are more for comfort than performance. Though if you can take the cabin heat the Viper still delivers.

A friend of mine owns a Challenge Stradale and that ride will tatoo a smile on yer face for days.

I took a brand new '04 Z06, stroked and forged the block then put a positive displacement blower with methanol injection to cool the charge. Its no Porche but when you hit the loud pedal not many P cars round here can stay with it.

[baronWastelan]

Originally Posted by BlitzPig_fox

I'm thinking not true. I owned a '70 E-Type with a 4.2 6 banger. Musta bumped my head just before I sold it.

You hit the nail on the head with newer performance cars El. They are more for comfort than performance. Though if you can take the cabin heat the Viper still delivers.

A friend of mine owns a Challenge Stradale and that ride will tatoo a smile on yer face for days.

I took a brand new '04 Z06, stroked and forged the block then put a positive displacement blower with methanol injection to cool the charge. Its no Porche but when you hit the loud pedal not many P cars round here can stay with it.

A 1996 Porsche is "newer"??? Well, if you're comparing to a 2004 Chevy ....

I am really enjoying this. Please do continue!

[mazex]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Yes, it's fast.

Yes, it has fantastic brakes.

Yes, it is incredibly well balanced.

Yes, it's so easy to drive a grandmother could take it to the grocery store.

And yes, it's totally boring. Too refined. Too civilized. Too much like everycar...

The older 911s (like the 356 before them) were all tingly and alive. The steering wheel directly connected your finger tips to the contact patch of the tire and pavement. That beautiful boxer six in the back was always at your ear. The feel and sound of machinery working in harmony was in your face. It demanded that you pay attention.

It was visceral.

It was Steve McQueen blasting through Arnage at LeMans.

It was a real sports car.


These newer 911s are too refined, too good, too removed from the act of driving.

They are Roger Penske on his way to a board meeting.

I have driven the Carrera GT quite a lot and I think that's the Porsche you should look for... That car makes you think twice before flooring at the end of a fast corner - no doubt about it... And no hush button for the engine, thank god for that!

I do agree that modern sports cars are getting too good. The latest Ferrari's like the 430 and the 458 are really like computer games to drive if you don't go beyond sport on the Manettino. Took a spin with an 18 year old nephew in a 430 that had gotten his driving license three weeks earlier and no problems for him driving it without any problems at all.

Mazex

[baronWastelan]

Imagine how embarrassing it is for me to drive a 993 for 6+ years, without realizing that Porsche has a time machine since 1993, and used it to travel to 2005, where they copied all the computer technology, and went back to 1993 and put the stolen 2005 technology into the 993. I am so ashamed to have been driving this car for over 50,000 miles.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

Imagine how embarrassing it is for me to drive a 993 for 6+ years, without realizing that Porsche has a time machine since 1993, and used it to travel to 2005, where they copied all the computer technology, and went back to 1993 and put the stolen 2005 technology into the 993. I am so ashamed to have been driving this car for over 50,000 miles.

Most of us are content with run-of-the-mill family hatchbacks and sedans. Dude, you drive a Porsche.

[BlitzPig_fox]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

A 1996 Porsche is "newer"??? Well, if you're comparing to a 2004 Chevy ....

I am really enjoying this. Please do continue!

I love the look on a P car driver when one gets spanked. It is usually "I missed a gear" or "your old heap was not delivered from the factory like that". But the best part is how they usually avoid making eye contact afterwards.

We look for the P cars and exotics going to the East End and give them a run for their money when we can. I've climbed in thru the window a few times in some rides before if you know what I mean. Some here might but it is prolly lost on you. They took the feel outta the P car, that is the point I was making.

So to continue I was speaking of a '70 jag compared to that '96 tub. Do I need to 'splain the age difference.

Its all good m8

[baronWastelan]

Originally Posted by BlitzPig_fox

I love the look on a P car driver when one gets spanked. It is usually "I missed a gear" or "your old heap was not delivered from the factory like that". But the best part is how they usually avoid making eye contact afterwards.

We look for the P cars and exotics going to the East End and give them a run for their money when we can. I've climbed in thru the window a few times in some rides before if you know what I mean. Some here might but it is prolly lost on you. They took the feel outta the P car, that is the point I was making.

So to continue I was speaking of a '70 jag compared to that '96 tub. Do I need to 'splain the age difference.

Its all good m8

Yes, now I understand. I encounter the type once in a while, always on the streets whilst I'm running my errands around town, the guys with something to prove, who look for the p-cars and other exotics.

Whilst the "P car" drivers go to the track when they want to exercise their mounts, the ones who go on internet forums to brag about "the look on a P car driver" are speeding on the public roads, showing how "cool" they are endangering bystanders who are simply trying to get from point A to point B. Meanwhile, the P car driver they "spank" (me ? I guess?) has no idea there was a speed competition to begin with, and would never be stupid enough to attempt such a competition on a public road.

Anyway, I know that this is all just Internet Banter. Perhaps "going to the East End" is the name of a closed road course? It doesn't sound like it. Perhaps you could elaborate. I'm a bit of a stickler about road safety, and hope that none of the younger readers of this forum are encouraged to compete on the public roads. There are plenty of tracks in Europe, the UK and USA that host drivers education events for street cars and drivers of all levels. Please keep your "spankings" to the forums and tracks!!