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Old 01-12-2005, 01:50 PM
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I sold a customer and new quad cab srt10 viper truck and we got started talking about Porsche cars and he told me that he has a 03 911 turbo with the x-50 pkg on it. Well I sold him the truck 1 month ago and he said he would bring the car by some time and take me for a ride in it. Well today he came by but he let ME drive it. All I have to say is wow... That car was the ****. That just made this week so much better. Just thought I would share.
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I once drove a 911 in a dream...
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Ah - the 911 Turbo. Best handling car...

...in a straight line.

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Old 01-12-2005, 03:57 PM
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Bwahaah Z-man. Such a funny.

I drove a 911 Carrera and a 911 carrera S4 I think it was.
Old 01-12-2005, 03:58 PM
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Based on the title, I thought this thread was going to have something to do with G.W.'s lumber company. . .
Old 01-12-2005, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Z-man
Ah - the 911 Turbo. Best handling car...

...in a straight line.

-Z.
Maybe for the 930, but subsequent models handle very welll.....
Old 01-12-2005, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Z-man
Ah - the 911 Turbo. Best handling car...

...in a straight line.

-Z.
In the early 90's I drove my friends 1990 911 he bought new, very low miles. This was the first 911 I drove - my first impression was "Wow, nice VW Golf interior" then I drove it - seams like the VW shifter made it into the Porsche as well. Since then I've driven a few more 911's of the same vintage - all the same. I cannot believe in 1978 anyone drove a 911 then a 928 and actually bought the 911.

Edit - his car was an 89, not a 90.
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Ok - I drove my friends modded 996 TT on the track (Pocono Raceway, double infield configuration).
He was putting out somewhere around 470-ish hp. Some slight suspension mods as well. Street tires.

While the car was blisteringly fast on the straights, it was an understeering pig in the corners. I could produce similar lap times in my lowly stock 944S2, despite having less than 1/2 the horsepower and at least a 20-30mph speed differential at the end of the straights.

Then again, I wouldn't pass on a 996TT if I had the resources to buy one!

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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Based on the title, I thought this thread was going to have something to do with G.W.'s lumber company. . .
haha my mind was somewhere else...
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I drove Stephen's 996tt (yellow one on the cover of Excellence), it puts 680 at the wheels, and will definately put a hem in your dress. It was a blast to drive, but I was more concerned with someone hitting it than anything else...
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Very cool!
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Well my customer just stopped back by and was shottin the **** with me. I ofcourse thanked him again and told him it made my week. He told me in the next couple of weeks when its nice outside he would let me have it for a half day as long as I cleaned it real good for him. I was like yea sure I guess I could do that. We will wait and see if he was just blowin smoke up my ***.
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So what's faster the SRT-10 or the 911T ???
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The 03 911 3.6l twin turbo AWD with the x-50 is 456hp. The 0-60 time is 4.06

The 04 Viper car 8.3l V10 500hp. 0-60 4.35.
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Nice J... I haven't driven an x-50 yet, I bet they're a blast. Z-man, it understeers because it's a different beast! AWD cars must be driven differently than RWD cars, and I've seen a 996TT slide pretty well myself. Either way, the name of the game for it isn't handling necessarily, it's grip. And the fact that I could take it in snow just make me wet my pants


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