Jr250

I just took part in the Porsche winter driving camp here in Austria. A chance to try out the entire line of products; 911 C4/C2, Panamera GTS, Boxster and the obvious Cayenne as you would expect. Tons of seat time and instruction on the 4 different tracks. The real bonus was a 1:1, 5 minute taxi ride with Walter Röhrl at the wheel of the 991 C4. Videos never do the experience justice, but I think you will get the sense of grip or lack thereof.
Walter's 65 years hasn't slowed him down much...incredible really
(Sorry the go pro ran out of juice)

If you're lucky enough to have this event close by, I would highly recommend it.
Was a blast
Jr


http://youtu.be/t0WfOI0V1-c

Sire

wish i could drive like him wow

Ken D

Jealous!
Few people can drive like Walter, irrespective of age.

Wikkid911

OMG! That is totally awesome! He truly is a master. Were you scared at any point?

tm.cz

Quite envious! Ive seen other videos of him driving the quattro on automotor und sport tv and it just looks so calm from the outside, but watch his hands and you see a different story

Jr250

I wasnt at all scared at all. I was stunned at the pace he made on a road that was a sheet of ice. You'd fall on your *** the moment you tried to stand or walk on it. And here he was talking to me like a taxi driver would chat to you anywhere in the world. The ditches dropped off 5-10 meters inspots too so the consequences if things went side ways were high...but like a dr. Doing His job he just drove like it was nothing..

alexjc4

Fantastic! Great to hear the throttle too, bwap bwaaap bwap bwap bwaaaaap

creaturecat

I thought i heard a nervous laugh.
I woulda been **** scared.
: )

KaiB

Interesting that, even when farting around, he's constantly probing for the edge, constantly looking for the grip, always seeing if he can go faster.

alexjc4

I don't know much about snow driving (I nearly crashed on my driveway in the snow last week) but I occurred to me that the blips might be steering inputs applied with the right foot?

KaiB

Yes indeed. You'll notice that he is probing on the straight sections - always feeling things out. In the corners, he knows exatcly how much throttle he wants to do whatever he needs to do.

Jr250

The whole ride was one big controlled drift infact..
It still makes me laugh when I watch it...as its hard to believe how easy it is for him.

I will upload how he ended his ride too!
Link to come
Jr

Gelignite

This reminds me of a quote from Walter in issue 93 of total 911, at the end of the interview:

"That is the reason the 911 is so fantastic, and if it's raining the 911 is so easy to handle"

Not the generally received wisdom, and certainly not my experience. I guess it gives something to aim for though.

Jr250

The end of the Walter Röhrl Taxi ride

Wikkid911

The marshal didn't even flinch when he spun round. He would have had I been driving!